By Ibrahim S. Bangura Nashito Kulala a popular music producer in Freetown, has said that lack of musical knowledge has stalled the growth of Sierra Leonean musicians and prevented them from gaining international recognition. According to him, most of them are too hasty to make money and fame without honing their knowledge and skills in...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The only drug rehabilitation centre in Sierra Leone, City of Rest, has halted operation after the facility was completely burnt down by fire in April of 2023. Rehabilitation of the facility is yet to commence because the institution’s management is constrained with funding, in spite of the fact that progress has...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Police officer Chief Inspector Marrah M. has on Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th September 2023 led evidence against one Mohamed Bangura who was arraigned before Justice Adrian Fisher during the Judicial Week for the offences of wounding with intent, wounding and malicious damage. According to the particulars of offence the accused on...Read More
Sierra Leone Near dream for Gold with third Straight win against Eswatini By Desmond Tunde Coker Sierra Leone nears the dream for gold with her third straight win against Eswatini. The Ladies Patriots’ onward march for gold has seen no bounds in the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier as they...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana The Persons with Disability Act was enacted in May 2011. More than 12 years later, persons with disabilities cannot receive a Permanent Disability Certificate to make them eligible to all the rights and privileges provided under the Act. Just under 2% of the country’s population is living with various forms of...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), an annual music awards designed to promote African music has recently nominated Aminata Bangura, aka Nata, a US-based Sierra Leonean rapper, for the category of ‘Best Female Rap Act’ 2023 due to her rich ‘lyrics and songs contents’. Nata has been nominated among other renowned African stars, like,...Read More
By Matt Le Cren Naperville North’s Hindo Allie missed nearly a week of classes, a game and several practices while he was out of town. But the senior midfielder had an excellent excuse to give Huskies coach Jim Konrad. “He called me and said, ‘Hey, coach, I’ve got great news. Bad news is I’m going to...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Mohamed Alie Bangura and Abubakar Sawaneh have made another appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Ross Road Court No .1 for allegedly conspiring with unknown persons to defraud Ansumannah Gbessay Conteh and Alusine Kargbo thousands of Leones pretending that they would facilitate their travelling to Canada knowing same to be false. The...Read More
The National Women’s Cricket Team has departed Sierra Leone for Botswana. Before their departure they bade farewell to the Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James-Teima and her Deputy, Kai Lawrence Mbayo (KLM) at their Bishop House office in Freetown, where Cricket Chairman, Francis Trevor Samura gave a rundown of their scheduled trip from Freetown to...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Land ownership within the Western Area for construction of houses will take vegetable farmers out of job. Abu Bakarr Koroma Dumbuya, chairman of vegetable growers in Leicester, a village in the mountains overlooking Freetown, has said that recently land ownership within the community has limited the volume of their produce...Read More
