‘Africa is no longer an aid dependent continent’ - …Nigeria High Commissioner
…Nigeria High Commissioner March 14, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma As a 16-man medical delegation from the Nigeria Technical Aid Corps (TAC) arrived in Sierra Leone to render assistance to, and boost...
View ArticleEPA-SL trains journalists on effective communication
March 14, 2016 By Alusine Sesay The Environment Protection Agency –Sierra Leone (EPA-SL) – has trained over 30 journalists in effective communication on environmental management at the Harry Yansaneh...
View ArticleLectures at FBC suspended for 10 days
March 14, 2016 By Victoria Saffa The Fourah Bay College (FBC) administration last Friday announced in a press release that all lectures would be suspended for 10 days, beginning today, 14 March to...
View ArticleJoy over Sports Minister’s dismissal
March 15, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jnr. Sierra Leonean sports loving fans at home and abroad have joyfully welcomed news of the sacking of controversial Sports Minister Paul Kamara by President Ernest Bai...
View ArticleSierra Leone Players Abroad - ‘Poborsky’ Bangura opens account in China
‘Poborsky’ Bangura opens account in China March 15, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jnr. Sierra Leonean striker, Mohamed ‘Poborsky’ Bangura, opened his goal scoring account on his debut in the Chinese League One...
View ArticleLe50m or 5yrs imprisonment for unhygienic water - … SLEWRC warns ‘unhygienic’...
… SLEWRC warns ‘unhygienic’ water producers, 86 to cease operation March 15, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Public Relations Officer of the Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC),...
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Health Ministry poised to re-introduce Sanitary Inspectors
March 15, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah… GOOD MOVE In a bid to ensure a safe and clean environment, Ministry of Health and Sanitation is poised to...
View ArticleWANEP launches R2P case study report in Sierra Leone
March 15, 2016 By Regina Pratt The West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP) has launched a report on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Sierra Leone and set a timeline for the development of...
View ArticleMMCET student pleads guilty to marijuana use
March 15, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Principal Magistrate of the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, Dr. Abou Bakarr Binneh-Kamara, yesterday sentenced one Michael Max Massaquoi, who identified...
View ArticleOver Le3.36bn backlog claims… - Police support staff storm MoFED
Police support staff storm MoFED By Patrick Jaiah Kamara About 319 police support staff yesterday stormed the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development on George Street to protest for their backlog...
View ArticleKamarainba condemns ‘black sheep’ Mohamed Bangura’s appointment to Cabinet
March 15, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Chairman and Leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), Mohamed Kamarainba Mansary, has condemned the appointment of erstwhile United Democratic Movement...
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Cabinet reshuffle or recycle?
March 15, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi & Alusine Sesay Palo Conteh: recycled! It has finally pleased President Ernest Bai Koroma to do the long awaited Cabinet reshuffle or recycle, depending on how...
View ArticleAccused pleads guilty - As Judge reduces Lungi murder to manslaughter…
As Judge reduces Lungi murder to manslaughter… March 16, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Justice Alusine Sesay yesterday granted an application for the murder charge against Fatmata Moijueh Tucker to be...
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President Koroma’s Cabinet reshuffle: The winners and losers
March 16, 2016 By Gabriel Benjamin Cabinet reshuffle: faces of big winners Two years to the end of his second and final term as President of Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma last Sunday...
View Article31 qualify for strongest man battle
March 16, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jnr. A total of 31 Sierra Leoneans last Saturday qualified for the maiden edition of ‘Sierra Leone strongest man’ competition scheduled to be staged on 29 April at the...
View ArticleVictor Mansaray called up to USA U-20 squad
March 16, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jnr. Sierra Leone and Seattle Sounders FC striker, Victor Mansaray, has been called-up to the United States of America U-20 team for the Dallas Cup, which will run from...
View ArticleA Week to Remember: Supremacy of the 1991 Constitution or Powers of the...
March 16, 2016 By Moses Massa* This week has been an interesting one for the President of Sierra Leone; his refusal to sign the Abortion Bill and Cabinet reshuffle for the last years of his tenure. To...
View ArticleAs Parliament ratifies $US36.7m FBC rehabilitation & expansion agreement… -...
Minority Leader calls for proper monitoring and evaluation March 16, 2016 By Jariatu S. Bangura Minority Leader of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) in Parliament yesterday urged officials...
View ArticleSenior Agric Officer frowns at newspaper report - …says ‘It doesn’t reflect...
…says ‘It doesn’t reflect my character’ March 16, 2016 By Alhaji Sulaiman Kargbo The Director of Agric-Engineering Services Division in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security has taken...
View ArticleBank Governor urges mobile money service providers to expand services
March 16, 2016 By Isatu Sesay Outgoing Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone has urged mobile money service providers to look into possibilities of expanding their services by increasing agent networks...
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