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ʙʏ: ᴍᴀʀɪᴀɴ ᴍᴀɢᴅᴀʟᴇɴᴇ ʙᴀɴɢᴜʀᴀ The Inspector General of Police (IGP), William Fayia Sellu, has provided an update on the ongoing Open Source Investigation into recent cocaine allegations and other security matters. Speaking during the Ministry of Information and Civic Education’s weekly press briefing on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at the Miatta Conference Centre, IGP Sellu addressed various…

𝑆𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝐿𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝐽 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝐷𝐽𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿232 𝒉𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝒉𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝒉𝑒 3𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑠𝒉𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝒉𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 2024 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝒉𝑒𝑎𝑑. 🔷️🔶️🔵🔴⚪⚫🙌👍✌ 𝗗𝗝 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼…

☆(☢‿☢) 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 👇👇📶▶️❤𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬🔊🔊. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 6𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 2024 (☢‿☢)☆.🇸🇱🔷️🔶️⚫🔴 𝑫𝑱 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 🔊📶

𝘽𝙮 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙋𝙍 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 Sierra Leone’s leading Sports Betting and Lottery Company continues to change the lives of its customers through its various products, and the latest life-changing winning came through the 5/90 Lotto draw. Forecaster, Mohamed Sorie, as a lucky winner from the Mercury Daru draw, walked away with a whopping sum of Two Hundred and Twelve Million, Eight Hundred and Ten Old…

𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑨. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒉𝟑𝟎/𝟎𝟕/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 The Weekly Press Conference flyer from the Ministry of Information & Civic Education raised a crucial question about our city’s readiness to handle the heavy rains affecting Freetown. When it comes to the floods in Freetown, how prepared are we? The answer is simple: We are not taking the city’s situation seriously. Let’s face it, the heavy rains are exposing the poorly…

𝑩𝒚 𝑴𝑰𝑪𝑬 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 Thursday, 25th July, 2024 On Thursday, 25th July 2024, the Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah, and his team made an official visit to the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Aureole House Headquarters, in Freetown. The visit was the first, since the leadership of the Commission changed, ushering in Joseph Egbenda Kapuwa Esq. as Chairman. 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫…

𝘽𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚 (𝘼𝙇𝘾) (𝘿𝙞 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡) 𝘿𝙞 𝙋𝙖 𝙀 𝙔𝙖 On Sunday, June 30, 2024, Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James-Teima, attended Bo Rangers FC’s awards ceremony at the Southern Arena Mini Stadium. After the ceremony, I asked her about her impressions of Bo Rangers FC. Madam Augusta James-Teima replied by extending special heartfelt congratulations to the Champions for their…

𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕: 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝑹 The Mercury International 5/90 Lottery draw continues to stand out and make more millionaires as June was considered to be a customer-winning feast. In what was described as a double joy for Mercury Lottery customers, the Company made a massive payout of over Six Million New Leone (Nle 6,000) which is Six Billion old Leones to over seven thousand customers. First, it was the…

𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕: 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝐍𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐞 Nkulee Dube is a South African Reggae musician and the daughter of the late Reggae legend Lucky Dube. She has made her mark in the Reggae music scene by carrying on her father’s legacy and bringing a unique African flavor to the genre. Nkulee Dube’s impact on Reggae music includes continuing to spread her father’s messages of social justice, love, and unity…

𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑫𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆 (𝑨𝑳𝑪)(𝑫𝒊 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍) 𝑫𝒊 𝑷𝒂 𝑵 𝑫𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝑬 𝒀𝒂𝒊 👁️👁️ 𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 (𝑴𝒐𝑺 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎) The victorious Leone Stars team returned home safely on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, via Air Maroc flight after a successful journey from Morocco and Bamako, where they participated in crucial World Cup qualifying matches for 2026. In their third match against Djibouti, hosted in Morocco,…

𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐀. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐡 (𝐇𝐢𝐩 𝐇𝐨𝐩 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥) Hip-hop is now celebrating its 50th year, and Sierra Leonean rapper Kao Denero has just released his latest album, titled “Heroes”. In this album, the rapper showcases his storytelling skills, lyrical ability, poetic flow, and intellectual maturity. In his 15-track album, the rapper dedicated six songs that integrate themes of Pan-Africanism, Black…

ᏴᎽ ΝՏᎪ ᎷᎬᎠᏆᎪ On his tireless zest to institute formidable changes that will redirect the course of sport to a profitable end, the Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq, has said the completion of the National Stadium will witness its privatization, bringing to fruition a 43-year-old leadership style. The aim behind this new thought, the…

𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕: 𝑼𝑵𝑰𝑪𝑬𝑭 𝑺𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 Freetown, 25 May, 2024 – On World Malaria Day, Sierra Leone officially launches the introduction and rollout of 550 000 RTS’S WHO vaccine procured by UNICEF with funding from GAVI, becoming the third country in 2024 to introduce this campaign after Cameroon and Burkina Faso. The Government of Sierra Leone, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and…

𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚 (𝘼𝙇𝘾) (𝘿𝙞 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡) 𝘿𝙞 𝙋𝙖 𝙉 𝘿𝙞 𝙈𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝙀 𝙔𝙖𝙞 👁️👁️ 𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 (𝙈𝙤𝙎 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢). On Monday, April 22, 2024, the Sierra Leone Boxing Association (SLBA) had a special meeting with the Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James-Teima, in the Ministry’s conference hall. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce two boxers from Britain, who will be participating in the…

╰━─━─━─≪ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴅ-ᴏɴᴇ & ᴅᴊ ʀᴇᴀʟ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴜᴅɪᴏs ᴏғ 𝙍𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙁𝙈 92.1 ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴᴅᴀʏ ɢʀᴏᴏᴠᴇ sʜᴏᴡ (21/04/2024). ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴅ-ᴏɴᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ɪᴍᴘᴇᴄᴄᴀʙʟᴇ ᴍᴜsɪᴄɪᴀɴ ғʀᴏᴍ sɪᴇʀʀᴀ ʟᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ɪᴍᴘᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴᴍᴇɴᴛ sᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ɪɴɢᴇɴɪᴏᴜs sᴛʏʟᴇ ᴏғ sɪɴɢɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs. ʙᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴍᴇʟᴏᴅɪᴏᴜs ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴜʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ sᴛʀᴇss ғʀᴇᴇ sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ʟɪғᴇ ɪɴ…

𝘽𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚 (𝘼𝙇𝘾) (𝘿𝙞 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡) 𝘿𝙞 𝙋𝙖 𝙉 𝘿𝙞 𝙈𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝙀 𝙔𝙖𝙞 👁️👁️ 𝙊𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 (𝙈𝙤𝙎 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢) 𝙄𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙧𝙖, 𝙂𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖. 𝘼𝙠𝙬𝙖𝙖𝙗𝙖! Georgiana Sesay, the promising Sierra Leonean athlete, showcased her prowess on the track in a thrilling 400m final at the University of Ghana Stadium this evening. Despite finishing in sixth position, her achievement is nothing short of remarkable. Competing…

𝘽𝙮 𝙈𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩 Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe Wednesday 13th March, 2024 Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Umaru Napoleon Koroma has vehemently denounced the practice of mining and exportation of diamonds from diamond-rich African countries without adding value to bring increased revenue to these countries. Mr Umaru Koroma who was a Guest Speaker at the…