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February 2012

The police are currently investigating nurses working at the Princess Christiana Maternity Hospital (PCMH) also known as ‘Cottage’ for theft of a boy child. Miatta Bangura, a pregnant woman, Thursday 2nd was at the Cottage Hospital

Abdul Aziz Bangura, a US citizen and former footballer for Eastend Lions and Old Edwardians football clubs Thursday 2nd, February was refused bail, sent to the central maximum prison for allegedly stealing travelling luggage of

The Army Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier General Yirah Koroma (in photo), Thursday 9th refers as ‘baseless and unfounded’ a press release recently put out by the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). At the

The embattled former presidential flagbearer aspirant, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara has broken his silence on his position as to whether he has defected to the ruling All People’s Congress following Maada Bio’s appointment of Dr.

Residents of Jones Street and Salmon Street in Kissy east of Freetown lauded the degree of security coordination between them and management of Kissy Mess Mess Police Station. They also gave kudos to the Kissy Police

“Work in Moyamba town appears slow due to the unavailability of funds.  Five roads should be reconstructed here, and Siaka Stevens Street, located in the central part of the township is major to us,” residents

All is not rosy within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).  It emerged from the onset that ethnic dominance – in this case ‘fullahnism’ or fullahnising the authority of the party will not augur without a

Faith Ambassador, Hawanatu Koroma told participants in his spearhead day-long workshop, held at No 8c Lower Congo Water, Down Garden, that faith champions should be volunteers who would actualize the faith dream of British former

Stand up Sierra Leone for No Violence, a local Non Governmental Organization on Saturday February 11, launched its sensitization campaign on non-violence in the November upcoming elections at the Fourah Bay field, east end of

Just tell the Idiot who these politicians are, he will certainly tell it all to you. Of course, it’s the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) again. Guess what, my people; a risky press releases ya? So panicking,

Since Ernest Bai Koroma took over the reins of government in 2007, nearly everyone was called upon, at one point or the other, directly or indirectly, to make available their talent and expertise towards the

To simply put it (for us the ‘laymen’), multipartyism 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

Agriculture has been identified as vital for the development and transformation of Sierra Leone. To address this problem, President Ernest Bai Koroma in 2008 established a Task Force of which he is Chairman to tackle

I attended the world premier of the opera Thelma, by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, which was performed by the Surrey Opera at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, UK on Thursday 9th February 2012.  This work was for a

It happened and succeeded in Libya, but to a point; as the unintended outcomes of the NATO intervention still reverberates on the shores of the country. The jury is still out on the legal, moral