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June 2018

Presidential Villa, Abuja, Nigeria – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio and his counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari have strengthened the bilateral ties between the two sister countries of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Federal

An open letter to President Bio Dear Mr. President, When your government, on 9th April this year, announced the suspension of timber exportation with “immediate effect”, it felt like the start of a course correction for our

The causes and effect of APC Losing 2018 Elections If we do not know our faults to the causes of losing the past elections, we are doomed to live it as though it were not only

Following the barrage of allegations against the substantive Consultant Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Postal Services (SALPOST), Samuel Koroma (in photo), it was now very clear that they are not true just that some

While the Sierra Leone business community is grappling with the adverse effect of the everyday taxation from the central government coupled with the drastic drop in sales, price inflation and the economic hardship facing the

SLPP Turns Ambassadors To Nonentities During an immigration meeting with a bipartisan group of senators in January this year, President Donald Trump is quoted to have described some countries populated by us black and the Latino

May 30, 2018 - The Regional Police Commander for Western Freetown AIG Thomas Lahai has confirmed to this newspaper that the Sierra Leone Police is investigating an alleged case of murder which took place on

Some unscrupulous hooligans/thugs believed to be supporters of the ruling, Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) have terrorized and assaulted the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Western Rural District (WARD) correspondent, Mr. Yusuf Bangura. Speaking to the

Just over fifty days into the five-year term of the SLPP government of Julius Maada Bio, adding to the cacophony of human rights violations and administrative, constitutional and diplomatic blunders, the government has issued a

There is enough evidence to show that quite a number of junior and senior police personnel endlessly suffer from wrong and malevolent postings due to selective justice, maladministration and a wide range of political vendetta

The Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation, Sadiq Sillah was one of the public officials that arrived late when His Excellency Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio paid an on the spot check recently at Youyi

The Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) are jointly implementing a technical cooperation project for Capacity Development for Comprehensive District Development (CDCD) in the northern region

The Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA-SL) which is charged with the responsibility of protecting the environment is preparing to join the globe in celebrating the World Environment Day (WED). The World Environment Day which has

The truth, they say, is never hidden no matter how long it takes or no matter how one may want to bend it, it will certainly come out some day. This maxim follows the recent media

State House Press Secretary Accuses Vandi of embarrassing the Presidency State House Press Secretary, Yusuf Keketoma Sandi, has accused the Secretary to the President Dennis Vandi of causing huge embarrassment to the President of the