“Mistakes are always forgiveable if one has the courage to admit them”, David Blunkett, former UK Home Secretary. A leaked audio about the Vice Chancellor and Principal of MMTU (Milton Margai Technical University), Prof. Philip John Kanu, venting out an angry emotion against some members of the Mende tribe went viral on social media last week. The hurt created by …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚 One anti-Bio newspaper recently published a screaming headline claiming that, based on provisional voter registration figures released by one faction of the APC, their Presidential candidate (Dr. Samura Kamara) had won the June 24, 2023 Presidential elections. This claim is at best preposterous! Even their figures do not add up. Since the APC lost power in April …

The Global Times is in no way trying to undermine the investigation that is currently underway, conducted by both NATCOM and the Sierra Leone Police, to determine whether Orange SL are deliberately trying to obstruct the course of justice by refusing to handover the call data for eighty subscribers believed to be linked to the violent insurrection that took place …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. It is very sad that a leader of a political party does not know the criteria that ECSL Registration Officers use to register eligible voters in the ongoing voter registration exercise. Yesterday, the leader of the defunct “Unity Party”, the chatterbox Femi Claudius Cole was all over social media claiming that, ECSL Registration Officers in an obscure …

The decision by Mohamed Gento Kamara to throw his hat into the ring of the Freetown City Council Mayoral election is a significant move. It is important because, Mohamed Gento Kamara is a household name in Freetown. He is a successful businessman and a senior executive member of the prestigious East End Lions Football Club. In his declaration of intent, …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. A Western diplomat resident in Freetown, recently noted that, the main opposition All Peoples Congress party are either not ready or are not prepared for the June 24, 2023 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council elections. She praised President Julius Maada Bio for declaring the dates for elections exactly fifteen months before the due date. This, she said, …

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has been upset, angry, and frustrated for a very long time. But with her incessant calls now for “Prayers for Sierra Leone” after last week’s carnage in Freetown, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer’s anger, and frustration are at their peak. The Mayor’s city was on the brink of collapse; in real-time biblical Armageddon. Let me assure the Mayor or …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, His Excellency President Umaro Sissoco Emballo of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, has come and gone. He came to Freetown on a solidarity visit after the violent insurrection of August 10 that killed innocent citizens including at least five law enforcement officers (Police officers). President …

By Sorie Fofana. The appointment of John Benjamin as Senior Adviser to the President and Ambassador-At-Large did not come as a surprise to some of us. At the SLPP National Delegates’ Conference held in Bo in December last year, John Benjamin and President Julius Maada Bio exchanged warm, friendly smiles. The President’s intent to bring JOB into his government was …

By Sorie Fofana. On 5th September, 2017, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella officially resigned from the SLPP after failing to get the Party’s endorsement as flag bearer ahead of the March 2018 elections. He said, “It is with heavy heart that I hereby publicly declare that with effect from today 5th September, 2017, I cease to be a member of the …