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February 2019

Chinese Government Provide 30 Garbage Trucks His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned thirty garbage collection trucks, a generous grant from the People’s Republic of China, to assist in the government’s ongoing cleaning exercise

The issue of the Commissions of Inquiry has been so topical among decision makers in the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) as if the country would not only develop immediately but hunger and food

The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, Hon Justice Babatunde Edwards (in photo), may either be out rightly ignorant of the laws of Sierra Leone, and may therefore by every measure be deemed unfit and incompetent

A team of German pediatric surgeons in collaboration with Choithram Memorial Hospital have been conducting free surgeries in Sierra Leone on poor and needy patients below 18 years of age.   (Photo: (l-r) Dr. Tapan of

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that it had entered into a settlement agreement with the Managing Director of T&S Company, Mr. Thomas Koroma, in respect of investigations into failing to

*We should use the celebration of Valentine's Day as an opportunity to step up our campaign against rape* Sierra Leone still bears some of the scars of her brutal civil war and chief among these is

As Legal Access through Women Yearning for Equality Rights and Social Justice (L.A.W.Y.E.R.S) clocks 22 on Valentine’s Day 14th February, 2019 the organisation seeks to renew their affection for girls and women by putting their

The High Court of Sierra Leone, Holden in Kenema, and presided over by the Honorable Justice Ivan Sesay, has on Tuesday 12th February, 2019, convicted four former public officers for various corruption offences. Abubakarr Sidique Turay,

SLPP Government Harbours ‘Criminal Racketeers’  ‘‘As I have said repeatedly, this war against corruption is a war we must win. I have fully empowered the Anti-Corruption Commission to use all its legal powers to relentlessly investigate

Confidential sources close to the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), have intimated to Sierra Express Media, that the just re-instated Manager of Finance, Emmanuel Gbo-Musa is on his knees pleading for clemency following disciplinary action taken

There is an insidious trend of behaviour that is creeping on to our public life, and this is evidently so on our media platforms today. It has become increasingly common to see people with authority

On Thursday 7 February, the British High Commissioner, Guy Warrington Hosted Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York at his Residence in Freetown. The Duchess made her first trip to Sierra Leone to visit Street Child’s projects

As Prince Harding, Batillo Songa, Others Battle for Supremacy… SLPP in Cold War  Members of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), especially, the Prince Harding (in photo) and Jimmy Battilo Songa’s factions, are said to be in a

Aggrieved workers of Leocem Sierra Leone Limited at Cline Town in Freetown has complained management of flouting labor laws by not allowing them to access and enjoy certain privileges as employees. Speaking to this medium, the

Dr. Lynda Foray (in photo) from the National Control Leprosy Control Program (NCLCP) has informed Mayors, District Council Chairpersons and Journalists that according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2017 Sierra Leone Tuberculosis burden report