Chief Justice frees sexual penetration accused
August 15, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Chief Justice Abdulai Hamid Charm last Friday discharged one Amara Adekalie Bangura, who was standing trial for sexual penetration of a child under the age of...
View ArticleMan in court for penetrating stepdaughter
August 15, 2016 By Hawa Amara One Ezekiel Mohamed Marcus Bassie was last Friday remanded at the Male Correctional Centre in Freetown for an alleged sexual penetration of his stepdaughter. The accused...
View ArticleFEATURE Sierra Leone: Pastors Face Abuse Allegation
August 16, 2016 By Martha Kargbo Amie, 16, lives with her five-month-old daughter, parents and siblings in a one-bedroom apartment in a hilltop slum in Freetown. Her baby, she said, was the child of a...
View ArticlePregnant woman remanded for murder
August 16, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Presiding Magistrate at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, Dr. Abou Bakarr Binneh-Kamara, yesterday remanded a pregnant woman, Fatmata Koroma, 21, at the...
View ArticleBike riders remanded for allegedly brutalising vehicle examiner
August 16, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Magistrate Abdul Carew of the Kambia Magistrate Court last Thursday remanded two bike riders who allegedly beat up Rev. Francis Kanu Mansaray, a vehicle examiner...
View ArticleYoung people are directly affected by the tragic contradictions that prevail,...
August 16, 2016 By Memunatu Bangura United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has said in his message to young people on International Youth Day 2016 that young people were directly affected by...
View ArticleACC ‘Pay No Bribe’ campaign commences in Kenema
August 16, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi Last Saturday, Cofey International, in collaboration with Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) commenced the DFID [Department for International...
View ArticleDwozark residents bemoan contaminated water supply
August 16, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara About 50,000 people living in Upper George Brook, Dworzark Farm, West of Freetown, rely on a single dam as their only source of water for drinking. The community...
View ArticleTelecommunication an important resource for development, Dr. Larose
August 16, 2016 By Moses A. Kargbo Executive Director for Sierra Leone on the Boards of the World Bank Group, Dr. Louis Rene Peter Larose, has spoken of the importance of telecommunication to Sierra...
View ArticleSierra Leone winger in line for AGF Aarhus move
August 17, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sierra Leone winger, Mustapha Bundu is set to join Danish Superliga side AGF Aarhus after a successful trial with the club. According to...
View Article‘Rio Olympic Games has been an eye opener for us’ - …Deputy Sports Minister
…Deputy Sports Minister August 17, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Sports, Ishmail Al Sankoh Conteh has said that this 2016 Rio Olympic Games has...
View ArticleSweden rescues the needy in Salone
August 17, 2016 A Swedish Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)- Support the Children of Sierra Leone has during last week provided another support to different people and organizations in the country ....
View ArticleLawyer sues Social Welfare Minister & others
August 17, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Lawyer Pa Momoh Fofanah has instituted a legal action in the High Court against the Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children’s Affairs, Dr. Sylvia...
View ArticleLe100m bail for fraudster
August 17, 2016 By Hawa Amara Magistrate Dr. Abou Bhakarr Binneh-Kamara of the Freetown Magistrates’ court No1, yesterday granted Le100m bail to one Abu Bakarr Kamara, who allegedly embezzled the sum...
View Article‘Our mineral resources has failed us woefully’ - -says information minister
-says information minister August 17, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Minister of Information and Communications has stated that the country’s mineral rich resources have woefully failed because they were...
View ArticleAfter years of neglect… - Old Fourah Bay College building fenced
Old Fourah Bay College building fenced August 17, 2016 Joseph S. Margai After several years of neglect by authorities concerned, the Monuments and Relics Commission has finally taken and erected a...
View Article3 dead, 20 arrested in kabala riot - …police invokes Mac-P
…police invokes Mac-P August 17, 2016 By Memunatu Bangura Police Media Boss, Assistant Superintendent Brima Kamara yesterday confirmed to Concord Times that 3 people were reported dead in the Kabala...
View ArticleAU sets to end Child Marriage
August 17, 2016 By Victoria Saffa The African Union would today launch the AU Campaign to End Child Marriage in Sierra Leone at the Bank of Sierra Leone Complex in Freetown. The national launch would...
View ArticlePolice boss assures protection for SLRSA workers in Kambia
August 17, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai The Local Unit Commander (LUC) of the Kambia Police Division, Superintendent Francis Hazeley, has assured maximum protection for workers of the Sierra Leone Road...
View ArticleDefense closes case in Francis Haffner’s murder trial
August 18, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Defense lawyer C. Blake of the Legal Aid Board representing the eight police officers that are standing trial in the High Court of Sierra Leone with the offence...
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