President Koroma assures Fullah Community not to hesitate in carrying out commercial activities

President Ernest Bai Koroma has assured the Fullah Community not to hesitate in carrying out their commercial activities, stating Sierra Leone is owned by every citizen of the country. The President made this assurance to a cross section of the Fullah community during their visit to thank him for the recent conferment of the [...]

Rousing Welcome for Hon. Patricia Brown of Constituency 37 in Kambia

By Prince C. Kamara just back from Kambia

The atmosphere at Constituency 37 Kambia District on Saturday 18th – 20th May was an unforgettable occasion for residents, during the three-day visit of their APC Member of Parliament, Hon. Patricia Humu Brown.

The occasion was colorful as hundreds of supporters of the APC party, including [...]

PRRC meets Political Parties on review of Salone Constitution

By Elkass I. L. Sannoh

The Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) has convened its inaugural meeting with 10 registered political parties on the proposed constitutional review process.

The meeting, held at the PPRC Secretariat, Tower Hill Freetown, was to raise awareness among party operatives on their invaluable role during the review of the [...]

TAMING THE SHREWD OR MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: The Sierra Leone Police and that Charles Margai-Kamajors Shenanigan:

“Conscience is a dreadful thing when it accuses the mind and the most petty forging thing is an individual in the prison of his/her own conscience”

“Laws are like spider webs: if some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a bigger one can break through and get [...]

THE RED ARMY

By Siman Allie Mans-Conteh

With the just concluded national convention of the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) party, the platform has been set for one of Sierra Leone’s oldest and leading political parties. The elections were supervised by the Former Secretary General of the APC, Victor Bockarie Foh.

Having elected/selected (in [...]

PMDC vows to defeat ‘tyrannical & despotic rule of APC’

By Elkass I.L. Sannoh

The Legal Adviser II of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), Mr. Llyod Jusu, has said in Freetown that they would not allow the current All Peoples Congress (APC) government to assassinate Sierra Leone’s nascent democracy and therefore they were ready to defeat the ‘tyrannical and despotic rule [...]

‘Being a political figure is not a license for recklessness’ -says UDM leader

By Alpha Bedoh Kamara

The Chairman and Leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM), Mohamed Bangura, told AYV in a phone interview yesterday that being a political figure is not a license for recklessness.

Bangura was reacting to the pronouncement of People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) leader, Charles F. Margai, who commented last [...]

‘Arrest Charles Margai Now!’ -UDM Leader

The leader of the United Democratic Movement Party (UDM), Mohamed Bangura, said yesterday on SLBC Straight Talk that the Sierra Leone Police must investigate the PMDC Leader, Charles Francis F. Margai, for stating that he has in his command 20, 000 Kamajors.

“If the IG failed to arrest Margai I will call for his [...]