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February 2013

Although His Excellency the president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has taken the bold step to appoint a disabled, Mustapha Bai Atilla, as Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, the disabled community continues to

Sierra Leoneans in the landscape have commended Comium Sierra Leone as one of the best GSM mobile companies that is meeting to the satisfaction of its customers. Speaking to this medium Madam Mariatu Sesay of Kambia

The leadership tussle  that recently erupted at Mount Zion has been laid to rest as a result of the intervention of  the substantive Chairman of Mount Zion community or New Site Development Committee (NESDECO), Assisstant

Recent performances by a certain Tottenham midfielder have got me to thinking – who is the most desirable player in the Premiership right now?  If there were to be a complete reset of the clubs

The Nigeria High Commission to Sierra Leone held its maiden Annual Awards Night, 2012, for distinguished cooperate institutions and individual Nigerians and Sierra Leoneans. The impressive ceremony took place at Family Kingdom Hall on Saturday,

Disgruntled students of the National School of Nursing have categorically condemned the skyrocketing tuition and graduation fees they now pay in the school in Freetown. In a recent interview with this reporter, one of the aggrieved

The Women’s Wing of the Voice of Islam held a two-day workshop at their Bai Bureh Road office in Freetown. The topic of the workshop was The Importance of Islamic Education. According to the President of

The president’s Golf, Squash, and Tennis Tournament which commenced on the 18th February,2013 was climaxed on Saturday 23rd February at the Freetown Golf Club, Beach Road. Before the prize giving ceremony at the Freetown Golf Complex,

The oldest commercial bank in Sierra Leone, the Standard Chartered Bank, has donated $1 million to support eye care in the country. The bank donated the money through its 'Seeing Is Believing Project' on comprehensive eye

Freetown, 21st February 2013 — The Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed the Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) at the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Finance and

Miss West Africa International can confirm that major telecommunications company Unitel have become the official title sponsors of the International pageant event for 2013. Now only a month away, Africa’s most popular pageant will take

The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has appealed to staff and students of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) in Magburaka to join the fight against corruption in a bid to ensure that

I cross the bridge, there's no more sorrow Across the bridge, there's more tomorrow I cross the bridge, traversing the river flow Across the bridge, a tear drop, sinks below

Rev. Emmanuel Kwasi Botchway of Hope International Church and Ministries, Texas, USA brought new life and glory to Elohim Bible Church and Ministries last week as they velebrate their “Pneuma Festival 2013”. The “Pneuma Festival” which

China’s strategic position in Africa’s development, especially in the last two decades has been extremely beneficial, especially in strengthening the Sino-Africa relationship and in giving it a new life. Africa’s quest to achieve stable and