Afsatu trail – defence starts case!

In the ongoing trial of the former Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Haja Afsatu Kabba, the defense team yesterday started its case after the prosecution closed its case last Wednesday, before justice Samuel Ademusu. After the last ACC witness ended its testimony, the lead defense counsel, JB Jenkins Johnston asked the court for a [...]

Opposition leader breaks silence on NPRC coup & executions: A rejoinder

Freetown, Sierra Leone  - I read with complete amusement and dismay online the exonerations and cowardly statements of John Benjamin, Chairman of the opposition SLPP of his unquestionable role in the NPRC junta extra-judicial killing of 28 Sierra Leoneans without due process of law.  What really drew my attention to his cheap and indefensible statement [...]

World Cup 2010 – Germany take 3rd place

Uruguay 2-3 Germany – Sami Khedira nodded in a late winner as Germany saw off the spirited challenge of Uruguay to finish in third place for the second World Cup running. It seemed Germany were set for a comfortable evening when Thomas Mueller capped a period of early dominance with a straightforward finish after Fernando Muslera spilled [...]

Zain World Cup Winners Head for South Africa

Five lucky Zain subscribers that took part in the popular Zain World Cup Promotion have taken off to South Africa to watch the finals in the ongoing tournament.  Hafeez Dereck, Albert Kawa, Abdul Kamara, Alhaji LAMIN Turay ana Abubakrr Barrie were flown yesterday to the Host Nation of the FIFA 2010 world cup tournament, a [...]

Edmund Koroma: The maker of NASSIT or?

While Sierra Leoneans shed tears for the government’s inability to place honest, competent and upright individuals in public positions, mouths of elites all the time go busy, discussing and analyzing contributions of few persons, who time without number, have proved worthy of result while in positions of authority. In the history books of this country, [...]

NASSIT Public Notice

NASSIT wishes to inform its valued customers that membership begins with the registration of employers and employees. All employees register with NASSIT on a specially designed form that should be endorsed by the employer. Information supplied on this form is expected to change over time except the Date and place of Birth. However, Management has [...]

Durban fisherman cry foul over ‘World Cup ban’

Angry South African fishermen in Durban have blamed the World Cup for missing out on this year’s lucrative “sardine run”. The season runs from May to July when vast shoals with millions of sardines, attracting whales and sharks, migrate in a cold current up the coast towards Mozambique and then into the Indian Ocean. It [...]

Guinea’s presidential run-off delayed over fraud claims

Interim leader Gen Konate (in photo, casting his vote) threatened to resign over criticism of the poll The presidential run-off in Guinea, due to take place on 18 July, has been postponed, the country’s electoral commission has said. Officials say more time is needed for the Supreme Court to investigate allegations of fraud. Nobody won [...]

Nelson Mandela autopsy painting sparks South Africa row

The painting is a modern take on a famous Rembrandt piece A painting that depicts the body of Nelson Mandela undergoing an autopsy has been condemned by South Africa’s ruling party. The African National Congress (ANC) said the artwork, which is being completed at a Johannesburg shopping centre, violated Mr Mandela’s dignity. The piece shows [...]

Brazil footballer’s ex-lover ‘was fed to dogs’

The missing former lover of a top Brazilian football star was strangled and then fed to dogs, police say.  Eliza Samudio (in photo) has been missing for nearly a month Eliza Samudio, 25, was a former girlfriend of Bruno Fernandes, goalkeeper for Flamengo, Brazil’s most popular club. He handed himself into police after a warrant [...]

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