𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓”, Niccolo Machiavelli. Before the May 25, 1997 military coup, the SLPP had lost the power to influence public opinion. Several media houses had been set up by opposition supporters to undermine the SLPP government of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. The few civil society organizations …

Several Lebanese nationals resident in Freetown have been referred to the CID (Criminal Investigations Department) Headquarters for investigation, the Law Officer’s Department has confirmed. Some of them are accused of supporting dissident groups outside Sierra Leone to discredit the SLPP led Government of President Dr Julius Maada Bio ahead of crucial elections next year. Most of the factional leaders within …

The long awaited commissioning of the newly constructed two- lane Magbele Bridge along the Masiaka-Rogbere Junction Highway is expected to be commissioned by President Dr Julius Maada Bio today, in full view of local, political and religious leaders while donor partners and members of the public will also be in attendance to grace the occasion. It would be recalled that …

By Dr John Idriss Lahai. I am calling on all well-meaning/patriotic Sierra Leoneans to join me to peacefully demand compliance from Ekundayo Walton Gilpin, the Managing Director (MD) of the Rokel Commercial Bank in Sierra Leone. Let us get him to submit the original and photocopies of his PhD-he said he has a PhD in International Relations, awarded to him …

By Sylvester Samba. The Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE) has given a two weeks ultimatum to all academic and administrative staff in Higher and Technical Education Institutions with fake degrees to resign. This decision was reached following a joint communiqué on accredited university and award of fake degrees in Sierra Leone signed on Tuesday 26th April, 2022. The …

Investigations conducted by the Registrar of Njala University show that the Director of Administration and Human Resource at NATCOM (National Telecommunications Commission) Mr. Braima Kargbo (Abacha) did graduate with the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture General (Division Two) with Distinction in Project. “I can confirm that he (Braima Kargbo) is a bona fide holder of the Degree of …

Principal Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding over Court No. 1 along Pademba Road has ruled against defense counsel on a jurisdictional objection raised in the matter between the State versus Alhaji Honorable Kemoh Sesay, Former Minister of Works in the Koroma administration. Magistrate Kekura has ruled that Section 39 of the Criminal Procedure Act No.32 of 1965 as amended, 1971, states …

On the occasion of the State Opening of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone on Tuesday, 19th May, 2022, His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio said, “In developing the Compact for the Millennium Challenge Corporation after being declared compact eligible, my Government identified the lack of adequate energy as a binding constraint on development. We …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched Sierra Leone’s bid for a seat in the non-permanent category of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, for the period 2024-2025, again since the country’s first inning 51 years ago. In his statement, President Bio recalled that in just eight years after Sierra Leone became a member of the United Nations, …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. I started my Journalism career at the age of 19. At the age of 25, I became the editor of one of the leading newspapers in the country, the “Vision Newspaper” owned by Siaka Massaquoi. Under the APC of Joseph Saidu Momoh, especially after the return to multi-party democracy in 1991, the press (or some sections of …