Port Loko Teachers College is in good shape, says principal
August 30, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Principal of Port Loko Teachers College, now renamed as Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology (EBKUST), Ahmed Adarkwa Koroma, has said that the...
View ArticleFSU boss bids farewell as she pursues leadership course in US
August 30, 2016 Some 68 officers of the Family Support Unit (FSU) have bidden farewell to their boss, Superintendent Mira Koroma, as she departs for a leadership training course in the United States...
View ArticlePupil barred from writing WASSCE threatens suicide
August 30, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Rugiatu Koroma, 21, a pupil of IMMAT Secondary School at Hennessey Street in Kingtom, Freetown, has threatened to commit suicide because she is depressed and...
View ArticleSierra Leonean Players Abroad - Duo chasing Sullay Kaikai
Duo chasing Sullay Kaikai August 30, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leonean youngster Sullay Kaikai was left out of Crystal Palace’s 1-1 draw with AFC Bournemouth after it emerge that the player...
View ArticleMadagascar Hamada el Moussa to officiate Ivory Coast/Sierra Leone match
August 31, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Madagascar’s Hamada el Moussa Nampiandraza will be the central man for Sierra Leone’s crucial 2017 African Cup of Nations Group I qualifiers against the Elephant of...
View ArticleCricket: Tanzania coach wary of Sierra Leone threat
August 31, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Tanzania national Under-19 cricket team coach Khalil Rehemtullah is wary about the threat playing against Sierra Leone in their opening match of the ICC- Africa World...
View ArticleNew boss for Moyamba Correctional Centre
August 31, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquio A senior correctional officer from the headquarters of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service has taken over the Moyamba facility as head, a move seen as a strategy...
View ArticleSexual penetration matter committed to High Court
August 31, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Magistrate Dr. Abou Bakarr Binneh-Kamara, presiding at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, yesterday committed a sexual penetration matter involving one...
View ArticleDisaster simulations in Sierra Leone help prepare flood-prone communities
August 31, 2016 Sierra Leone is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of global climate change, partly as a result of human-caused degradation of the environment. In September 2015, Sierra Leone’s...
View ArticleTrio granted Le150m bail for electricity theft
August 31, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Three accused persons were yesterday granted bail in the sum of Le50 million each by the presiding magistrate at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, Dr. Abou...
View ArticleAlcoholic Beverage Importers warn: New Excise Duty will add to suffering,...
August 31, 2016 Alcoholic Beverage Importers have warned that Sierra Leoneans should brace themselves for more suffering, increased unemployment and an attendant huge loss of revenue to government if...
View ArticleCity Hall construction contract award in December - …as gov’t secures US$54m...
…as gov’t secures US$54m loan August 31, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Contract for the much-talked about city hall of the Freetown City Council, which was demolished sometime in 2010, will be awarded in...
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Children Media Foundation to release ‘Teenage Life’ movie
September 1, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Eugenia Jarrett (left): advocating transformation of the lives of teenage girls in Sierra Leone Media Director of Children Media Foundation, Eugenia Jarrett, has...
View ArticleNew Egyptian envoy arrives Freetown today
September 1, 2016 H.E. Maher Almahdy Ata Alsayed, the designated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Sierra Leone arrives in Freetown today. Until now,...
View ArticlePresident’s Recovery Priorities: CSOs recommend effective community engagement
September 1, 2016 By Memunatu Bangura Civil society organisations (CSOs), including Save the Children, Health for All Coalition, WASH-Net and World Vision, have recommended that the government make...
View ArticleDeputy Gender Minister laments FGM prevalence in Sierra Leone
September 1, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs has revealed that Sierra Leone is one of three countries in West Africa with the highest...
View ArticleSierra Leone youngster Bundu joins Danish club AGF
September 1, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leonean youngster Mustapha Bundu has signed a one-year loan deal with Danish top flight league side AGF with an option to extend his contract. The deal for...
View ArticleKei Kamara gets late Leone Stars call for Nations Cup tie
September 1, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. New England Revolution striker Kei Kamara has received a late call-up to the Sierra Leone national team ahead of Saturday’s decisive Africa Cup of Nations qualifier...
View ArticleSLRSA declares war on importers of substandard spare parts
September 1, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai In an effort to prevent road traffic crashes caused by the use of substandard auto spare parts, the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has declared war on...
View ArticleIncest matter committed to High Court
September 1, 2016 By Hawa Amara Presiding Magistrate at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1, Dr. Abou Bhakarr Binneh-Kamara, yesterday committed to the High Court an incest matter involving one...
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