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Obituary

In memoriam – Alhaji Miniru Alusaine Savage

February 13, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 February 2021: The funeral of Alhaji Miniru Alhusaine Savage will take place at the Gardens of Peace Muslim Cemetery, Five Oaks Lane, Chigwell Essex, IG7 4QP , London at 11:00AM, tomorrow Sunday, 14th February 2021. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the maximum number of people allowed in [Read More]

Economy & Business

Bread and butter issues in Sierra Leone – citizens demand review of taxation policy

February 12, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2021: Indisputably, in any nation, the private sector is considered to be the engine of economic growth rather than the public sector, as it creates jobs as well as contributes towards internal mobilization of revenue through the payment of taxes which, in [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray

Corruption – hatred and ‘cancel culture’ in Sierra Leone

February 12, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2021: Corruption has always been and will continue to be a permanent universal feature in our lives. In Sierra Leone, irrespective of one’s political affiliation, we all agree that corruption is not only prevalent, but also one of the diseases haemorrhaging our economic [Read More]

Politics & Law

There is a time for every purpose under heaven

February 11, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2021: In 2012, it was the time of Julius Maada Bio to petition election of Ernest Bai Koroma. Bio did not succeed. His petition was thrown out because of a technical mistake he made – he delayed to file within 7 [Read More]

Education and Health

Lady P and the sex work sisterhood in Makeni – abused, trafficked or killed?

February 10, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

BBC Africa Eye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2021: BBC Africa Eye documentary follows the life of a group of sex workers in Sierra Leone, where sex workers are often seen as immoral outcasts to be shunned and avoided, even though their profession is legal. BBC Africa Eve investigates an [Read More]

Politics & Law

We are sorry – says aborted SLPP Union of Lecturers

February 10, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Prof. Samuel Edmond Nonie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2021: I write to make a public statement on the unfortunate misunderstanding caused by the actions of a group of colleagues and myself, through our organizing under the name of “the SLPP Union of Lecturers”. A meeting was held on the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s ACC will investigate the Office of First Lady – past and present for corruption

February 9, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 13

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2021: After growing calls for Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate serious allegations of corruption involving the wife of the President of Sierra Leone – Mrs Fatima Bio, running into millions of dollars, today the ACC has issued a statement saying it has commenced [Read More]

Politics & Law

More allegations of corruption involving Bio government of Sierra Leone

February 9, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2021: The US based Africanist Press, has published fresh allegations of corruption and sleaze at State House in Freeton, involving the wife of the President – Mrs Fatima Bio, who is being accused of siphoning millions of dollars of tax payers’ funds into her private [Read More]

Politics & Law

National Union of SLPP Lecturers – Is the SLPP becoming a Communist Political Party?

February 9, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2021: If social media is anything to go by, the SLPP is well and truly wallowing in a sea of corruption allegations. Considering that the fight against corruption was, and has been President Bio’s prime policy, the ironies and implications cannot be clearer. [Read More]

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