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September 2013

The Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA), in collaboration with the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone, has intensified its Road Safety campaign in churches during Sunday services which commenced on 1st September, 2013 in

The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has announced that it has collected Le 1.081 trillion against a half yearly revenue target of Le 1.042 trillion for the first half of 2013 (January – June). When compared to

If Parrot’s ears did not deceive him, he could recall that the Kenema City father promised to use his caterpillars to repair the countless potholes on the roads in the city when elected. He made

The  Eastern Regional Chairman of the All Peoples Congress (APC), Prince Kamara, has denied owing the Good Guys Film Industry the sum of Le 50 million for two political campaign movies, “The President Must Stay,”

The Minister of Education, Science & Technology, Dr. Minkailu Bah, has disclosed his ministry’s intention to start closing down schools and other learning institutions which are not accredited by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and

Nine months old Abu Bakarr Kamara, whose disabled father died months before his birth, passed away last Sunday while the newly elected Chairman was trying to appoint other executive members to run the affairs of

All Peoples Congress (APC), District Chairman East, Amadu Bangura, has predicted that the ruling APC will win elections again and again under the leadership of Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma.  He made the prediction during a

The Timber Association of Sierra Leone is set to plant at least 15,000 trees in each of the five districts in Sierra Leone.  Chairman of the Association, Mr. Allan Barrie, informed this medium that reforestation

The Minister of Trade & Industry, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara, has informed Sierra Leoneans that his ministry is presently engaged in reforming the business environment in the country. Addressing journalists Thursday at the weekly press briefing

Speaking to journalists at his East End Police divisional office on Wednesday 4th September 2013, the District Traffic Officer (DTO) Inspector Saidu Mike Kargbo disclosed that his division has launched an operation code-named ‘More Trouble

The Regional Chairman-East of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Mr. Bob Batilo Saffa, who also doubles as the Director of Radio Maria east, during a one day training for over 30 journalists in

In a bid to fulfill their terms and condition and the Company Act of Sierra Leone, one of the diamond mining companies operating in Tongo Field Lower Bambara chiefdom eastern province of the Republic of

The Director of the Overseas Development Institute has called on Barclays Bank to reconsider its decision to close its Somalia accounts, describing the move as 'unwarranted, unnecessary and a threat to some of the world's

Apart from the rumours I have heard and the publication by a Freetown newspaper that the Minister of Transport and Aviation Mr Leonard Balogun Koroma has officially pronounced the ban on the importation of right-hand

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Communications and Government Spokesman, Hon. Alpha B.S Kanu, on Thursday 29th August, 2013 appealed to Information Communication Experts and colleague Ministers of Information Communications Technology and Energy from the