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The Defense Minister You Don’t Know

The good books, referred to as books of ‘wisdom’ and which guide mankind in the things they do, the Bible, Quran, etc, say ‘a prophet is not respected in his land of birth’ and that, ‘the value of a shade is not known until the tree is cut down.’ (Photo: Major Alfred Palo Conteh, Defence [...]

Applaud to the Freetown City Council, but…

I have observed for the past few days, public health officers from Freetown City Council inspecting public places to ensure people have kept their vicinity clean. I was impressed by this initiative being implemented by the City Council hence my intent to put up this article to commend the Mayor and his staff for this [...]

Upgrading and expanding the national transmission and distribution network – how far?

The transmission and distribution network in the capital city of Freetown was constructed in the 1960s.This network was one year old before the country gained its independence which explains why the transmission and distribution lines are outdated and have outlived their useful life. Incidences of fallen poles, punctured cables and cut wire are common occurrences, [...]

Cause for the dislike of Mathematics and Integrated Science at BECE level by female students

Mathematics and science hold a rather unique place in our society; most people in our society will accept the fact that mathematics and science are vital for the continued growth of most great nations, both for expanding internal advancement and for the maintenance of a leading role with world community. On the other hand, these [...]

Rape on the increase

There is no denying that the incidence of rape is on the increase across the country. Everyday children under the ages five and ten month are being raped by adults above thirty years and more. I think this issue is becoming very rampant and urgent action on the part of ministries, NGOs and women’s organizations [...]

Misuse of state funds hinders the development of our country

Sierra Leone since independence can only boast of few achievements whilst some of her neighbours like Guinea and Liberia continue to push ahead of us in the development process. Before the war, Liberia was far ahead of Sierra Leone in terms of development as business people in Sierra Leone used to flock into Liberia to [...]

The dangers of saboteurs

Give a few thoughts to the topic under consideration, and then you would be obviously led to believe one self-explicable truth, the truth that prompted Ernest Bai Koroma to make a clarion call for change of attitudes of Sierra Leoneans towards the growth and development of the country. But the regrettable thing about this concept [...]

Political warfare in the making

As the much talked about 2012 elections are just a skip to catch the political, momentum is gradually spreading like a bush fire in the harmattan, some of the candidates that have shot up for the opposition SLPP are currently facing criticism, the most recent been Dr. Kadie Sesay (in photo). The current issue on [...]

Confusing the Presidency

Sierra Leone has always been faced with one big problem, the problem of leadership, a problem that comes every way into the peculiar factors responsible for the stagnation in the countryâ€™s growth and development. As it is often said, it is a heartrending thing for a man to have a good head but that the [...]

Sierra Leone Corruption: How Ingrained?

For years now, what has been a primary impediment to the growth and development of Sierra Leone both as a state and nation is the entrenched corruption that cuts through every sphere of life in the country. It is such that the purported fight against this thriving menace called corruption is almost unwinnable if the [...]

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