A 64-year-old Nigerian Professor at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, Chukwudubem Okafor has committed suicide after killing his Jamaican wife over domestic dispute. Joe Vanilla, a detective at the Berks County Coroner Office in Pennsylvania, told the
The National Union of Students (NUS) yesterday commemorated the 13th anniversary to mark the death of scores of their colleagues who were brutally murdered during the AFRC and RUF regime in 1997. The commemoration was geared
A workshop on post-conflict, reconstruction, development and peace building in Africa wraps up today August 19 at the Bintumani Conference Hall. The workshop looked at the challenges of countries emerging from violent conflicts and their impacts
As they say, bad news travels faster than good news. Following the sad news that former vice president of the Republic of Sierra Leone and also leader of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party aspirant
Regular readers of the African Champion and Standard Ties newspapers must be amused at the photograph which they like to publish of what is supposed to be me. If it is indeed me they must
Under the leadership of His Excellency the president, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma who is also Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Sierra Leone, a befitting State funeral was held yesterday at the Hockey Pitch, Wilberforce,
Subscribers of Africell, one of the leading mobile phone companies in the country are now beaming smiles after receiving pleasant prizes from company. This was disclosed last Tuesday to journalists at a press conference at the
There is no denying that the incidence of rape is on the increase across the country. Everyday children under the ages five and ten month are being raped by adults above thirty years and more. I
An all-star Sierra Leonean movie is about to be premiered in London in a very spectacular fashion on 12th September this year. Titled: FAKE IDENTITY on a SAFTECH PRODUCTION, news about the movie is already hitting
The popular Peckham Academy will be the venue to host Sierra Leoneans in a session described as ‘reception and information evening’ tomorrow evening. The programme tagged Money Talk: More For Your Money is being organized by
Ace Sierra Leonean musician come movie producer, Jimmy Yeani Bangura, has described film production as capital intensive and calls for government intervention. “It’s difficult to make movies in Sierra Leone; I have to cut on
In 2007, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) lost power to the All Peoples Congress (APC). The defeat temporarily derailed the "SLPP 2007 - 2012 Manifesto: A Platform For Peace Consolidation and Prosperity." The defeat
Beekeeping for cash income and crossbreeding chickens for higher egg yield win top ideas Washington, D.C.─ The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), the nation’s leading nonprofit organization supporting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace Corps
Zain Sierra Leone is the leading provider of mobile communications in Sierra Leone. With just over ten years of experience providing services in Sierra Leone, Zain services are delivered through a versatile and reliable network. Zain is
Sierra Leone’s President is certain to secure another term in office, independent investigations conducted have confirmed. With half of his first term almost completed, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has impressed majority of the people of
