• Siera Leone As fake Nursing Schools planned for closure… Chief Nurse urges Nurses to be ethical

  As part of her strategy to upgrade the standard of nursing in Sierra Leone, the new Chief Nursing Officer, Hossinatu Kanu, on Friday, 14th June, 2013 has disclosed her intention to close down all unaccredited Nursing Schools in the country. Madam Kanu made this disclosure at her Youyi Building Office during her first meet with Matrons and Sisters from across the country. She also took time to ...

• Siera Leone President Koroma to meet new Chinese Presidnet

  As the bi-lateral relationship between Sierra Leone and China continues to strengthen, President Ernest Bai Koroma will pay an official visit to the Chinese Republic from 24th to 30th June this year, where he is expected to deliver a keynote address at the Xiahun Univeristy at a Forum for International Peace. Briefing members of the media on the visit, the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, ...

• Siera Leone LMC boosts Free Healthcare at Lunsar Hospital

  The Lunsar Health Center has received a supply of medical consumables worth forty thousand Pound Sterling from London Mining Company (LMC), to boost the free health care programme in the town and the Marampa Chiefdom as a whole. According to LMC’s Community Relations and Resettlement Manager, Desmond Doherty, the medical supply was donated to the hospital courtesy of Annette Roberts in ...

• Liberia No Evidence to Prosecute 19 Grand Gedians - Say Defense Lawyers

  The lawyers representing 19 Grand Gedians currently under trial for different crimes ranging from rape, murder, mercenarism, theft of property and arson, has filed a motion before Criminal Court "D" at the Temple of Justice to dismiss the trial against their clients. The Temple of Justice is situated on Capitol Hill, Monrovia. It can be recalled that sometimes ago, the Government of ...

• APC Tactics Backfire… Lands Minister Booed

  Disgruntled voters in Mile 91, Tonkolili District, are reported to have booed at the Minister of Lands, Country Planning and Environment, Musa Tarawally when he recently led a high-powered delegation to persuade the voters to vote for Aaron Koroma the APC candidate for Constituency 62 parliamentary bye-election slated for June 29 this ...

• FOB Commander on Massive Construction

  The Commander of the Forward Operation Base (FOB) in Sulima, Pujehun District has told this medium that since he took office in February this year, he has been able to construct a five bedroom house and a big hall now used as a ...

• Professor Parrot That Poro Invasion at Mobureh

  Parrot has gathered that some desperate illicit miners masquerading as poro men recently attacked an innocent Indian Investor at Mobureh and vandalised his house after raining unprintable invectives on him. Well, Parrot knows very well those illegal sand miners who perpetrated the dastardly act. Indeed the great and inquisitive parrot is aware that the attack was masterminded by a certain SLPP ...

• Sierra Leone Journalists Threatened With Sanitisation of Media Landscape

  The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed serious concern today over the future of press freedom in Sierra Leone following inflammatory statements made by Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, special executive assistant to President Ernest Koroma. IPI urges political leaders in Sierra Leone to distance themselves from the threatening remarks made by Blyden, and to commit to protecting press freedom ...

• Liberia Rep. Forh Expulsion Eminent - As CDC Probe Team Recommends

  Reports The Informer gathered over the weekend suggest that Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) under-fire lawmaker Edward Forh might be expelled from the party for alleged corruption. A committee established by the party months ago to probe the Montserrado County District #16 Representative's request of chopping the country's development money reported Friday calling for the ...

• Liberia U.S. Policy Shift John Kerry Vs. Hillary Clinton - a Liberia Tale of the Tape

  In her four years as U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton made two key visits to Liberia - the first during a seven-nation tour of Africa in 2009 and another to attend the second inauguration of her long-time friend, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in January 2012. Sirleaf, in return met Clinton almost a dozen times during her first term, on separate visits to Washington, climaxing with a final ...

• Liberia Appreciating Our Countrys Recognition

  Liberia's presence more among the comity nations once more continues to be manifested in the numerous recognitions the world-over. Since the inception of the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Administration in 2006, following the 2005 general and Presidential elections, Liberia's relations with the nations of the world has tremendously continued to improve with positive impacts. Such ...

• Liberia Firestone Graduates Over 50 Students in Skills Training

  Firestone Liberia Accelerated Learning and Skills Training Program has graduated 54 students in various skills. The graduation ceremony took place on Friday, June 7, 2013, at the Harbel Field House in Margibi County. Serving as Guest Speaker was Firestone Liberia's Controller, Mr. Patrick Rodrigo. He commended the students for their decisions to venture into skills training saying, ...

• Hundreds join Toms crew in aid of Africa

  He will be among hundreds s lining up to raise £2,000. Together they aim to cover 155 miles which is equal to the width of the African ...

• Parliament Approves Three Nominees

  Parliament on Friday, June 14, approved three presidential nominees, Leonard Balogun Koroma as Minister of Transport and Aviation, Sahr Kpulun as Board Member of the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA) and Lahai Momoh Farma as Board Member of ...

• Ahead of Bye-election – NEC Chair Gives Stern Warning

  In preparation for the Constituency 62 parliamentary bye-election in Tonkolili District scheduled for June 29, 2013, the Chairperson of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) Dr. Christiana Thorpe, has issued a stern warning to the Mile 91 police to provide maximum security for especially the independent candidate, John Gbla and his supporters to ensure that the election goes on ...

• Headman Negotiates Le 300M for Hastings

  The Headman of Hastings revealed that he has succeeded in negotiating a Le300 million soft loan for the women of Hastings; the loan he said will be provided by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Usman Boie ...

• Youth unemployment in Africa a ticking time bomb or an opportunity

  Senegalese opposition politicians denounced the country's high unemployment rate to mobilize youth against former President Abdoulaye Wade in the country's 2012 presidential election. Joblessness was one of the main issues that drove the country's many young unemployed into the voting stations to press for a change of government. The lesson of Senegal's election violence is ...

• African Union calls for more investment to promote jobs in Africa

  Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the first woman to head the African Union Commission, urged African Member States and international partners to invest more in order to promote job creation in the ...

• St. Joseph’s Convent Wins ACC Symposium On Corruption

  St. Joseph's Convent Secondary School, Makeni emerged as winner of a symposium organized by the Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for Integrity Clubs in Makeni in observance of this year's Day of the African Child -June ...

• Minister Receives Saudi University Professor

  Thursday June 13, 2013 – The Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children's Affairs, Mr. Moi Jui Kai Kai received Professor Dr Alie Ibrahim Azahraani of the Islamic University of Medina, Saudi Arabia in his New England office in Freetown. Mr. Kai Kai welcomed the Dr Alie and promised to give his fullest support to the university's activities in Sierra Leone whenever the need ...

• African youths demand involvement in governance

  Ask members of the African political elite, civil society activists or anyone else about the role of youths in national development and you will hear a lot of profound, if trite, catchphrases, such as "The youths are the future; they are the leaders of tomorrow." African leaders even declared 2009-18 the African Youth Decade. Before that, in 2006, they adopted the African Youth ...

• Agriculture Celebrates National Tree Planting Day In Kenema

  In his welcome address the District Forestry Officer, Kenema district, welcomed all for coming, adding that he was very happy for the turnout and that even though people were not adequately informed and called on, all were able to fully participate as they were cerebrating national tree planting ...

• Road to Brazil Tunisia seal Knockout spot ahead of Leone Stars

  The Cartage Eagles of Tunisia (in photo) secured their place in the knockout stage on the road to Brazil when they played 1-1 draw at the Estadio de Malabo on Sunday against host Equatorial ...

• Be Ecocitizens Minister Tells Ivorians

  Little wonder, then, that on World Ocean Day 8 June Environment Minister Remi Allah-Kouadio appealed for residents to shed the littering habit and to become ecocitizens in this nation of some 22 million ...

• Random Musing – A Strange Contradiction

  Since the last election, there has been a relentless criticism of the seemingly uncompromising, neutral or opposition media. This is not only bad manners - but also bad politics. Especially when the government has for example, failed to acknowledge the fact that it continues to heavily influence the television news agenda and that ninety five percent of the industry has lost its conscience and ...

• Sierra Leone’s media under attack A Strange Contradiction

  Already, one can almost hear the cackle of satisfaction from beyond the watery grave, as a succession of meddling, bureaucratic grave voices assures the President, that not clamping down on the activities of a segment of the press, with wholesale failure to reflect the views of government, would guarantee a sequence of calamities. In a bid to ensure an unbalanced promotion of partisan political ...

• Sierra Leone Journalists threatened with “sanitisation” of media landscape

  The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed serious concern today over the future of press freedom in Sierra Leone, following inflammatory statements made by Sylvia Olayinka Blyden (Photo: Left of former Nigerian President Obasanjo), special executive assistant to President Ernest Koroma. IPI urges political leaders in Sierra Leone to distance themselves from the threatening remarks made ...

• Vacancy Announcement – Operations Director

  Living Water International (LWI) is a global non-governmental organization that exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water, and to experience ';living water';--the gospel of Jesus Christ--which alone satisfies the deepest thirst. Living Water in Africa is providing safe drinking water, Christian Witness, sanitation and health ...

• Vacancy Announcement – Wash Specialist

  Living Water International (LWI) is a global non-governmental organization that exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water, and to experience ';living water';--the gospel of Jesus Christ--which alone satisfies the deepest thirst. Living Water in Africa is providing safe drinking water, Christian Witness sanitation and health ...

• Day Of The African Child Bringing The Focus On Street Children In Sierra Leone

  Street Children are any boy or girl who is yet to reach adulthood. Who seeks a livelihood or residence in the street. The demography is growing globally with an estimated one hundred and twenty million (120,000,000) or one in every five children turning to the street. A quarter of them which account for about forty-five million live in Africa and majority of them are boys and are mostly visible ...

• China Kingho beyond an average perception

  China's continued economic growth in terms of world economy is something that rising nations should properly make use of. This is more especially given China's development cooperation models with national in the developing continent, one of win-win; shared-growth and with less emphasis to attaching strings to whatever support is given. Factually, China has been a primary contributor to ...

• Full judgment between State vs Momoh Kemoh Konteh

  Particulars of offence MOMOH KEMOH KONTE being a businessman, and the chief Executive officer (CEO) of Transtech international Ltd of No. … Percival Street, Freetown, and ALEX MANSAR4Y (CEO) of African Sunshine Limited, Freetown, on a date unknown between the ...

• Election Petition As Supreme Court strips President of immunity SLPP fails to unseat Ernest Koroma

  The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone on Friday 14th June 2013 struck out the Petition filed by the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) to unseat Ernest Bai Koroma from the Presidency and cause a Presidential election to be held within one month. The reasons for this, the four presiding Justices maintained, was due to several procedural defects on the part of the Petitioners, John ...

• Unhygienic food served at Bo School Kitchen

  If the condition of the kitchen at the Bo School and the utensils used for cooking food for the Boarding Students are anything to go by, then food cooked and served to students from the Bo School kitchen is very unhygienic. This reporter went on a spot-check last week and found out the following: That there is no strict adherence to cooking principles that take consideration of hygiene and ...

• CARL wants Taylor associate prosecuted

  A press release from the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) has urged the Government of Sierra Leone "to investigate and determine if probable cause exists", to prosecute Ibrahim Bah, a close associate to former Liberian President Charles Taylor and a private businessman, for his role in pillaging Sierra Leone’s diamonds and other crimes. The release notes that ...

• AML work on Binkolo Health Centre stresses community

  Maternal and child health service delivery at the Binkolo Community Health Centre is being seriously hampered due to the stalled rehabilitation work initiated the African Minerals Limited (AML). The Iron Ore mining conglomerate in Sierra Leone is said to have failed to pay the contractor and provide funds for the procurement of building materials for the past two months and this has resulted in ...

• Labour Congress trains media on social security coverage

  The Sierra Leone Labour Congress (SLLC) last Friday ended one day media training on social security coverage at the Presidential Lounge of the National Stadium. It attracted media practitioners NASSIT and from both print and electronic media. Welcoming participants, the Vice President of SLLC, Jennings Wright noted his organization’s interest in caring for employees in the informal ...

• Banking fraud NRA investigates 28 Shipping Agencies

  Reports reaching Awoko have indicated that the National Revenue Authority (NRA) is currently investigating twenty-eight shipping and clearing agencies for alleged defrauding the state of much needed revenue. An investigation launched by Awoko has revealed that the NRA has cast a wide net that has covered a number of banking institutions for their connivance with the unscrupulous shipping ...

• Airtel rewards Top up Sellers

  Airtel Sierra Leone has launched a-three month promotion dubbed ‘Beteh don cam’ aimed at rewarding their retail partners across the country. Launching the promotion at the Airtel Customer Care Shop at Rawdon Street in Freetown, the Head of Sales at Airtel, Lynfroyed Macaulay said the promotion is to reward retailers of Airtel products in various communities across the country. The ...

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