Many of those who believe in the hereafter believe that the soul of the late Chief Samuel Hinga Norman should now be at that place where the weary are supposed to be at rest. But those who the former war crimes indictee left behind are still looking out for a fight or fights. The Special[...]

 The British High Commission provides an excellent visa issuing service. It maintains a high standard of customer service, measured regularly against customer service targets, and helps to prevents immigration abuse. Every applicant for a UK visa, worldwide, is assessed by trained Entry Clearance Officers against the UK’s Immigration Rules. The way that diplomatic visas are[...]

The director of the Forum of Conscience (FOC), John Caulker, has announced that the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights based in Ghana will start hearing the case of the late Harry Yansaneh. Harry Yansaneh, former deputy editor of “For di People” newspaper was alleged to have been manhandled by Fatmata Hassan, a Member[...]

The Rules of Court Committee in collaboration with the National Electoral Commission (NEC) yesterday held a national workshop on the “Draft Election Petition Rules 2007”. The workshop was to consult and fine tune the draft rules to finally present a set of rules which would regulate election petitions.  The chairman of the Court Committee, Chief[...]

The country report on “Human Rights Practices-2006” released by the U.S Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour has revealed that women’s rights in Sierra Leone have not been protected. The report states that the law does not specifically prohibit domestic violence and the government rarely enforces the provisions contained in the 1861 Offences Against[...]

The principal of College of Medicine Allied and Health Sciences (COMAHS), Professor Sahr Gevao yesterday heightened that, “blood transfusion in Sierra Leone is totally hopeless.” During a presentation of a draft working document on the National Strategic Plan for Blood Safety at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) conference room at Youyi building, Brookfields[...]

The flag bearer of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Alhaji Amadu B Jalloh, has echoed that if he wins the presidential seat after the elections he would privatize the National Power Authority (NPA) and the Sierra Leone Telecommunications (Sierratel) and other public institutions. He said, “private enterprises make more revenue than public enterprises. And a[...]

A man known as Kaisamba has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment by the Kenema High Court after he was found guilty of breaking into a shop at Humunya Avenue.  According to the state counsel Timothy Sowa, the man was caught in possession of huge cigarette lighters and two nylon bags of cotton ‘lappa’ by[...]

Customers at Fatu Jalloh’s outdoor café at Liverpool Street abandoned their drinks to sneak up to the Ballanta Academy of Music next door to find out who was playing cool jazz on Saturday. They sat in with students of the Academy who were attending a masterclass given by the Charlie Porter Quartet, by kind courtesy[...]

The National Union of Sierra Leone Students (NUSS) has met at the Dr Tejan Kabbah Hall, at the Eastern Polytechnic campus in Kenema, to discuss its role in the July 28 elections. The students met with key stakeholders in the community to make agreements so that they could contribute to the elections in a positive[...]