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June 2011

Opposition leader, John Oponjo Benjamin (JOB) has shamed detractors proving a point that he was not “humbled” in any way, shape, or form, at the house of former Vice President Solomon Ekuma Berewa over the

The Gender Research and Documentation Centre and the Political Science Departments of the University of Sierra Leone in collaboration with the 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone will formally launch a research project on interrogating young

A pronouncement confirming the sacking of the Commissioner of Customs and six others has been characterized as having the traits of Campism - unwholesome cabals. It is disclosed however that the suggestion to sack Commissioner Mohamed

Over ten deprived communities in the Pujehun district have benefited from bore hole taps, VIP toilets, and storage facilities. The facilities were provided by Evangelical Fellowship Sierra Leone as a means of not only to complement

SLPP’s Parliamentary aspirant for the just concluded election at Constituency 97 revealed his party’s satisfaction over gains made at the polls. Komba Mijiwa cheerfully told our reporter that his party (SLPP) has sent warning shots to

The National Power Authority, it is revealed, has projected revenue collection for 2011 at Le100 billion. Sources say the authority will dependably generate the said amount if they get consumers and government institutions to pay bills

On the 27th of May this year, when the President, Ernest Bai Koroma announced the reduction in the price of fuel products by Le 500 from the earlier increase of Le 5,000 per litre and

Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has described the visit of the OIC Secretary General, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (in photo)  to

Hardly a day passes without newspapers and online websites carrying stories relating to corruption in Sierra Leone. Some of them are high level corruption cases whilst others are simple petty corruption. Corruption usually starts on a small

It was an interesting, even if not exciting week in many respects. The ruling APC were still railing from their failure to wrest Constituency 04 in the Kailahun district from the opposition SLPP in the Parliamentary

As part of its institutional approach to a public education campaign by the ACC in the fight against corruption, officers and men of the 2ndInfantry Battalion of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF)

Technical and foreign words are not alone in presenting difficulties, simple English, too, present pitfalls. Some words have two or more meanings. It is a fact that as a right your duty is to communicate to the

All hopes of reaching Gabon and Equatorial Guinea Africa Cup of Nations are virtually over as the reigning champion Egypt was held to a 0-0 by the visiting Bafana Bafana of South Africa on Sunday

The chairperson of Nigeria's anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri (in photo), has called for special courts to try corruption cases and urged developed countries to help Africa to recover its looted funds, her office

Mister Idiot: “Making himself globally known with his doublespeak on assuming office on September 17, 2007, he took these words with him to the media: “Fellow citizens, my stance on corruption will be zero tolerance.