Winston Ojukutu-Macauley – Critique Echo Newspaper

Talking About the Mayorship of Freetown

Every day in recent weeks, I have found myself confronted with the question of who should be the next Mayor of Freetown. In many of the discussions that follows the [Read more]

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly…

Winston Ojukutu-Macauley

So here we are at the weekly letter, and very glad I am too; but Heavens- how the days run so slow, don’t they? When I was in London I [Read more]

President Koroma Replaces a Professor with Energetic Youth

Winston Ojukutu-Macauley

President Koroma’s “youth empowerment strategy” and “agenda for change” seemed to also include replacement of lazy professors with energetic youths. The recent demonstration is the removal of though highly qualified but less resourceful Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Prof. Ogunlade Davidson [Read more]

Critique Column

Paradise Corrupted, Paradise Lost.

No one needs a lecture to conclude that Sierra Leone’s economy is in a crisis, and has been for a long time. If Sierra Leone were a patient, and if [Read more]

Critique Column

Great Anger And Violence Can Never Build A Nation.

Henry Cate once said that “the problem with political jokes is that they get elected”. Looking at the scenes that broke out in the Well of the Parliament of Sierra [Read more]

Critique Column

Elon Musk Is So Poor, All He Has Is Money.

Elon Musk, known as the richest man in the world finally bought Twitter for $ 44 Billion, after tortuous negotiations that required the intervention from the courts. He reportedly attempted [Read more]

Breaking News

IO Repatriates Stranded Youths from Niger

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), last week airlifted 149 Sierra Leoneans that were stranded in Niger, back to Sierra Leone, after failing to cross over to Europe in search [Read more]