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January 2013

Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Ansu Kamara has been voted the Sierra Leonean Player of The Year 2012 by viewers of sierraleonefootball.com website rewarding him for his outstanding performance for both club and country. The announcement

Freetown: His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma (in photo) on Friday, 4th January 2013, called on Sierra Leoneans from across the board to inculcate and develop the culture of self-discipline, if the country was to

As part of its continued commitment to improve the educational sector in Kono District, the Playhouse Foundation in partnership with the Tullow Oil Foundation has commenced the distribution of double school desks and benches to

On 22nd December, Hon. Robin Faley, popularly known as ‘Robinho’ was given a red carpet welcome by about a thousand grass root women dressed in their APC  ‘ashobi’ in Segbwema town.  (Photo: Segbwema mosque) The women who

A United Kingdom-based humanitarian organization has stretched its wings down to Sierra Leone where hundreds of Sierra Leonean amputees, war widows and widowers as well as orphans, benefited from the organization’s charitable gesture.  (Photo: Former

The long awaited list of cabinet Ministers is finally out and we all now should come together in giving our support to those appointed, especially when they would have been approved by Parliament. This is

Addis Ababa 04 January 2013 – AU Commissioner for trade and Industry Mrs Fatima Haram Acyl met with the Ambassador Extraordinary of the Republic of Japan to Ethiopia; Mr Hiroyuki Kishino today in her office

Theme: Put Salone Fos ACADEMIC INSTITUTION OF THE YEAR- TERTIARY/Tech Voch/Polytechnic The nominees are: i) UNIMAK  ii)  IAMTECH  iii) Njala University And the Winner is: IAMTECH Citation: Established more than two decades ago to train Sierra Leoneans in Management and Technology,

London Mining last month awarded 1000 scholarships worth US$ 28,000 to 83 schools in the Marampa and Marforki chiefdoms in the Port Loko District. The company also donated exercise books, school bags and mathematical sets

The Port Loko District Council (PLDC) on 28th December, 2012 elected Councilor Ibrahim Santigie Bangura of Ward 168, Constituency 49 Deputy Chairman. He polled 30 votes defeating Councilor Lamin Kalokoh of Ward 196, Constituency 57. Councilor I.

“We should never forget that after this year’s elections and irrespective of whoever wins, we will still be underdeveloped, broke, under the yoke of modern-day economic colonialists and mean-spirited investors and busybodies; who force-feed us

The Port Loko District Council Chief Administrator, Alfred Nabieu Samura, has revealed to that council would soon complete all ongoing development projects as well as commence new ones. He stated that the timely release of funds

Dear Mr President, as Sierra Leoneans we respect the choice the people made in choosing you as president for another 5 years and also appreciate the work you have done so far in the development

The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (WASH-NET), a Non-Governmental Organization promoting water, sanitation and hygiene-related issues in the country, has described water as a tool demanding effective change. According to the organization, the change must be

President Ernest Bai Koroma spent his Christmas and New Year holidays in Makeni and Kabala where he issued a stern warning to lawbreakers whilst addressing a group of illustrious Sierra Leoneans at a dinner held