Author: Gibson W. Jerue

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Deputy Vice Chancellor of Fourah Bay College (FBC), which is a constituent college of the University of Sierra Leone (USL), Prof. Sahr Gbamanja, has stated that he would support anything that promotes English speaking. He made the comment after three students of FBC won a debate competition organized by the Sierra Leone Debating Council. Prof. Gbamanja spoke yesterday in his office on FBC campus during the official presentation of laurels won by the students to him. He said he was very happy that students from FBC took the first position and also…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone In an effort to ensuring that the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Road Safety which ends in 2020 is achieved, the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) is set to administer road safety education to 5,000 primary schools in the country. The Executive Director of SLRSA, Dr. Sarah Finda Bendu, made the disclosure recently during the official commissioning of the license office in Kabala town, where she also said that her institution is currently embarking on road safety education in 10 primary schools in the country’s capital-Freetown. Dr. Bendu, who…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The Director of Don Bosco Fambul in Freetown, Father George Crisafulli, has said in an exclusive interview recently that the Don Bosco would be releasing over one hundred victims the mudslide and flood mostly children, lactating mothers and pregnant women. The release of the victims was expected to take place on December 15, 2017. The Director stated that they have played their part by giving humanitarian support to the victims that were affected by the August 14th mudslide and flood and it is high time to release them as Don Bosco is…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Magistrate Albert Moody of Freetown Magistrates’ Court No.1 has on recently sentenced two men, Sulaiman Koroma and James Koroma, who were allegedly found in possession of cannabis sativa (diamba), to ten years imprisonment or a fine of Le8m (1,066.67usd) each. After completing a preliminary investigation, the two convicts were found guilty of unlawfully possessing cannabis sativa contrary to section 48 (1) of the Pharmacy and Drugs Act of 2001. According to the particulars of offence, the first accused person, Sulaiman Koroma, on May 13, 2017, at Rent checkpoint, Hill-side Bye-Pass Road in…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The Judiciary of Sierra Leone has officially launched a compendium to enable judges to preside over electoral malpractices before, during and after March 7, 2018 elections in an effort to supporting free, fair and credible elections in the country. The National Electoral Commission had reported that they are investigating over 1,000 people they suspected to have involved in electoral malpractices during the registration process for the 2018 elections. The Commission pleaded with the judiciary to set up special electoral offences court to be trying people involved in electoral malpractice. Speaking recently at…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia “Tick-tack”, the clock may be ticking on time bomb as Liberia wrestles with itself during this electoral period. What appears to be a window of insight in what many described as the beginning of violence took place Friday, December 15th when partisans of the Liberty Party of Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine and those of the Coalition for Democratic Change clashed at the headquarters of Liberty Party. It all started when officials of the two parties had agreed to have started the endorsement program at the LP headquarters and later march to the CDC…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia A stalwart of the governing Unity Party, Nimba County Representative Worlea Sawah Dunah, has said that the Unity Party is currently in evil hands, saying that this has created serious problems for those who have worked over the years to make the party what it is today. Representative Dunah said that the leadership of the Unity Party headed by Wilmot Paye, Neto Zarzar Lighe and the rest has shown total disrespect to the standard-bearer emeritus, referring to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Speaking to Groove 106FM Correspondent in Monrovia at his Paynesville residence outside…

Press Release The Fourth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament commenced its Second Ordinary Session in Abuja, the Federal Republic of Nigeria with the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament drawing the attention of the august body to the burning issues of the moment in the region. A release from the Liberian Embassy in Abuja says Speaker Moustapha Cisse Lo talked about burning regional issues and the current Liberian elections situation. Speaker Lo named the political situation in Togo, the alleged modern day slavery situation in Libya and the humanitarian crisis of victims of Boko Horam insurgency in Nigeria, among others as…

Press Release President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has dedicated several development projects including Cassava Processing Hubs and six Spiral Mixers for Bakers. The Liberian leader also performed groundbreaking for the construction of new dormitories for the A. M Dogliotti College of Medicine on the Fendell Campus of the University of Liberia. She commended the World Bank its continued support to Liberia’s development initiatives. According to an Executive Mansion release, President Sirleaf performed the dedications during separate ceremonies on Monday, November 27, 2017 in Bensonville outside Monrovia; in Harrisburg rural Montserrado as well as on the Fendell Campus of the University of…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone’s main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), has called on the government to accept the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice’s ruling on the matter between former Vice President Sam Sumana and the government of Sierra Leone. Speaking at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters on Wallace Johnson Street in Freetown, SLPP’s Secretary-General, Barrister Umaru Napoleon Koroma, said in 2015 the elected Vice President was removed from office by President Koroma, but the case has been adjudicated by the Sierra Leone Supreme Court, which…