By Musa Aiahson Koroma Transit College is a Sierra Leonean tertiary learning institution founded under the vision of the Transit Mission to serve as a transformative force in education, research, innovation, sports, entertainment, and entrepreneurship. The college is affiliated with Njala University and other institutions within and out of Sierra

By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara As Sierra Leone enters the peak of the rainy season, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has intensified efforts to reduce the devastating impact of flooding by launching an extensive public awareness and sensitization campaign across several flood-prone communities in Freetown. The campaign, which forms

By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara The Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU), in collaboration with key security institutions, destroyed a large consignment of illicit drugs valued at an estimated US$1.5 million as part of ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking and substance abuse in Sierra Leone. The destruction exercise brought together

 By Aminata Abu Bakarr Kamara The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), has officially commissioned a modern Blood Bank and Dental Clinic at the Police Hospital, marking a major milestone in efforts to strengthen healthcare services for police personnel and their families. The facilities, which were

By Josephine Sesay Deputy Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs, Alfred Jamiru, has identified residents’ failure to pay for waste collection services and the widespread use of plastics as key contributors to Freetown’s persistent waste management challenges. Speaking on the city’s sanitation concerns, Jamiru urged residents to adopt responsible

 By Josephine Sesay Deputy Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Napoleon Koroma, has joined leading international arbitration experts at the prestigious Herbert Smith Freehills law firm in London to engage with participants of the Africa Arbitration Academy on International Commercial Arbitration Practice. The programme, which brought together 30 legal practitioners

By Aminata Bintu Kallon First Lady Fatima Maada Bio on Thursday joined the Ministry of Youth Affairs at the Freetown International Conference Centre to launch the Youth Connekt: Mano River Union Youth Forum 2026. The event brought together youth leaders, policymakers, UN representatives, the Mano River Union Secretary General, and

By Dadson A. Musa One of Sierra Leone’s staple foods, cassava which up to 7 million people depend on mainly for energy sustenance had over the years suffered existential threat. It has been learned over the years through laboratory experiment that cassava does not only have carbohydrate but also has

By Tamba Steven Komba   The Magistrate Court in Masiaka has sentenced a man to twelve months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to stealing two mobile phones belonging to a resident of Koya Chiefdom. The conviction and sentence were handed down by Magistrate Harold Kamara on Wednesday, June 10, 2026,