Stephane Mbia delay angers Marseille boss Deschamps

Marseille coach Didier Deschamps has expressed his anger at Cameroon’s Stephane Mbia (in photo), after he failed to arrive on time for pre-season training. The defensive midfielder should have joined up with the rest of the squad in Marseille on Sunday. The team are now at a training camp in south-west France, and Mbia had [...]

AML Agreement with Cape Lambert Resources Limited regarding the Marampa/Pepel Infrastructure

African Minerals Limited announced that it has entered into a binding Term Sheet with Cape Lambert Resources Limited in respect of the development of the Marampa rail and Pepel Port infrastructure project that will service CFE’s planned iron ore mine at Marampa.  The Term Sheet is consistent with the terms under which the AML disposed [...]

Horror – Bongo Jonson is dead!

News broke this morning in the cities of Dallas Fort-Worth in Texas about the tragic death  of former comedian, Godfrey Manly-Spain, aka, “Bongo Jonson” and his partner, Claudia at their residence in Mesquite, Texas, USA.  Sources say that it is a possible suicide murder.  Details about the cause of this horrible tragedy will be published [...]

Former ACC Commissioner praises President Koroma

Sierra Leone’s former Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Mr Abdul Tejan-Cole, has in a panel discussion at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary said that President Ernest Bai Koroma at no time during his tenure interfered with his work. Speaking during a panel discussion on the theme, “How can political WILL overcome bureaucratic WON’T” Mr. Tejan-Cole said [...]

Zain ‘Football Promotion Winners’ at the World Cup

Zain’s recent “Football Promotion” winners expressed delight and pledged their loyalty to Zain, ‘a company with a difference.’ They expressed undying gratitude to Zain, saying that the opportunity given to them was “heaven sent” as they could never have afforded the trip with all expenses involved. Acting as spokesman for the group, Principal of Albert [...]

Ambassador Bangali: ‘President Koroma welcomes democratic developments in Guinea’

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mr. Andrew Bangali (in photo) on Thursday 15th July, 2010 said His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma wholeheartedly welcomes the democratic developments that are taking place in the Republic of Guinea. Guinea went to the polls on July 18th 2010 without any clear winner. [...]

NAS and HARA hold one-day seminar on HIV/AIDS

The National AIDS Secretariat (NAS) in collaboration with the HIV/AIDS Reporters Association (HARA) have held a one seminar on HIV reporting. The seminar was held on Friday 16t July at the Ramsey House on Liverpool, Freetown. Present at the forum were NAS stakeholders and journalists from the various print and electronic media. The main theme [...]

Freetown is booming with filth, no one is guilty

Any Sierra Leonean who is not well abreast with the functions of government will start wondering who is actually responsible for the cleaning of the city, because those they think are responsible are turning blind eyes to the filth booming in the city, which one recent visitor described as an eyesore. It is unbelievable to [...]

Nigeria’s women move to the top of their group

Nigeria’s Falconets have beaten Japan 2-1 at the on-going Fifa Women’s Under-20 World Cup in Germany. (Photo:The Falconets are on the verge of qualifying for the second round) First half goals from Amarachi Okoronkwo and Desire Oparanozie’s mean Nigeria now top their group which also includes England and Mexico. Japan’s Mana Iwabuchi, scored her side’s [...]

Non Tax Revenue department calls for unflinching support

Authorities of the non tax revenue department has called on the support of the media in there aim to collect all non tax revenue from all MDA and Ministries ranging from internally generated funds, fines, penalties and forfeitures, rent from government lands, building and houses, fees and charges, licences, dividends and royalties. They noted that [...]

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