Freetown, 16th December 2025- Staff members of the Tertiary Education Commission have registered their discontent and condemned the presence of over twenty (20) armed police officers who this morning barricaded the TEC premises after a suspension letter was issued by their Chairman, Prof. A.M. Alghali.
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Freetown, 16th December 2025 – A Sierra Leonean bettor, identified only as Theodore, has walked away with NLe1,063,000 after winning Mercury International’s 1X2 online football jackpot. The win came from a ticket that cost just NLe5, underscoring the scale of the payout.
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Freetown, 16th December 2025 – The Government of Sierra Leone has announced an increase in the national minimum wage, raising it from Le 800 to Le 1,200, effective April 2026, in a bid to cushion the effects of the rising cost of living.
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Freetown, 16th December 2025- During the rainy season, many people are usually affected by flooding, especially those living in slum areas and other disaster-prone communities. The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has made efforts to discourage unsafe settlements, but despite this, many people continue to live in disaster-prone areas, even after the country has experienced serious and devastating natural disasters over the years.
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Freetown, 16th December 2025- Sonoco Ltd. has secured a US$23 million loan from Proparco, the private‑sector financing arm of the French Development Agency (AFD), to construct Sierra Leone’s first industrial‑scale wheat flour mill and silo storage complex in Freetown.
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