Calaba Town News Today

NASSIT AND THE PEOPLE’S MONEY We are carefully studying the goings-on at the National Social Security and Insurance Trust – NASSIT. Recently, newspapers have published a string of articles about senior officials of the Trust enjoying cash deposited by hard working workers for reasons we all know. When people grow old, they need to take care of themselves from whatever savings

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah The Director General of the Guma Valley Water Company, Maada S. Kpenge has said they would need to build ten new dams within fifteen years, but within five years, they would need to have four, highlighting one dam at Hamilton, two at Regent, and another one at Congo. Kpenge made this disclosure at government’s weekly press briefing at the Ministry of

Abdul Hamid Kanu Jr.’s photographs of daily encounters transform a West African city into its own poetic universe.

By Zainab Joaque Christian Brothers from eight communities in Sierra Leone along with representatives from Ghana and Liberia, friends and members will gather in Freetown on Friday June 1, 2012 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Blessed Edmund Rice. Rice was born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. In 2012, his life and legacy continue to inspire

Originating from the lively Calaba Town neighbourhood in Freetown, Saidu Fofanah embarked on his football journey at the tender age of nine, starting with R ...

The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) announced preliminary results for Saturday's presidential election on Monday, June 26, 2023. The resul ...

Today, June 24, 2023, Sierra Leoneans went to the polls to elect the president that will lead the nation for the next five years.  Incumbent President Juliu ...

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara In spite of an increment in public transport fares, some commercial motor drivers in Freetown have expressed unhappiness, saying the increment is too little. Although drivers who spoke to Politico said they would accept the decision albeit reluctantly, on the streets there is a visible act of defiance among many. Some are charging beyond the stipulated

<p>Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 August 2022: I was excited to launch the Freetown Market Shade Cover project in Calaba Town Market last Friday, 26th August 2022. With the theme “Protecting women and girls from extreme heat”, the project is also being delivered in Congo Market and [Read More]</p>

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