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January 2014

Twenty nine people were injured when a Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) Boeing 767-300ER made an emergency landing at Madinah airport in the holy city of Madinah early Sunday, January 5, 2014, the General Authority of

The Minister of Trade and Industry Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara Monday told traders and stakeholders at a meeting at the Ministry’s conference room at Youyi Building in Freetown, that traders within the Freetown municipality should

Notification for Public Disclosure of Environmental Social and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) report on proposed iron ore mining to be undertaken by Kingho Investment Company (SL) Ltd. Kingho Investment Company (SL) Ltd. is the owner of

Saturday, January 4 this year saw jubilant Police Officers celebrating a happy awards night at the grounds of the Central Police Division along Wallace Johnson Street in Freetown. The ceremony which was organized by the Central

Senior officials of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) including the National Secretary General, Mr. Mohamed S.  Jalloh, the Organizing Secretary, Mr. Sahid Kamara joined youths of Constituency 92 in the Deep Yai Wata community, to

The National Commission for Social Action [NACSA] has failed to fully implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission [TRC] recommendations made after the war. This assertion was made when amputees gathered at the Cotton Tree in Freetown

The Team Manager of Soja Tong FC, Mr. Amara Kamara, has told this press that no club is going to knock them out of the Central One Football Association [COFA] knock-out league as they have

It is no secret that the appointment of Hon. Paul Kamara as Minister of Sport is more of a curse than blessing to this country. It is very ironic that when he was appointed most football

Friday, 3rd January, 2014 saw a massive demonstration by street traders from strategic areas in the Freetown Municipality including places like Sani Abacha and ECOWAS Streets. According to some disgruntled traders the demonstration which processed from

Oprah Winfrey's fiancé is preparing for them to finally marry, more than 20 years after they got engaged, after they made an emotional trip to Nelson Mandela's funeral together. The talk show legend originally agreed to

The Flaming Bible Church has donated millions of Leones worth of food and non food items and cash to the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Freetown. The donation was made on to the school

The ‘Disabled Got Talent’ award which attracted sponsorship from over six various multi-million investment companies like Africell, Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, Sign Africa, Bank of Sierra Leone, Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs

"I hope to see a nation where our mineral resources would reflect in the lives of each and every Sierra Leonean." Emmerson Bockarie is arguably Sierra Leone’s most popular musicians. The ‘Borbor Bele’ star has gained

His Excellency President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has on Thursday 2nd January 2014, received at State House, the Queen’s Baton for the 20th Edition of the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow, Scotland. The Baton

H. E. Mr. Zhao Yanbo, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Sierra Leone, arrived in Freetown on Dec 31, 2013, and was warmly received