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Month: August 2020

Obituary

Sierra Leone’s United Methodist Church Bishop Yambasu dies in a road crash

August 17, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2020: The United Methodist Church Resident Bishop in Sierra Leone, Dr. John K. Yambasu, died yesterday morning in a road accident outside the capital Freetown. He is reported to have been on his way to Mile 91 to attend the funeral service of one of [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s minister of lands – Sandy in the news again for all the wrong reasons

August 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2020: Sierra Leone’s most controversial minister of lands – Dr Denis Sandy, is in the news once again after he was seen in a video last month talking about voodoo men trying to cast a spell on his ability to perform his job. The video [Read More]

Education and Health

BBC Focus on Africa radio celebrates 60th Anniversary

August 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2020: BBC Focus on Africa radio was launched in 1960 and by 15th August of the same year it had become a permanent slot on the BBC World Service airwaves. The BBC’s first African news and current affairs programme started as a 15-minute programme broadcast [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio is surrounded by bad people 

August 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 14

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2020: The Koroma administration failed to deliver its manifesto. It completely failed in creating a conducive environment for its successor to flourish – whether APC or SLPP. I encourage you to fact check to ascertain the reality behind the massive propaganda the [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Commercial Bank tops all Banks in profit margins in 2019

August 15, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 August 2020: The nation’s leading bank, the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank continues to firmly stamp its leadership in the banking industry by increasing net profit by 63.1% in 2018 to Le95.9 billion in 2019. The increase was as a result of massive revenue generation and bad [Read More]

Politics & Law

Will those who make peaceful evolutions impossible make violent revolutions inevitable?

August 15, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 August 2020: Alpha Conde, the president of Guinea (Photo) recently received an endorsement from his RPG governing party to run for the 3rd time in the forthcoming Presidential elections. This was a man who spent a big chunk of his adult life opposing successive [Read More]

Education and Health

Sierra Leone’s military technical college set to improve the country’s human resources

August 14, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Abayomi Tejan Snr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2020: The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Technical College is on the move, up and running since the start of this academic year. The college is a flagship project of President Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, and is placed under the [Read More]

Economy & Business

The last thing our country needs is megalomania – Op ed

August 14, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2020: “Government of Sierra Leone explores development of domestic air travel”. This is one headline in the Sierra Leone Telegraph that caught my eye this week. According to the newspaper, discussions have been held to explore the possibility of re-introducing domestic flights in [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone musician Emmerson says – we are a nation of “coconut heads”

August 14, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2020: It is always good for someone to know when he or she is being disrespected, especially for his/her intellect or poor perception. But let us take a step back and learn what a “coconut head” is. Urbandictionary.com defines it as “Someone who [Read More]

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