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August 2010

The recent sacking of the Army Chief of Defense Staff, Major General Nelson Williams, has created doubts in the minds of senior as well as junior army officers, referring to the sacking as having ‘deep

The Minister of Information and Communication I.B. Kargbo has informed the general public about the position of the Government in relation to the claims made by a Togolese lawyer, Lawrence Sansogno Assiobo on behalf of

The Government of Sierra Leone is planning to hold a session of its Open Government Initiative (OGI) in the New York during the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly in September. The OGI Director, Khadija Sesay (in

One of the attributes of any respectable journalist is the ability, the patience and thoroughness of what is referred to as investigative journalism. It is how a journalist reacts when tipped off on a good

The Government of Sierra Leone has given Le1.29 billion to the Port Loko district council. An inside source in the council intimated to this medium that the Chief Administrator, Abdul Koroma in a council sitting disclosed

A two-day workshop has been held at the Kamakwie Town Hall 24th and 25th August 2010. The workshop was organized by Young Green Women Sierra Leone .The theme of the workshop was to promote sustainable forest

The top brass of the campaign for Love One Another last Saturday 28th August, officially unveiled a metal sign post at the Aberdeen roundabout, West end of Freetown. The notice board contained positive messages about love

As part of their stakeholder planning meetings to discuss how to take forward their rural community empowerment within the programme of the United Nations, an 18-man joint mission of the UNFPA Rural Community team held

As he is about to take his exit as Inspector General of Police, Mr.  Brima Acha Kamara (in photo)  is leaving behind a legacy that will hardly be forgotten by SLP personnel. This is with regards

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) established by an Act of Parliament in February 2002 amended in 2008 to help fight all forms of corruption in the country should now be thinking of an option to

Many agents contracted by the council to help sell local tax to the general public in recent times have come under the spotlight for their degree of dishonesty demonstrated with regards the manner they usually

The Makeni police will soon charge to court the matter involving the arrest of a Fullah businessman along Rogbaneh Road in Makeni with drugs identified as free health drugs. The case file, according to our source

The Justice Sector Coordination Office in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Prison early in August this year held a one day workshop at Hill Valley Hotel in Freetown. The Chairman of the occasion, Chief Superintendent Ahmed

Three-day training for the Sierra Leone Police and the Prisons Department has been conducted by the Justice Sector Development Programme at the Police Officers Mess, Kingtom. In an exclusive interview with the trainer, Alfred .B. Mansaray

The good books, referred to as books of ‘wisdom’ and which guide mankind in the things they do, the Bible, Quran, etc,  say ‘a prophet is not respected in his land of birth’ and that,