‘EID- MUBARRAK, SHAU RAMADAN,’ salutation to brothers in the Muslim faith! I greet you in the name of Allah the beneficent and merciful. I am sure you are aware of the fact that fasting brings grace
Match day three of the Airtel Rising Stars football talent project in Makeni entered its third and penultimate day on Saturday. Rising Queens and Malimba Queens FC was bound to be a tough decider –
Educational institutions must seriously look at the alarming spate of sexual violence against school going children. It is compelling though that the teachers, just as the rest of society, should provide an enabling environment for up
The judiciary should set the example of dispensing justice in a clear and healthy environment. (Photo: Chief Justice Tejan-Jalloh & Supreme Court Justice Shahineh Taqi, members of the Sierra Leone Judiciary) There is no denying of money's
It is but necessary that we sometimes divert our attention from politics and the antics of politicians which only help to inflame the minds of ordinary people and draw attention to some social issues which
A cross-section of Sierra Leonean Football players foreign and home based have lauded the tremendous efforts by Sierra Leone's most outstanding FIFA agent Chernor Musa Jalloh. That his contribution in the development of football impacted FIFA’s
A 5 year old girl over the weekend told Magistrate Johannes Wellington of Court 2 that on the afternoon of Tuesday 9th April, at Spur Loop Freetown, she was called upon by Pastor Emmanuel Kelly
The northern town of Makeni continues to be the centre of attraction for football fans as the Airtel Rising Stars football talent discovery program rocks the Wusum Grounds, Makeni on Friday for the second day
African leaders convened a fund-raising conference Thursday for famine-wracked Somalia, where tens of thousands of people have already died and 3.2 million are on the brink of starvation, with a top United Nations official warning
Addis Ababa, 25 August 2011 –African Union (AU) leaders gathered at the first ever AU Pledging Conference and made pledges of more than US$350 million dollars toward the relief effort assisting the millions of people
While the focus of HIV and AIDS interventions has always been on the 20-40-year-olds most likely to be infected, African democracy institute Idasa warns that health workers and social planners have neglected to take into
The Port Loko District Council on Monday 22nd August, 2011 awarded forty Grant-In-Aid (GIA) scholarships to students of the Teachers' Training College and Polytechnics in the district. Port Loko District Council Finance Officer, Abdul Bangura disclosed
As she walked to the podium, the hall that was filled with die-hard APC supporters went wild. It was cheers all the way for Ms. Nanette Thomas as she bid farewell to the APC Dallas
Port Loko town will soon benefit from pipe borne water supply. The project engineer, Hassan Y. Kamara disclosed to the New Citizen that they have received over Le6 billion from government, in partnership with the Port
The Bank of Sierra Leone’s monetary policy committee left its key lending rate unchanged at 23% for the third straight month, citing concern over inflation in the West African nation. “The committee underscored the need for
