5000 littres fuel theft lands one in court
October 20, 2016 By Hawa Amara One Abu Bakarr Turay was yesterday arraigned before Magistrate Dr. Abou Bhakarr Binneh-Kamara for allegedly stealing five thousand four hundred litters of diesel meant...
View ArticleNjala Farm Manager says WAAPP a great success - -But wants programme extended
-But wants programme extended October 20, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Senior Farm Manager at the Njala Agriculture Research Centre has stated that although the West Africa Agricultural Productivity...
View ArticleMan caught with human skull goes to jail
October 21, 2016 By Hawa Amara One Mohamed Sidibay Koroma alias ‘Five O’ was yesterday remanded at the Male Correctional Centre in Freetown for allegedly being found in possession of human skull and...
View Article50% urban, 34% rural girls age 10 live without parents - UNFPA Resident...
UNFPA Resident Representative October 21, 2016 By Regina Pratt Resident Representative of the United Nations Population Fund, Dr. Kim Eva Dickson, yesterday stated that recent research data revealed...
View ArticleECOBANK battles customer over Le70M loan
October 21, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Ecobank Sierra Leone has commenced an action in the Fast Track Commercial Court against customer Fatimata Adiza Magona, who the pan-African bank says owed...
View ArticleAs Africa Human Rights Day commemorated today… - HRC demands examination of...
HRC demands examination of women’s rights October 21, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has called for the need to critically examine challenges that...
View ArticleSierra Leone holds National Accountability Forum
October 21, 2016 By Moses A. Kargbo Sierra Leone’s first-ever accountability forum that focuses on national and collective accountability for enforcing improved service delivery is currently underway...
View ArticlePandemonium in court as accused goes shitty
October 21, 2016 By Hawa Amara There was pandemonium at the Freetown Magistrates’ Court No. 1, presided over by Magistrate Dr. Abou Bhakarr Binneh-Kamara, when accused Aruna Kalokoh, a...
View ArticleGassama to take charge of Nigeria, Algeria match
October 21, 2016 By Sahr Morris Football’s world ruling body, FIFA, has appointed respected Gambian official Bakary Papa Gassama as referee for next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between...
View ArticleSierra Leone drops in latest FIFA ranking
October 21, 2016 By Sahr Morris Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars, has dropped four places down in the latest ranking released by the world football governing body FIFA on Thursday. The country...
View ArticleYoung swimmer eyes 2108 Commonwealth Games
October 21, 2016 By Sahr Morris Young Sierra Leonean swimmer, Ishmael Koroma aka Stone Cold is eyeing participation in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. The youngster who was part...
View Article‘No labour market information system in Sierra Leone’ - -Labour Minister asserts
-Labour Minister asserts October 24, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The Minister of Labour and Social Security last Friday (21 October) stated that the country does not have a labour market information...
View ArticleAs Operation WID crumbles… - Citizens demand revival of cleaning Saturday
Citizens demand revival of cleaning Saturday October 24, 2016 By Emmanuel Okyne (Intern) Residents of Freetown municipality have called on the Freetown City Council to revive the abandoned Saturday...
View ArticleWe are vulnerable to sexual exploitation – 10-year-old girl tells government
October 24, 2016 By Regina Pratt 10-year-old Salamatu Bangura, a pupil the Saint Anthony’s Primary School, last Thursday expressed how vulnerable girls within the age of 10 as they are constantly...
View Article2500 new HIV infections recorded in 2015
October 24, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Director General of the National HIV/AIDS Secretariat, Dr. Momodu Sesay, has disclosed that some 2,500 new HIV infections were recorded in 2015, which he said was a...
View ArticleBonthe Islanders fear imminent flood as sea wall collapses
October 24, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Inhabitants of Bonthe Sherbro Island are worried that flooding could wreak havoc on the island after a perimeter wall that was erected to bank high sea waters...
View ArticleOver cycling elections… - UCI writes NOC-SL
UCI writes NOC-SL October 24, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. The International Cycling governing body, UCI, has informed the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (NOC-SL) that they still recognise...
View ArticleDSTV reduces subscription fees, adds more channels
October 24, 2016 By Andrew Ngebuva (Intern) Chief Executive Director of Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) in Sierra Leone, Adonis Aboud, on Thursday told journalists that they have added more...
View ArticleAgric. storekeeper pleads guilty to corruption charges
October 24, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma One Mohamed Alimamy Mansaray, a storekeeper attached to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security in Kambia District, Northern Sierra Leone, last...
View ArticleLawmakers ratify conventions on climate change
October 24, 2016 By Jariatu S. Bangura In an effort to meet some of the country’s international treaty obligations under the United Nations, Members of Parliament last Thursday ratified five United...
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