Two years jail term or Le750,000 fine for unlawful possession of cannabis
February 29, 2016 By Hawa Amara Magistrate Santigie Bangura of the Pademba Road Magistrates’ Court No.5 last Friday sentenced Mohamed Alie Jalloh and Abdul Sesay to either serve two years jail term or...
View ArticleFreetong Players welcomes theatre art revival
February 29, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Chief Executive Officer of Freetong Players Friday said theatre art was not dead in the country and that they were poised to take it to another level. Charlie...
View ArticleHeart problem ends ‘Adriano’ Kamara’s season
February 29, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Swedish champions IFK Norrkoping last Friday confirmed that Sierra Leonean striker Alhaji Kamara has been ruled out for the rest of the 2016 league season due to...
View ArticleWrestling Association seeks fund for African championship
February 29, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. President of Sierra Leone Wrestling Association (SLWA), Prince Sualley, says they are in desperate need of funds to enable them compete in forthcoming senior Africa...
View ArticleObreh excited over Welling United move
February 29, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Former Leone Stars skipper, Ibrahim Obreh Kargbo, has not hidden his feeling over his move to English National League side Welling United. The English club...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE - Sierra Leone court upholds land rights for over 70 families:...
Sierra Leone court upholds land rights for over 70 families: Chinese company to return 1,486 acres of land February 29, 2016 Freetown, Sierra Leone, February 25, 2016 — A Chinese company, Orient...
View ArticleSLCA releases T20 female league fixture
March 1, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. The Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) Monday released the national women’s cricket T20 Super League fixture, which will commence on Saturday 5 March, 2016. Over...
View ArticleTrio makes debut in Europe & Africa
March 1, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leonean trio, Gibrilla Julius Woobay, Ibrahim Obreh Kargbo and Prince Barrie all made their debut over the weekend in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, English National...
View ArticleSIERRA LEONE: Now is time to turn attention to value added sectors such as...
March 1, 2016 By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla With iron ore prices still tumbling down development partners are encouraging the Government of Sierra Leone to now focus on value addition sectors such as...
View ArticleFCC impersonator on Le20m bail
March 1, 2016 By Hawa Amara Magistrate Dr. Abu Bakarr Binneh-Kamara yesterday granted Le20m bail each to two accused persons, who had been arraigned for allegedly impersonating as metropolitan police...
View ArticleJudge varies bail condition for manslaughter accused
March 1, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma The presiding Judge in the manslaughter trial of one Francis Haffner, 59, at the Freetown High Court, yesterday varied the bail condition for eight police...
View ArticleBig welcome awaits Koidu Mayor - ….As councillors, civil society condemn his...
….As councillors, civil society condemn his ‘suspension’ March 1, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi Report from Koidu, in Kono, indicates that a mammoth welcome awaits ‘suspended’ Mayor Saa Emerson Lamina by...
View ArticleScientist calls for continuous EVD surveillance
March 1, 2016 By Alusine Sesay A Sierra Leonean scientist and chief strategist of Project 1808, Dr. Alhaji U. N’jai, has told a group of researchers, academics and scientists that the Ebola virus was...
View Article‘Gov’t cannot continue to spend over $135million to import rice’ - - says...
- says Agric. Minister March 1, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security has stated that the government cannot continue spending over US$135million annually to...
View ArticleKOSA president bemoans status of GSSK
March 1, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi Government Secondary School Kenema (GSSK) is one of the oldest schools in the eastern district town of Kenema. Over the years, the school has faced many challenges,...
View ArticleTeachers code of conduct need to be re-activated, says newly approved board...
March 2, 2016 By Jariatu S. Bangura Newly approved board member of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has stated that the commission should re-activate teachers’ code of conduct and enforce it, in a...
View ArticleMagistrate vows to discharge Jonathan Leigh if prosecution fails to produce...
March 2, 2016 By Hawa Amara Magistrate Dr. Abubakarr Binneh-Kamara yesterday vowed to discharge Mr. Jonathan Leigh if the prosecution again fails to produce witnesses during the next adjourned date on...
View Article‘SLPP has intergenerational conflict’ - ...Says Ag. Publicity secretary
...Says Ag. Publicity secretary March 2, 2016 By Regina Pratt Retired Lieutenant Lahai Lawrence Leema has said the Sierra Leones Peoples Party is embroiled in an intergenerational conflict, coupled...
View ArticleDeputy Health Minister says self-stigma driving people underground
March 2, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The First Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation yesterday reckoned that self-stigma, as a result of societal expectations, customs and values, has driven people...
View Article‘Kroo Bay is a hub for criminals’ - …Says ward committee member
…Says ward committee member March 2, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai A ward committee member of ward 382 in constituency 107 in Freetown, Aminata Sesay, has told this reporter that they are currently having...
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