A segment of media practitioners Wednesday 4th May, went baffled over deceitful comments of the Minister of Trade and Industry on the existing fuel stalemate. “There has been no increase in pump price of fuel. Of
10,000 or more people received feeding from the membership of the ruling APC North American Branch Wednesday 4th at respective locations in Freetown. Eyewitness’ accounts have it that the Brima Attouga Stadium hosts 2,000, the Wellington
Environmental Journalist and representative of the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve (WAPFOR) and its Watershed, SLBC Harold Williams said obliterating forest reserves for ‘self gain’ is harmful to society. “It is harmful to destroy the forest,
The recent crackdown of fraudster Bai Fonti Fofanah, who doubles as Managing Director of Base I Fonti Shipping and Removal Limited tests case conducts of the judiciary on issues of international fraud. In 2008, a business
The people of Port Loko and its environs over the weekend welcomed President Koroma and his entourage including the Adviser to President Koroma Kemoh Sesay amidst thunderous applauds of drumming, dancing and singing. (Photo: President
World acclaimed Forbes Magazine in the US has pronounced oil and minerals investor Frank Timis billionaire on its 2011 list of world billionaires, thanks to stakes in three public companies: African Minerals, African Petroleum Corp.
For millions of Arsenal soccer fans all over the world, this season has joined the rank and file of a once powerful club with no trophy in the wardrobe. The club has been trophyless since
Kortor Kamara (photo), a Sierra Leonean insurance expert based in the US, with over 25 years' experience in underwriting, reinsurance and risk management, shares with Modestus Anaesoronye his thoughts on why Sierra Leone should have
The 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations have demonstrated without any iota of doubt that hope eternal has sprung in the hearts of all Sierra Leoneans. For a whole nation and its citizens in the diaspora to
“Show (the) photo as a warning to others seeking America’s destruction. No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama, it’s part of the mission”. These were the words by America’s one time presidential pretender, Sarah Palin,
The shortlist for the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced today (Monday 9 May). The Caine Prize, widely known as the ‘African Booker’ and regarded as Africa’s leading literary award, is now
Once upon a time journalism was a craft and a profession simultaneously. Through time, generations have changed the idea of what journalistic integrity is. The old timers remember and know that the news is about
Air France/KLM flight operators last Monday presented the star prize to the lucky winner of its raffle draw organised during Sierra Leone's Golden Jubilee celebrations on April 27 at the offices of the Sierra Leone
Writing a tribute for a particularly close associate of mine who passed away, from time to eternity, is one of the most difficult tasks for me. Certainly not out of incompetence, but out of the
(Olympia Washington) Dr. Ngozi Achebe’s new book The Blacksmith’s Daughter explores the origins of racial conflicts in Africa and the Americas with a remarkable story about two women separated by four hundred years but linked
