ECOWAS is proud of S/Leones growing progress & positive regional roles

The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission H.E James Victor Gbeho has acknowledged Sierra Leone’s steady growth that is coupled with important and meaningful contributions towards the successful realisation of the objectives of (ECOWAS) regional integration process. (Photo: ECOWAS President H.E. James Victor Gbeho showering praises on President Ernest Bai [...]

The whereabouts of reason in judgments and rulings of courts in Sierra Leone

Introduction: A recent judgment of the high court of Sierra Leone has compelled me to write this piece. In any given year, several hundred actions are commenced in the high court on issues ranging from title to land to breaches of various kinds of contracts. In the majority of cases these matters are not concluded [...]

No road block to 2011 elections says Ekweremadu

Abuja – The Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ike Ekweremadu (in photo) yesterday said there is no reason why the Independent National Electoral Commission cannot compile the voters register as well as conduct elections in January as envisaged by the constitution because every support needed from the National [...]

We must eradicate colonial mentality

In January this past winter, my husband and I ventured out into a blizzard-like storm howling through Philadelphia to see Nneka Egbuna perform songs from her new album Concrete Jungle. Her opening words that night still ring in my mind: “I am not here to entertain you. I am here to show you love.” Nneka’s [...]

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