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November 2009

State governance involves the ability of a given government to provide the needed services for the electorates upon its election. Now when we elected President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in 1996, it was out of the 

Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and his Foreign and International Relations Minister, Hon. Zainab Hawa Bangura are currently in Istanbul, Turkey to attend the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and

Like other Freetonians, I had looked with great anticipation to Friday’s commissioning of the Bumbuna  project by his Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma. Most, if not all newspapers gave the event great prominence including superlatives on

Attending the largest Africa event organized for Africa by Africare, an organization headquartered in Washington, DC whose mission is to improve the quality of life of the people of Africa, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mines

Many a time I have been wondering about how to unravel this puzzling question in my mind. As Sierra Leoneans, are we patriotic? Our manner of doing things and approach sound unpatriotic and they seem

A call for nursery education to be introduced in all government schools in the country has been made by teachers in various institutions established by government. This was revealed by Madam Mariatu Kamara, deputy head

Popular businessman and socialite Mr. Hamzza Sesay, of Mabella Industries Limited faces a ten count charge, relating to misappropriation of public funds and “making excessive payment from public revenue for sub-standard or defective goods contrary

Sheku Tejan Jalloh and Logus Koroma Out!  President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday sacked Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr. Sheku Tejan-Koroma following a three count indictment contrary to the Anti-Corruption Act, and Mr. Balogun

The Most Rev. Dr. Monsignor Edward Tamba Charles, the Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, recently returned from a Synod meeting in the Vatican where various Catholic Bishops from all over the world convened. Representing Sierra

As over 500 Pilgrims from Sierra Leone are expected to arrive on board Royal Air Maroc (RAM) next week for this year’s pilgrim in the holy city of Mecca, the Sierra Leone Embassy in Saudi

Today, Friday November 6, 2009, the great Bumbuna Project which has taken some 34 years or so to complete and which has now been completed only after two years by the All Peoples Congress, APC

As part of its giant strides to showcase some investment opportunities to potential investors, the Sierra Leone Embassy in Riyadh- Saudi Arabia has succeeded in wooing some high profile international businessmen for the donor conference

The Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), University of Sierra Leone, situated at A. J Momoh Street, Tower Hill and George Street Campus at 4 George Street, is celebrating its 29th anniversary today 5th

The spate of people abandoning one party for another is a matter of concern, which should be addressed by the Political Parties Registration Commission. It has now become the usual occurrence for prominent personalities once aligned

Suddenly, the image of a smiling president has been replaced by the stern face of a no nonsense disciplinarian. Yesterday, the nation received the news with a rather collective sigh of relief that the president has