The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, has made a press release providing an update on the alleged landing of the unscheduled aircraft at the Freetown International Airport. According to the authorities, the aircraft was travelling from Liberia to Mexico and was flying with a fictitious registration number that […]
The recent collapse of a seven-story building in Shell has prompted citizens to be vigilant about potentially unsafe structures in the Freetown municipality. This tragic incident occurred on September 16, 2024, at Kissy Bai Bureh Road, resulting in the deaths of approximately fifteen individuals, with eight survivors rescued and others still trapped under the rubble […]
The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has released an update on the collapse of the seven-story building at Kissy, Bai Bureh Road, Freetown, on September 16th, 2024. The update shows that, as of September 18,2024, there have been a total number of twelve fatalities recorded so far. The update states that the twelve fatalities consist […]
The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, has announced that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been indicted for three counts of charges for racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and interstate transportation for prostitution. According to the attorney, the indictment alleges that between 2008 and the present, ‘Diddy’ has abused, threatened, and coerced […]
Ballerina Michaella DePrince’s adoptive mother, Elaine ‘Mamma E’ DePrince, passes on at age 77. A family representative, Jess Volinski, shared on a Facebook post that Elaine DePrince, the mother of the late ballerina Michaella Mabinty DePrince, died on September 11, 2024, less than twenty-four hours after the death of the 29-year-old ballerina. The late mother […]
Guinness World Records has officially recorded Mary Yei Yongai as the world record holder for the most cosmetic makeover in 24 hours (one artist). Mary Yongai attempted to shatter the record for the most cosmetic makeovers, which had stood for 19 years and was set in 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia, by professional makeup artist Martha […]
The suspended Deputy Auditor-General has released a statement in response to the Audit Tribunal Report. The suspended Deputy Auditor-General, Mr. Tamba Momoh, has responded to the report of the Auditor-General’s Tribunal Set up in 2021 to investigate their professional conduct prior to the release of the 2020 Audit Year Report on the Office of the […]
In a press release following the Auditor General’s Tribunal Report, the Freetown City Council (FCC) refuted the report’s findings that the suspended Auditor General and Deputy Auditor General failed to conduct a proper audit of the Council for the Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) 2020 Audit Report. The FCC confirmed in their statement that the […]
