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October 2018

As Sierra Leone joined other countries in commemorating the World Mental Health Day in October, 10 2018, it is becoming evident that, drugs and substance abuse play a crucial role in the incidence and prevalence

President Bio Consoles and Mourns with Families of Military Officers and Others Killed in a Road Accidents in Freetown State House, Freetown, Tuesday 9 October 2018 - His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has joined families

Since 2012, 11 October has been marked as the International Day of the Girl, a day designated to draw global attention to the challenges that girls face and the importance of promoting their empowerment. On

Students of the Freetown Teachers College (FTC) have informed this medium that lecturers have resumed forcing them to buy pamphlets and pay for grades to lecturers and it seems that the moves made by the

While some terrible men are busy abusing women by physically assaulting and talking down to them, celebrated Sierra Leonean born musician, Yung Sal is using his beautiful lyrics and voice to appreciate our wonderful mothers-

It could be recalled that on the 2nd October, 2018, this Press reported of intelligence in conjunction with the persistent clandestine rice deal that is ongoing at the Commodity Trading Company (CTC). According to reliable

The former Western Area Regional Chairman, former Vice president – Sierra Leone Athletics Association, Western Area and former Chairman of all Chairmen, Abdulai Lamin Conteh who was leading well over 145,000 Commercial Motorbike Riders, hastily

A Cemetery Keeper at the Ascension Town Memorial Park, Julius Gberie has complained a group of young men calling themselves “Friends of the Dead” at the Adelaide Street Police Station for allegedly threatened to beat

October 6, 2018, Dallas, Texas: The inauguration of the new president of the APC-USA Dallas chapter Mrs. Jenneh Juanah Koroma brought with it the attendance of many eminent figures to and fro, including the keynote speaker, Mrs. Abibatu Daramy and Ambassador Felix Koroma.  In honor of Mrs. Koroma's noteworthy accomplishment,

The 3.4 million dollar courthouse, with its two trial chambers at New England-Ville, is in a coma. The complex needs a life-support machine urgently. Failure to do so with the speed of an ambulance responding

One time strong man of the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Dr. Dennis Bright, who resigned from the party in the run up to the March 2018 election to join the National Grand Coalition

The Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development in consonant with the Personal Assistant to the Minister of Local Government, Lawyer Brewa under the current administration of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) have

According to a letter from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, dated 2nd October, 2018 to the Sierra Leone Commercial Motor Bike Riders Union (SLCOMBRU), the Deputy Minister, Mr. Lansana Mohamed Dumbuya has vindictively

In a bid to continued demonstrating key commitment on education and support in fulfilling their corporate social responsibility for the government and people of Sierra Leone, Mercury International has pledges Le 12 Billion for the

Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Court No.1 on Monday 1st October 2018 refused bail to six Climax Club members, who are  students of Fourah Bay College (FBC) for conspiracy contrary to law. The witness testified that he