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July 2011

The Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA) Philip Lukulay was on 11th July 2011 convicted of twelve (12) counts of misappropriation of public funds and one (1) count of failing to comply

Liverpool are now said to be interested in the Sierra Leone duo Tetteh Bangura and Mohamed Bangura.  The pair – who are not related – play in Sweden’s top flight for AIK Solna. Liverpool scouts

Dear Sir/Madam: Kindly permit me space in your widely read Journal to dispute an untrue story carried in one of the local tabloids about FIGHTING AT THE NRA OFFICE at Wellington Street. Unfortunately, that paper

Reports have it that MV Sewanje landing craft that was commissioned last year by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security at Fisheries for the purpose of agriculture in Tomabum is an apparent misuse

The Anti-Corruption Commission has on Tuesday 5th July 2011 concluded a two days National Workshop on the topic: “Good Governance in Local Administration: Issues and Challenges in Corruption Control for Paramount Chiefs”. The workshop which

A sum totaling Le 1 billion is reportedly unaccounted for by the Finance Department at the National Revenue Authority (NRA).  (Photo: Acting Commissioner General, Haja Kallah Kamara) The amount is said to have been withdrawn from

One of Sierra Leone’s leading mobile telecommunication company Airtel has launched its site in Sahn Malen Pujehun District Friday 8th at the town’s community centre. In her path, the Corporate Affairs Manager June Rose Johnson expressed

West African leaders have been urged by Sierra Leone’s Deputy Attorney General and Justice Minister Hon. John Arrow Bockarie through their representatives at the first Ministerial Conference on “Humanitarian Assistance and Internal Displacement in West

Having listened to the interview of the Welsh International, Craig Douglas Bellamy stressing the importance of his wages to develop the academy of Sierra Leone makes me shed tears. Craig Bellamy is not a native

The farrago over the interest rate changes may risk making the Bank of Sierra Leone look impetuous and incompetent rather than bold.  So, why would small changes in the interest rate could have a greater

Mr. Edward Turay (in photo), Senior Lecturer in the Division of Extra Mural Studies Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone led a two man delegation to the International Workshop on Good Practices in Capacity

In the afternoon of the 25th June, 2011, the Commissioner held a press briefing with journalists at the Fair View Lodge, Kebbie Town, Bo. The briefing was attended by over (30) thirty journalists of both

The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Sierra Leone, Mr. Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara Esq. (in photo) delivered a public lecture at the Njala University Torwama Campus on Saturday 25th June, 2011 on the topic ‘FIGHTING CORRUPTION:

There have been a number of articles on the above topic with seemingly increasing frequency.  I have, in the past, added my voice and support to the cause in various opinions, both on fora and

Fifteen Chief Judges of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) including Sierra Leone’s Lord Chief Justice Umu Hawa Tejan Jalloh have on 6th July 2011 applauded the work of officials of the ECOWAS Community