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January 2012

An officer of the Ministry of Mines is reportedly a suspect of police investigation of an offence of fraud involving a sum totaling US $80,000. The Anti Fraud Syndicate of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), last

The ‘passing out’ of about eight hundred police recruits once programmed for Saturday 21st has been deferred to Saturday 28th; and no reason given. Police headquarter sources say that the passing out meeting has been adjourned

In its pursuit to gracefully and successfully ‘dust itself’ and correct mistakes of the past, Skye Bank SL has braced up for the good, the better, and the best in 2012. Skye Bank SL started

Cogent tips alleged that a certain ex-politician has been approached to persuade the national chairman of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party; John Oponjo Benjamin give covert support to the governing APC party ahead of

The biometric voter registration system is new to Sierra Leone. The system, which has reputedly cost over $14 million, has been the brunt of controversy and praise of ecstasy depending on what political party one

Our time is come. We shall win, win, and win trust us.  Just when the Idiot of a type is told that the Political Party Registration Commission (PPRC) wants him register a party - the

FREETOWN – The European Union has donated €3 million as support to Smallholder Production and youth employment related to Ministry of Agriculture priorities and projects in Sierra Leone.  "The overall objective of the intervention is to

Following reports that the Minister of Internal Affairs, Musa Tarawally (in photo), was awarded a contract totaling Le1,000,000,000 for the rehabilitation of Lungi Police Barracks, but misappropriated same, the police media director Assistant Superintendent Ibrahim Samura,

Neil Lennon has backed Mohamed Bangura to recover from a difficult start to life at Celtic. The Sierra Leone striker is yet to score for the club in eleven appearances and hasn’t been involved in first-team

President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home with his 10 man delegation including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Joseph B Dauda after attending the 4th inauguration ceremony of President elect of The

The determination of President Koroma’s administration to turn things around through his ‘Agenda for Change’ seems to have attracted many donors and international financial institutions that have expressed sincere willingness to work with the government

Sierra Leone barely has 11 months to the polls unveiling 17th November 2012 as national elections day.  Dearth with, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) chaired by Dr Christiana Thorpe has proposed many changes from voter’s

LIBREVILLE, Gabon, January 20, 2012/ -- On the eve of the 2012 African Cup of Nations, more than 25 footballers including Seydou Keita from Mali, Charles Kaboré from Burkina Faso, Demba Bâ from Sénégal and

Opinion piece by the Executive Director of UNAIDS for the Africa Cup of Nations 2012/ Africa….winning against AIDS Winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2012 is something millions of people across Africa are dreaming of

The Durban FilmMart (DFM) reminds filmmakers from the African continent and the diaspora to submit their film projects before the submission deadline on 15 February 2012. Projects in development are encouraged to apply for this