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Frightening security lapses at Fourah Bay College!

Two Milla Tanks provided by Government for the supply of water to the female hostels at Fourah Bay College (FBC) installed at Beethoven, one of the female hostels, were stolen on the night of Eid

The litigant in the High Court matter against the leadership of the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) party has disowned latest moves by the leadership of the party to purportedly give peace a chance for

It goes without saying that reforms in the criminal justice system can be called for at a better time than now. Justice itself is a public good that should be universal and accessible to all without

The Remand Home at Kingtom, where children charged with juvenile delinquency are kept on probation for correctional purposes, has come under sharp criticism by human rights groups, especially child protection organizations. The condemnation is centered on

Former Minister of Political and Public Affairs in the Ernest Koroma-led administration is poised to clinch the Chieftaincy of Wara Wara Bafodia Chiefdom, Koinadugu District on May 28, 2021 Hon. Akhmed Femi Mansaray is contesting against

Recent pronouncements by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources and HE the President, have confirmed that the Government, through the Ministry is well disposed to the Chinese-funded project of building a Fish Harbour at

Many tongues are wagging as the time draws nearer for the National Delegates Conference of the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP). Of course, as the results of the lower level elections emerge, anxious moments for

Breaking a long period of silence, Chairman and Leader of the main opposition All Peoples Congress party (APC), former President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said that the problem in the party was caused by

Impeccable political sources have intimated Sierra Express Media that the sudden wave of unanticipated transfers and or suspension of high-ranking police officers at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) couple of weeks ago, could not be

National Insurance Company- the mami pan insurance na salone : is in trouble with an Ex-correctional officer of the Sierra Leone Correctional Service owing to delay in the payment of his benefit. After several months of

Sierra Leone recorded historic progress in the fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). However, the number of reported cases remains high. According to the Human Rights Commission (HRCSL) 2019 annual report, out of 12,314

As the extended one week period for Civil Registration and Verification ended on Saturday, 22 May 2021, there has been a hue and cry by members of the public over serious lapses of the process. Aggrieved

The issue of women empowerment is not just a matter of increasing women representation in decision-making processes and educating women as the case may be. In Africa, with no exception in Sierra Leone, women bear the

Sierra Leone has a Presidential political system, which gives executive powers to the Head of State as Head of Government, distinct from the Westminster or Parliamentary system in which Executive powers are vested in the

Activities within the main opposition All Peoples Congress party (APC) have come to a halt with a court case hanging on the party’s neck. In the absence of notice for the holding of lower and upper