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May 2010

A man accused of killing an up-and-coming US rapper has been cleared by a Los Angeles jury. Aubrey Louis Berry, 24, was accused of shooting 21-year-old rapper Dolla in the head at a crowded shopping

Two consecutive editions of the New Citizen newspaper made interesting reading during the week just past. It must be remembered that the New Citizen newspaper is the unofficial mouthpiece of the ruling APC government. Its

More than 74,000 South African football fans are attending the first match at Soccer City - venue for the World Cup final. The rebuilt stadium is hosting the South African cup final less than three

Zain continues to maintain the lead in not only communications but also development and growth and continues to ceaselessly confirm why they are the leading communications network in Sierra Leone. On April 1st 2010, twelve

State House Gossip core has finally come through to break the long silence on the reason for the mysterious departure of ACC Chief Abdul Tejan Cole from office; as word spread that it was President

The Comium Monday Madness Draw Part-One held on the 18th April, 2010 has seen three lucky subscribers dash at the prestigious Freetown Supermarket for various food items of their choice. These three lucky winners were

Local Unit Commander of ‘D’ division, Superintendent Nepor Senesie disclosed to journalists at his Kissy Police office yesterday morning his operation team headed by ASP Daniel Bongoh have arrested one Mohamed Sheriff, of 26 Hamilton

The Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation has confirmed that the free health care drugs were caught on sale on Tuesday in possession of three business women in Makeni, but that the names of the 

This ground breaking book Weh Dehn Say? Dehn Say Kapu Sehns Nor Kapu Word, By: Eustace James Palmer, Abioseh Michael Porter and others, [Publisher: African World Press Inc., ISBN; 1-59221-645-5] comprising a vast array of

After much rivalry recently between Kao Denero and LAJ SLMTV (Sierra Leone Music Television) will officially crown Sierra Leone's 'King of hip-hop' 2010 on July 2nd  at the Hampton Conference center, Maryland, USA. (Photo:  l-r

A Nigerian national Ferdinand Ekwunife Okeke yesterday  made his second appearance before Magistrate Henry Sandy of Freetown Court No 1A where he was refused bail and sent to the Pademba Road Maximum Prison on a

Didi Dumbuya (aka) Queen D was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone - the fourth of five children- but she migrated to the United States of America at an early age. According to her parents, music has

In the early sunrise of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's ascendancy to the throne, a considerable number of Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora remained fundamentally locked in a 'corner of skepticism' whenever a matter of

Allegation over what the police say was 'kidnapping of an Irish man' (name withheld) has revealed extreme overindulgences of state officers attached to the office of the President and Mines Ministry; and which sources say

Business in the central business district of Freetown in the early afternoon hours of yesterday May 19, 2010 came to a standstill in the areas bordering Rawdon Street-Siaka Steven Street intersection, Wilberforce Street going up