Historically, the national interest has always been what’s good for a government and not what’s right for, or needed, by the people and the nation. Therefore, the suspicions and recriminations; [Read more]
The latest Index by Save the Children, "Surviving the First Day- State of the world's mothers 2013" has shamefully ranked Sierra Leone third in the bottom 10 amongst the worst [Read more]
“Good afternoon Simma!” Ngo Musa, an old concomitant greeted me at Nyawa Junction, in front of the wreckage of late Brima Marrah’s house which was burnt down in Blama during [Read more]
Even though foreign analysts say that the African pie (that is how our resources are now being defined) is too big for anyone to fret about, reading updates of developments [Read more]
Let me start by congratulating Chief Alhaji Bai Shabora Somano Kapen III for his victory as party Chairman and Leader ; a man who has rendered and sacrificed so much [Read more]
It is an open secret that Sierra Leone has recently been locked into the jaws of a spate of undesirable scandals, ranging from the NRAgate, bank fraud, and bribery of [Read more]
Monday, 22nd July 2013 added another day to the countless sad days that makes the Sierra Leonean calendar, as some extortionist and misguided citizens dressed in the noble uniforms of [Read more]
As a follow up to Mr. Abdulai kamara’s piece on the alleged manhandling and abuse of Mr. Alie Mozart Sesay by police officers in Makeni (Express and Star, Aug 5th.), [Read more]
I think one must be several sandwiches short of a picnic to buy into the horribly unspecific mantra that is the agenda for prosperity, as it is currently being touted. [Read more]
When President Barack Obama declared his intention to become the most powerful man on the planet, it was laced with the audacity of” hope” and only “hope”. Only the minority [Read more]
Greetings to fellow Sierra Leonean Muslims and Bravo! for the courage to observe the holy month of Ramadan despite the harsh economic situation we are living in. I was born [Read more]
Like a fart in the meeting room, it is impolite to mention it. So let’s whisper it, one more time. At the top of our society, there is kleptomania as [Read more]
Habib Munda, the (dis)honorable (mis)representative of Constituency 017, you might think the Pathfinder brouhaha between you and YAD has been laid to a rest hence you have never been summoned [Read more]
As the drama unfolds…. By Journalist Amadu Lamrana Bah (filed on Friday July 5th 2013) The Minister of Information and Communications Alhaji Alpha Khanu has in an interview with Journalists [Read more]
Let’s be blunt about it. The manner of our search for foreign succour is like a randy 70 year-old roaming all over town and inviting a nymphomaniac to be [Read more]
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