𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. When the country desperately needed a strong, compassionate and credible leader in 2018, Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio appeared and took over the leadership of the country through the ballot box. He has been in power for almost five years now. As President, Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio has paid special attention to human capital development by …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. Since President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio came to power in April 2018, he has been very busy talking to genuine foreign investors to come to Sierra Leone and invest in the mining, agriculture, fisheries and other sectors. The President’s personal credibility is now a huge collateral for Sierra Leone. For the first time in the history …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. Rumour has it that, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) is set to return to his family party (the SLPP) very soon. The question is being asked: How soon is soon? Dr. Kandeh Yumkella has an impressive pedigree in the SLPP. His father was one of the founding members of the party. When Dr. Kandeh Yumkella failed to …

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, …

“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, …