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July 2010

Civil society in the country has described the recent pronouncement by the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma on the sudden deactivation of SIM-packs as a show of dictatorial tendency, a

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) closes the case of the prosecution in the ongoing trial of the former Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Afsatu Kabba before Justice Samuel Ademusu of the Freetown High court

DAMEN Shipyards Gorinchem in the Netherlands is said to be held culpable for apparently misleading NASSIT into believing that the ferries they had purchased were operational after its professional services were hired for the procurement

Telecommunication giant in the country, Africell, is indeed a marvel not just in the world of telecommunication; it also practically epitomizes quality leadership in many areas of corporate ventures, particularly in Sierra Leone. This can

Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commissioner and Chief Returning officer Dr. Christiana Thorpe has shared her views on electoral reforms and credible elections conduct that is characterized by fairness, transparency, free from intimidation and corruption -

CP Snow, later Lord Snow, was one of my favourite authors; his style of writing was beautiful. From him I learnt to use such expressions as “I refuse to accept responsibility for such and such

Principal of Excel International for Girls Mr. Alicious Brima located at Tower Hill is presently in police custody helping the police with investigations in a complaint made against him and the Bursar one Aunty Frances

A 15-man delegation from a renowned Christian ministry, Every Nation Ministry Canada, on 5th July paid a visit to another campus ministry, New Harvest Campus Ministry at the Fourah Bay College. Speaking to a jam packed

Scores of complaints by peace loving Sierra Leoneans have reached this medium about the Freetown City Council’s new strategy of collecting the 2010 local tax. According to residents of Freetown, the strategy is embarrassing. They wonder

Before the commencement of the ongoing football World Cup finals in South Africa bookmakers had tipped players such as Wayne Rooney, Ricardo Kaka, Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to do exceptionally well in the tournament. 

Contrary to deleterious distortions being posted in the media anonymously, the chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party in North America makes the following clarifications:. The SLPPNA executive IS NOT OPPOSED to the formation of new

For the first time in Sierra Leone, the position of Chief of Staff is being established and the man just being appointed in that enviable new office is also new to the centre of decision-making.

On Tuesday 29th June 2010, H.E. Excellency Ambassador Jongopie Siaka Stevens presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the Swiss Confederation, Her Excellency Mrs. Doris Leuthard (in photo). On arrival at the West Wing

It is always very entertaining to see Dr. Banya, on his New people Online propaganda Tabloid, struggling to convince Sierra Leoneans that the SLPP still has what it takes to make our lives better. It

On February 28, 2008 at the Central Bank of Sierra Leone, The National Social Security Trust (NASSIT) started the registration of its members using the Biometric Registration System (BRS) that was integrated with a new