Cabinet Reshuffle – Six To Face the Axe!

News of a cabinet reshuffle by President Ernest Bai Koroma is rife among state house sources, with news that whilst there would be replacement and placement of ministers and other government appointees, some ministries, it is said, would  also be delinked, leading to new and separate ministries. Reports say a total of six ministers and [...]

Agric Ministry in mass road construction

One of the impeding factors to agricultural development in Sierra Leone has been the lack of feeder roads for farmers to take their produce to market centers. In a bid to address the deplorable condition of feeder roads in the country, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS) has told journalists at a [...]

Journalist to drag Zenith bank director to court

Kadijatu Savage, Reporter of the Independent Observer Newspaper who was molested and insulted by the Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Madam Oby Ikeh Unekwe and has resolved to seek redress in a court of law. Sources say the reporter had called the Bank Director on her cellular phone in order to cross-check a story with [...]

More pharmacies closed, charged to court

The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone with support from the Sierra Leone Police has shut down more pharmacies in the country, charged defaulters to court in a bold move to protect the health of the people of Sierra Leone. This, the Registrar of the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone, Wiltshire CN Johnson noted, is a [...]

Politics

When one hears the word politics, many thoughts come to mind such as government, policy and affairs. This means that the field of politics has more than just one meaning. Politics can be defined as the process that people use to provide a framework to organize themselves, societies, and the world and by which they [...]

Le 10 million bail for businesswoman

Businesswoman, Bintu Mansaray was on Monday granted bail in the sum of Le 10 million and two sorties. (Photo: Complainant, John Bonoh Sisay) The accused who resides at Biloh Drive off Aberdeen Road was brought before Magistrate Bankole Shyllon of Freetown Court No. 3 on two count charge of threatening to publish libel with intent [...]

SLAJ denounces rude bank Managing Director, calls for her recall

Freetown – The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists hereby denounces in the strongest of terms the despicably rude behaviour of the Managing Director of Zenith Bank Sierra Leone, Oby Ikeh Unekwe to a journalist who simply called her to fact-check her story. Today SLAJ received a complaint from journalist Kadijatu Savage (Mrs) accompanied by an [...]

Workshop on National Quality Policy kicks off

The West African Quality Control Programme-UNIDO founded by the European Union to support competitiveness and harmonization of Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Sanitary and Physio-Sanitary (SPS) measures is organising a two day workshop on National Quality Policy to be held on the 29th and 30th July 2010 respectively at the Mamba Point, Wilberforce in [...]

The Akosombo Dam, unlike Bumbuna

The Akosombo Dam which generates electricity for Ghana is situated on the Volta River which is also the main source of fresh water supply to the country. Construction of the project commenced in 1961 and the first phase was formally commissioned in January 1966 by Ghana’s first President Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It had a [...]

Caribana Kompa 2010: Creole Seduction

An exclusive Creole affair at the The Upscale Pacha Lounge, (1305 Dundas W.), Toronto, Canada Presented by Unleashed Legacies. A Sexy evening of vibrant Creole rhythms with a Splash of Elegance and Glamour. Experience Toronto’s finest mature scene with a Creole touch! Music by Boston’s DJ Super Duk, Montreal DJ Silk with MC Smooth Aka King Creole & Toronto’s DJ [...]

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