25-year-old remanded for abusing girl, 3
April 15, 2016 By Hawa Amara One Osman Fofanah, 25, was yesterday remanded at the Male Correctional Centre on Pademba Road for allegedly abusing a three-year-old girl. The accused was arraigned at the...
View ArticleMan who disappeared for 15 days found dead in cesspit
April 15, 2016 By Regina Pratt One Patrick Bangura Jnr., 37, who was reported missing since Good Friday, 25 March, 2016 was found dead in a cesspit in his residence, at No. 7K Upper Tengbeh Town,...
View Articleno title - Ex-Comium workers annoyed with NASSIT, NATCOM & Information Ministry
Ex-Comium workers annoyed with NASSIT, NATCOM & Information Ministry April 15, 2016 By Victoria Saffa Former employees of Comium mobile company say they are annoyed with officials at the National...
View ArticleBeach Volleyball: Salone registers double victory
April 15, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. The Sierra Leone national female beach volleyball teams got-off to flying starts in the final round of the Women’s Beach Volleyball Rio 2016 Olympics qualifiers with...
View ArticleCricket: ‘The Patriots’ revenge against Easterns, warn Mozambique
April 15, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone national cricket team, ‘The Patriots’, sent a strong warning to their Mozambique opponent ahead of Saturday’s ICC Africa Twenty20 Division 2 tournament...
View ArticleJohn Sisay raises US$20 million for SRL
April 15, 2016 Following the announcement of the 2015 annual results, CEO of Sierra Rutile Ltd., John Sisay has raised US$20 million from the London capital market to secure the company’s balance...
View ArticleFisheries Ministry declares war on ‘bad fishing method’
April 15, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has announced it would crackdown on fishermen who are in the habit of still using monofilament fishing nets, which...
View ArticleCycling Association Congress tussle continues - Winston DC Crowther
Winston DC Crowther April 18, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Executive members of the National Cycling Association (NCA) of Sierra Leone continue to battle ahead of their proposed 7 May elective congress in...
View ArticleBeach Volleyball: Salone fails to qualify for Olympic
April 18, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone female beach volleyball teams were robbed of the chance to qualify for this year’s Rio Olympic Games after they failed to reach the semi-finals of the...
View ArticleADP presents audited financial reports to PPRC
April 18, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Just ahead of the deadline set by the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) for political parties to submit their audited accounts, the Alliance...
View ArticleMPs have their say on Sylvia Blyden’s ‘fake’ medical certificate
April 18, 2016 By Casper Hsu and AL Mansaray Three MPs have voiced support for Sylvia Blyden after allegations on social media intimated that her U.S. Educational Commission for Foreign Medical...
View ArticleWIMSAL trains female journalists
April 18, 2016 By Victoria Saffa & Hawa Amara Over 50 female journalists have been trained on news writing and reporting, media law and ethics and dress code. The training was organised last Friday...
View ArticleFishermen reluctant to use rocky landing site at Tombo wharf - …fear their...
…fear their boats may be destroyed April 18, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Although a new modern landing site has been constructed at Tombo, a vibrant fishing community in the Western Rural District,...
View ArticleCricket: ‘The patriots’ off to a flying start in South Africa
April 18, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone national cricket team ‘The Patriot’ got-off to a flying start in their ICC Africa T20 division II tournament with a comfortable six wickets win over...
View ArticleActing Vice-Chancellor calls for review of 2005 Act - …As 1,079 students...
…As 1,079 students graduate from USL April 18, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara The Acting Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sierra Leone, Professor Ekundayo J.D. Thompson, has called on...
View ArticleWar of words over ‘doctored’ medical certificate - …Sylvia Blyden versus...
…Sylvia Blyden versus Cutis Thomas April 18, 2016 By Casper Hsu and AL Mansaray The newly appointed Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs Minister has responded to claims that her medical...
View ArticleHero’s welcome awaits Cricket national team
April 19, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Deputy Minister of Sports, Ishmael Al Sankoh-Conteh, Monday revealed that the Sierra Leone national cricket team, ‘The Patriots’, will be accorded a hero’s welcome...
View ArticleSierra Leone Players Abroad - Koroma makes Husqvarna FF debut as Kei Kamara...
Koroma makes Husqvarna FF debut as Kei Kamara scores in Crew win April 19, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leonean defender Ibrahim ‘Marcel’ Koroma made his debut for Husqvarna FF on Sunday in the...
View ArticleICC President on opening the permanent HQ - “The International Criminal Court...
“The International Criminal Court is here to stay” OP-ED April 19, 2016 By Judge Silvia Fernández, ICC President Today the permanent premises of the International Criminal Court, the ICC, officially...
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UK firm ‘employed former child soldiers’ as mercenaries in Iraq
April 19, 2016 A 2000 image of a 14-year-old soldier in Sierra Leone Photograph: Adam Butler/AP A former senior director at a British firm says that it employed mercenaries from Sierra Leone to work in...
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