Court sends bike rider to 36 years in prison for murder and conspiracy
Justice Aiah Simeon Allieu has sentenced 29-year-old Ishmail Koroma to a jail term of four and thirty-two years in prison for the offense of conspiracy and murder after a jury panel returned a verdict of guilt. The convict is therefore expected to be in prison for 32 years including time already spent in incarceration. The…...
United Arab Emirates-Sierra Leone Relations: A Blossoming Friendship Under President Julius Maada Bio
The need for countries to increase their diplomatic presence and visibility at the international stage is ever increasing in an interconnected world that we live in today. Countries establish diplomatic missions with the aim of fostering and strengthening relations, accelerating foreign direct investments through trade and other economic activities, increasing education and cultural exchanges. Since […]
Youth unemployment: A war that must be won
Sierra Leone experienced a bloody 11-year civil war [1991-2002] which claimed thousands of lives, rendered thousands mutilated, homeless and traumatized. The protracted conflict hugely destroyed most of the country’s social, economic, and physical structures. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a body that was established to investigate the causes of the war, reported that youth…...
MBSSE secures over $70m to support free education
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has disclosed that it has received over Seventy Million Dollars from donor partners to support the free quality education project in Sierra Leone. MBSSE Minister Conrad Sackey disclosed that the Ministry recently signed an agreement with World Bank involving Twenty Million Dollars for foundational learning and […]
Judge punishes accused person for provoking victim in court
Justice Adrian Fisher has ordered 21-year-old Tejan Dickson to be taken into custody at the Male Correctional Centre in Freetown for “recklessly laughing and mocking” a victim while he was in dock. Dickson in the among seven accused persons before Justice Fisher to answer for seven count charges, including wounding with intent and malicious damage. […]
WASSCE & BECE results will be released this September – Minister Sackey
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education Mr. Conrad Sackey has assured the public that the result of the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will be released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) by the end of September 2023. Minister Sackey made this disclosure on […]
EXPO TIMES TIT-BITS
IMITATION OF USA 9/11 FAILS Like a recurring decimal the scare of a national strike keeps bobbing up now and again. It is becoming intractable. But it is not beyond solution. Government seems to be nonplussed over the misdemeanours of one of its coarse foul-mouthed and ill-bred nationals ensconced in Holland. In this regard one…...
Child torturer in police net
A woman identified as FA, a resident of Murray Town Barracks, has allegedly beaten a 5-year-old girl, leaving the child with wounds and body pain. The merciless beating is said to have happened because the victim is reported to have taken food from a pot to eat, unknown to the accused. The child’s act…...
Sept. 11 Protest: 2 dead, 72 in police custody
The Sierra Leone Police has confirmed that following the unauthorized protest organized by some faceless individuals on 11th September 2023, seventy-two people have been arrested and two people confirmed dead. Head of Police Media, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Brima Koroma said the Goderich Police Division has arrested four people, Waterloo Police Division has arrested…...
SEPTEMBER 4TH , 2023.
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