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October 2011

With only a few weeks to the commencement of the annual Muslim pilgrimage, (Hajj) to the Holy Land of Mecca, health authorities say they have completed preparations for this year’s Hajj season.  (Photo: Alhaji Jalloh,

South Africa’s Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane (photo) insists Leone Stars is the ‘black horse’ of Group G, in the just concluded Nations Cup qualifiers. Responding to questions during a post-match press conference after last Saturday’s

Airtel, market leaders in mobile telephony have scored yet another first by gifting the Aberdeen Women's Center a toll-free telephone line for fistula patients across the country. Fistula is an abnormal opening between the bladder and

The alleged ‘money for grades’ cabalists of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) are reportedly receiving money from hundreds of persons that recently took the private West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE). It has reached this

Public buildings in the capital of Freetown have turned into dwelling houses of beggars. The Freetown Central Mosque, Bank of Sierra Leone and prominent shops around the PZ area have all become dwelling residences of number

The Sierra Leone House of Parliament Friday 7th was painted red owing to boycott action of opposition political parties - Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), People’s Movement for Democratic Change Party (PMDC) and National Democratic

The Resident Minister South, Hon. Moijueh Kaikai over the weekend, endorsed the action of management of the Sierra Leone Police in the tentative banning of all political rallies countrywide. In an exclusive Interview with our ace

Reports monitored in the Port-Loko District have it that Parliamentary representatives of constituencies 55 & 56, Hon. Binneh Bangura and Hon. Kombor Kamara have had restless moments due to unending criticism from the electorates. It has

Standard Chartered announced at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting - that it will raise US$100 million by 2020 to build sustainable eye-care services across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, almost trebling its

Airtel Wednesday 5th doled 22 million Leones to the national football team, the Leone stars.  The Deputy Administrative Secretary of SLFA, Aiah Dixon Brima received the cheque on behalf of the team’s management. On receiving

No sleep for Mr. Idiot last night at all.  Just when the Bo investigation report was forwarded him, he wasted no time and quickly browsed through the content. To his surprise however, he was shocked observing

Addis Ababa, 07thOctober 2011 – The African Union’s (AU’s) Commissioner of Social Affairs, Advocate Bience Gawanas and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)representative, Dr. Mechthild Ruenger gave a press conference on the discussions and outcomes

“It is an allegation when the public accuse the police, but when police officers accuse the police it is an indictment,” said Dr Agibola Thomas. The Executive Director of Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) Secretariat made

1708 Confusion over who qualifies from Group G. South Africa, Niger and Sierra Leone all finish on 9 points. Bafana Bafana think they're through so do Niger. 1654 South Africa's squad and technical team are celebrating.

Kenya’s Wangari Muta Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, environmentalist and human rights activist, died 25 September at age 71. A mother of three, she devoted her life to promoting the environment and democracy.