Sierra Leone withdraw from CAF U-17 qualifiers
June 23, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) on Wednesday confirmed the withdrawal of the national U-17 team, Sierra Stars, from this year’s Confederation of Africa...
View Article‘Crespo’ Kamara rejects new Örebro SK deal
June 23, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone and Örebro SK striker, Alhassan ‘Crespo’ Kamara, has reportedly rejected a new deal with the Swedish Allsvenskan league club, fueling speculations of a...
View ArticleSCP/GAFSP inspects Mange Bureh ABC, plans rehabilitation
June 23, 2016 By Victoria Saffa In a bid to assess the current status of the hitherto Agricultural Training Centre of Excellence for possible rehabilitation, Interim Programme Manager of the...
View ArticleBourne-Coker re-elected Cricket Board Chairman
June 27, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Beresford Bourne-Coker Saturday, 25 June, 2016 staved off challenge of AIG Wellington to retain the chairmanship of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association Board....
View ArticleKei Kamara battles Giovinco for ESPY award
June 27, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone and New England Revolution striker, Kei Kamara, will again battle against Italy and Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco for the American Broadcast...
View ArticleSierra Leone, Nigeria and Madagascar to share US$7million energy prize
June 27, 2016 By Regina Pratt Sierra Leone was among three African countries announced as winners of the Renewable Energy Project to benefit from US$7million Access Co-Development Facility Prize,...
View ArticleStriking lecturers to receive full payment package, claims MEST PRO
June 27, 2016 By Memunatu Bangura Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) disclosed last Friday that the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development had...
View ArticleSierra Leone to host cyber security confab
June 27, 2016 By Memuna Bangura Deputy Minister of Information and Communication last Thursday informed newsmen that the ministry, in collaboration with International Telecommunications Union (ITU),...
View ArticleFalse Pretence… - ‘Bank Manager’ docked for Le42.5m
‘Bank Manager’ docked for Le42.5m June 27, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara One Abass Morray Kargbo, who claimed to be a bank manager at Financial Services Development Bank, was last Friday (24 June)...
View ArticleNew FAO Rep presents credentials
June 27, 2016 The newly appointed representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAOR) to Sierra Leone, Madam Nyabenyi Tito Tipo on Thursday, 23 June, 2016 presented her...
View ArticleSusan’s Bay chief laments government neglect
June 27, 2016 By Regina Pratt Chief Alhaji Alimamy Kamara of Susans Bay has told Concord Times about grim conditions in the slum area, which according to him is exacarbated by garbbage and other waste...
View ArticleLooming Danger! - Residents express fear
Residents express fear June 27, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai The failure of the government to remove or crush huge rocks overlooking the Mount Aureol community poses an imperious danger to communities in...
View ArticleAs ferry crisis worsens… - Lungi indigenes urge government to intervene
Lungi indigenes urge government to intervene June 27, 2016 By Victoria Saffa A group calling themselves ‘Concerned Indigenes of Lungi (CONIL)’ has voiced concern over the worsening ferry crisis...
View ArticleSHATTERING THE LIE – A REVIEW OF JEDIDAH JOHNSON’S YOUTHFUL YEARNINGS
July 15, 2016 By Oumar Farouk Sesay From the many anthologies of wounded verses, bleeding prose, and scared canvases scaring the post war literary landscape of Sierra Leone, comes a writer called...
View ArticleAs MPs screen presidential nominees… - Bernadette Cole says she will fix...
Bernadette Cole says she will fix education difficulties July 15, 2016 By Jariatu S. Bangura As Members of the Appointment and Public Service Committee in Parliament interviewed four presidential...
View Article“I had married before” - …admits Diana Konomanyi
…admits Diana Konomanyi July 15, 2016 By Regina Pratt Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment, Madam Diana Finda Konomanyi, yesterday admitted in court that she had gotten married to...
View ArticleVoid votes come from Abacha - -Paolo Conteh chides petty traders
-Paolo Conteh chides petty traders July 15, 2016 By Patrick J. Kamara Minister of Internal Affairs, Retired Major Palo Conteh, has told newsmen that government was not worried about losing popularity...
View ArticleGovt. denies paying ransom to kidnap gang - …but report in Nigeria says...
…but report in Nigeria says otherwise July 15, 2016 By Alusine Sesay Leader of the gang who abducted Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Alhaji Rabiu Yusuf, Tuesday told reporters that...
View ArticleAustralia Scholarship Scheme strictly apolitical - …says SLAAA President
…says SLAAA President July 15, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai President of the Sierra Leone-Australia Alumni Association (SLAAA), Usman Conteh, has disclosed that the Australia Scholarship Scheme was...
View ArticleTimis Mining Company to pay 40 workers US$250,000
July 15, 2016 By Hawa Amara Justice Patrick Hamilton, presiding at the Freetown High Court, has ordered Timis Mining Company to pay redundant workers the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand United...
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