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January 2017

From humble beginnings Lawyer ABS Turay commonly known as The Kabaka hasn't forgotten his roots. It is in this vein that he sponsored the erection of a cement tank that acts as a water reservoir

The Country Officer of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Joe Pemagbi on Thursday, January 26 presented certificates to 45 Paralegals and staff of the Legal Aid Board at the end of an

Saturday 28th January, 2017- The Honorable Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, dialogued with a cross-section of Children’s Forum Network (CFN) members. The dialogue which took place at the ministry’s conference

The Global Fund has supported the Ministry of Health and Sanitation with 13 Euro Cargo IVECO brand Trucks to boost its drugs distribution and supply chain system country wide. The trucks were procured by their

News emerging from Tonkolili District has again suggested that the Minister of Education, Dr Minkailu Bah was the mastermind behind the refusal of some District APC stakeholders to attend a meeting called by the former

With support from Kitchen Tables Charities Trust, a non-governmental charitable organization, Build on Books over the weekend handed over a 3 classroom block to Our Lady of Kwama Primary School at Kwama Town, Western Rural

Sierra Leone’s Minister for Agriculture Forestry and Food Security of Sierra Leone, Prof. Monty Jones was among 83 Agriculture Ministers around the world on the occasion of the 82nd International Green Week in Berlin, Germany.

The Government of Sierra Leone, the Project Sponsors and the World Bank Group on Monday (January 23) officially executed the project and finance documents for the CECA Sierra Leone independent power project (CECA SL) under

Transparency International (TI) on 25th January 2017 released its Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2016 in which Sierra Leone ranked 123 out of 176 countries surveyed, increasing its score from 29 percent in 2015 to 30

His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, in his continued drive to empower the youths of this nation deemed it fit to nominate young, popular Freetown-based legal luminary, Kabba Koroma Esq., as Chairman of the

The National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) on Friday 20th January 2017 appointed the Acting Deputy Director General in Charge of Administration and Human Resources Development, Public Affairs and Corporate Affairs and Information, Communications