Mohamed Bangura declares for APC leadership
August 10, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi The Minister of Information and Communication has stated his intension to join the leadership race in the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC). Mohamed Bangura, in an...
View Article2018 Presidential Election: APC Standard Bearer Aspirants - …..presenting an...
…..presenting an unpredictable scenario August 10, 2016 By Alusine Sesay As the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) gears up to elect or select a successor to President Ernest Bai Koroma, little is...
View ArticleAs Zainab Bangura jets in, is Sierra Leone ready for a female president?
August 10, 2016 By Ahmed SahidNasralla (De Monk) & Amadu Lamrana Bah Amidst growing speculation that she will throw her proverbial hat in the ring to lead her party, the ruling All People’s...
View ArticleCommercial sex workers remanded
August 10, 2016 By Hawa Amara Four commercial sex workers and one Abu Bakarr were yesterday remanded at the Female and Male Correctional Centres respectively, for being found loitering with intent. The...
View ArticleTengbeh Town Murder: Prosecution Closes Case
August 10, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Inspector Moses Moore yesterday led the last prosecution witness in the preliminary investigation into the murder trial of one Patrick Bangura, whose corpse was...
View ArticleEPA Finance Director in Court
August 10, 2016 Patrick Jaiah Kamara Assistant Finance Director at the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Alusine Chernor Abass Kargbo, yesterday testified in a Magistrate Court against his estranged...
View ArticleAs he heads back home today … - Sports Minister wishes Olympic team well
Sports Minister wishes Olympic team well August 10, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sierra Leone’s Minister of Sports, Ahmed Khanou, on Tuesday, 9 August bade farewell and...
View ArticleKamara keen to put African Championships disappointment behind her back
August 10, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Two month ago, Sierra Leonean sprinter Hafsatu Kamara had a disappointing show at the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Senior...
View ArticleIncrease in rape cases: Why victims shy away from prosecuting perpetrators
August 11, 2016 By Regina Pratt (IWPR Fellow) The Sierra Leone Law Courts Saffie Kay (not real name), a victim of rape from Towama Bo, was in tears when I visited her in their makeshift structure....
View ArticleUBA Board Chairman commends new CEO
August 11, 2016 By Hassan G. Koroma Board Chairman of the United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu, has commended the new Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (GMD/CEO) of the Bank, Kennedy...
View ArticleAs Dalian Shenghai Ocean Fishery Co. wins legal battle… - Lawyer Umaru...
Lawyer Umaru Napoleon Koroma says judgment will boost investor confidence August 11, 2016 By Abu-Bakarr Sheriff Erudite private legal practitioner at Brewah & Co Chambers, Umaru Napoleon Koroma...
View Article‘Sylvia Blyden has a personal gripe against me’ - -Moijueh Kaikai
-Moijueh Kaikai August 11, 2016 By Alusine Sesay Sacked Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Alhaji Moijueh Kaikai, has reacted to a litany of allegations made against him by his...
View ArticleKono women want Karamoh Kabbah sacked
August 11, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi Over 10 women’s and civil society organisations have called on President Ernest Bai Koroma to sack the Minister of State East, Karamoh Kabbah, for what they...
View ArticleCivic funeral for Moseray Fadika
August 11, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared a civic funeral for the late Ambassador Gibril Santigie Moseray Fadika, as a mark of respect for the business magnate, who...
View ArticleAMR ready to support laws, policies of gov’t
August 11, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Logistic and Procurement Manager at AMR Gold Company has asserted that the mining outfit was always ready to support the laws and policies of the government, which...
View ArticleMan sent to High Court for penetrating 2 toddlers
August 11, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Presiding Magistrate at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, Dr. Abou Bakarr Benneh-Kamara, yesterday committed to the High Court of Sierra Leone a rape matter...
View ArticleOUR CITY CEMETERIES – A PHENOMENAL NEGLECT, OR LAWLESSNESS? - “THINK OUTSIDE...
“THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!!” August 12, 2016 By: Winstanley R. Bankole Johnson One of my many “Whatsapp” banters to an old female acquaintance and seasoned medical practitioner cautioning her to avoid...
View ArticleWorld Bank Group Executive Director for Sierra Leone arrives today on 5 day...
August 12, 2016 The Executive Director for Sierra Leone on the Boards of the World Bank Group, Dr. Louis Rene Peter Larose, is visiting the country from August 12 to 17 as part of his official mission...
View ArticleNo safe homes for abused children, Deputy Director of Children’s Affairs
August 12, 2016 By Victoria Saffa Deputy Director of Children’s Affairs in the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Joyce B. Kamara, has stated that the ministry was committed to...
View ArticleLe17.8m theft at China International Fund - …two remanded
…two remanded August 15, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Tamba Johnson and Peter Samuel King were on Friday remanded in prison after they appeared before Magistrate Dr Abou Bhakarr Binneh-Kamara,...
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