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July 2010

The Nigerian president hopes the new agency will help 'rejuvenate the economy.' Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan (in photo) has signed into law a new agency that will take over bad debts from the banking system. The Asset Management

Philosophy means love wisdom. But it enjoys none of the glamor that its definition would imply. For instance, in one of the board games that I played with the kids recently, the chance card that

Yaya Toure is confident he will be a hit at Manchester City, as he prepares to join his new team mates. (Photo: Yaya Toure is a key member of the Ivory Coast national side). The 27-year-old

On June 7th, this year, Chernor Ojuku Sesay, Information Attaché of the Sierra Leone Embassy in Brussels, Belgium opined in “NPRC-Never Again” supporting the inquest into the death of James Bambay Kamara, Lt. Colonel James

The civil and political unrest in Guinea, especially in recent times, left scores of people homeless and countless dead. Guinea, a small country in the West African sub region that shares a boundary with Sierra Leone

Children the world all over are regarded as an indispensable asset to the development of any nation. However, in Sierra Leone today, the vulnerability and the neglected state of children is becoming worrisome for the

Random interviews conducted by this medium with residents in the east and central part of the city have revealed that Emmerson Bockarie's  musical album 'Yesterday beteh pass tiday' was indeed true. According to a petty trader,

Over the past few days, one of Sierra Leone’s most popular celebrities, Christiana Bull, has been the victim of blackmailing when a self made pornographic movie between the celebrity and her boyfriend Jonathan Bockarie was

The Government of Sierra Leone, Sierra Express has been informed, intends to make agriculture its number one priority; a move experts say if implemented with current plans will be enough to rejuvenate the country’s sleazy

Statements made by the Managing Director of the Maritime Administration, Mr Philip Lukullay in the full view of the media and general public on the NASSIT ferry issue have been invariably described by colleagues and

In Sierra Leone today, for one to hear about rape being done on children as young as six is alarming and sending ominous signals to the country’s future. Now, it is a common norm for media

When one mentions Zain several words come to mind like dedicated, loyal, caring, passionate and simply the best. To add to all these depictions and more, Zain has come up with the grand ‘Fambul Tariff’.  

I have told the story that Harry Truman, the man who succeeded Franklin Roosevelt in 1945 as the 33rd. President of the United States of America had a plaque on his desk which read, “THE

Lecturer at the Port Loko Teachers College, Augusta Hawa Turay of No. 10 Abijan Street, Lungi has been dragged to court by 22 people and will make her first appearance on a forty-four count charge

As much as not all would not want to agree with the fact that the Koroma government has succeeded in satisfying the expectations of the vast masses of Sierra Leoneans, one cannot also divorce the