BY MOHAMED MANSARAY IN KENEMA. Nabieu Jalloh, a herbalist of Foindu Mawin Village, Kailahun District, has been convicted and sentenced to Nine years (9yrs.) imprisonment by Hon. Justice Francis Banks-Kamara of the High Court for rape contrary to Sec.2 (ii) of the Sexual Offences Amendment Act No.8 of 2019. According to the prosecution, the accused on...Read More
The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles left the shores of Sierra Leone on Sunday, June 11 for the United States on the invitation of the President of the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations General Assembly will hold high-level debate on the theme “Equal Access to Justice for...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Kabaka Multimedia Entertainment’s (KME), an entertainment label in Sierra Leone, has signed Othman Tao,aka King Piper and Ahmed Mamb, aka Dove Mambu and Kracktwist, a former artist of the Empire. According to Abu Bakarr Turay, aka, Kabaka the owner of the label, signing the artists was as a result of revitalizing...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura The Management of Kings Empire Limited, an organization aiming to promote entertainment in Sierra Leone, has said that they will in July 2023 launch a reality television show titled ‘House of Stars’ in a bid to promote and showcase talents across the Sierra Leone. The show is scheduled to commence in...Read More
Citizens of Sierra Leone dey go to di poll on 24 June 2023, to decide who dia next president go be. Di kontri wey get over three million population go decide who go rule dem for a new five-year term. Sierra Leone dey practice multi party system of goment but e get two major political...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Sierra Leone’s top scrabble players are on intensive training ahead of the World English Language Scrabble Association (WESPA) Championship scheduled to be hosted in Las Vegas, America from the 22nd to the 26th July 2023. Amongst one hundred and fifty to two hundred competitors are to compete in this year`s world...Read More
By Kareemot Salami, Broadcast Journalist, BBC Pidgin In less dan three weeks Sierra Leone go get new President. Dis year election go see di incumbent president Julius Maada Bio for anoda electoral face-off wit di candidate of di main opposition party – di All Peoples Congress (APC), Samura Kamara. Kamara no be new comer to...Read More
Story by Emmanuel Yeboah, Mawusi Yaw Dumenu and Enoch Randy Aikins Sierra Leoneans head to the polls on 24 June to elect a new president, parliamentarians, mayors and local councillors. This will be the fifth consecutive election cycle since the end of the country’s civil war in 2002, marking 21 years of democracy. Despite a...Read More
By Silas Isenjia “May this election bring an end to the violence, hatred, and discord that has plagued our beloved country,” the Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone, Fr. Peter Konteh, has implored ahead of the June 24 general elections. Fr. Konteh who was addressing the ninth Congress of the Regional Union of the Diocesan...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Thousands of supporters of the All People’s Congress (APC) on Friday, June 9, 2023 welcomed the party presidential candidate Dr Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara and his Vice Presidential Candidate Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah to the district. Speaking to the party supporters at the Koidu Town Field, the APC Presidential Candidate...Read More
