I’ve been toiling over the idea of making a pertinently relevant and strong case, on why we need to support and protect our Sierra Leonean owned news media. Not only by reading their articles and
One of the few misfits vying for the presidency of the country under the ailing flagship of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP); Julius Maada Bio is feared to be broke by many of his
African Minerals Limited (AML), the world’s largest iron ore and magnetite mining company has held a consultative meeting with stakeholders on the 17th May, 2010 at the magnificent Taia Resort Hotel along Lumley Beach in
March 11, 2010 was the crowning point for the people of Sierra Leone, its Government, and a company committed to development and growth in a communally conscientious manner, with the highest standards of ethics; a
When Ernest Koroma Seems not to Exist! Mr. Express could not hold it but l…a…u…g h at the mockery the Koroma Government has immersed itself into in issues of the fight against corruption. To Mr. Express,
Abdul Jalloh, prosecution witness in the trial of the former minister of Fishers and Marine Resources, Haja Afsatu Olayinka Ebishola Kabba, said in the High Court yesterday that there was no signature of the accused
At the Freetown court sitting yesterday, a 38 year old man was arraigned at the Freetown High Court No 1 yesterday for the rape of a 15 year old girl. Justice Ademusu presided over the matter. The
Some six months has passed since Accountability Alert–Sierra Leone (AA-SL), a new initiative conceptualized to promote NGO Accountability and Transparency. In those time points, we have had several challenges and some good news as well,
In politics as well as among journalists I am all sorts to all men; some would like to strangle me slowly until I die from asphyxia. Others would like to give me a bear hug
The premises of the Sierra Leone Embassy in Libya was recently crammed by payless spectators watching the extreme disgusting professional misconduct of the Sierra Leone head of chancery to Libya Unisa Sahid Kamara against a
Back in 2002, a summit of the African Union on corruption clearly highlighted just how serious this evil is within African societies. The statistics for the cost of corruption to the continent was an estimated
To simply put it (for us, the laymen), multipartism is that (political) system lawfully involving more than one party in the running of a country. If my memory serves me right, the political scientists (or who/whatever
After having the opportunity of traveling to several African countries, I have realized that our country’s media is severely backward, producing mostly baseless news full of grammatical errors and bearing literally little semblance to the
The politics of double standards dubbed ‘watermelon’ politics is once again facing the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP); this time around casting its awful spell on Julius Maada Bio; one of the forerunners of
On Friday 14th May 2010 at about 10 am in the morning, the residents of George Brook, Dwarzack Farm centre of Freetown around the peninsula and the Metropolitan Police of the Freetown City Council locked