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February 2013

Information reaching this medium alleges that some senior officers of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) headquarter office in Freetown have resorted to impounding the rice supplies of police officers who absent themselves from duty without

Commissioner for the Domestic Taxes Department (DTD) of the National Revenue Authority, Ibrahim Sorie Kamara has informed Sierra Leoneans, both at home and abroad, that the NRA is always committed to exceeding annual targets as

TUNIS, Tunisia, February 26, 2013/ -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) approved on Wednesday, February 20 an unfunded US $200-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB).

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo has congratulated Sierra Leoneans for their commitment to democracy as demonstrated by the first post-war elections which was peaceful, transparent and credible elections and

The notorious collapse of the antiquated Mabang Bridge did not come as a surprise; I was long expecting that the colonial bridge would give up one fine day and cause calamity and that is exactly

The Head of the Eye Clinic at Connaught Hospital, Doctor Mathew Vandi, has commended government for supporting eye care service in the country. During an exclusive interview with this medium, Doctor Vandi stated that since 2010,

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