No present-day living specimen, organism or specimen may have ever experienced what the world is witnessing these days; thanks to the pandemic Corona Virus. It goes without saying that pandemics [Read more]
The presidency of Maada Bio has been accused of many things and everything. But despite these, one can see a lot of snippets that may belie some of these accusations. [Read more]
Dear Mr. President, This is an open letter from a former colleague who contested with you in the last March 7, 2018 Presidential election, but more importantly from an ordinary [Read more]
Leadership is not about the next election but also about taking decisions that produce results for generations unborn; especially when you are leading a country. It was the toughest period [Read more]
The election that trumpeted president Maada Bio to the 2018 election was seen a beacon of hope in post-APC government. But more than a year in office, some Sierra Leoneans [Read more]
Long after President Maada Bio, his SLPP Party and government would have vacated the seat of power, historians would go to work; and his government would be remembered for many [Read more]
“The only party that represents the grassroots of this country and whose values are based on working for the common man and woman in the country”. Those were the words [Read more]
If Sierra Leone was a patient, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan would reveal that our country is in dire need of urgent surgery to repair its image. It is [Read more]
The 2018 Report of Sierra Leone’s Auditor General – Mrs Lara Taylor Pearce, which was today tabled in parliament, makes for an unpleasant reading. The report is replete with massive [Read more]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph published an article this month, “Sierra Leone Parliament to discuss repeal of seditious libel laws next month”. It chronicled a recently gazetted Bill entitled “The Public [Read more]
While some will see journalism as “organised gossip”, the majority will agree that it’s a force for progressive social change that maintains democracy. The role of journalism in any given [Read more]
It is that time of the year again, the season of good will to all men. It is yuletide and the season of plenty. It’s Christmas. It traditionally marks the [Read more]
The recent corruption scandal that involves the Chief Minister Professor David Francis and journalist Sallieu Tejan Jalloh remains leeringly unresolved in the background. President Bio made the fight against corruption [Read more]
Once again, the issue of corruption has reared its ugly head in our country; as if it ever went away. It involves the Chief Minister of the Bio government. But [Read more]
There can be no greater threat to world peace today, than the delusion of one’s greatness. As the world sits on the precipice of the collapse of the world order, [Read more]
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