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By Joseph S. Margai The Groove 106FM has learnt that the Sierra Leonean Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Bangura, has been barred from partaking in public discussion on behalf of government because of his encounter with Sierra Leone People’s Party’s (SLPP) Jacob Jusu (JJ) Saffa in recent Radio Democracy’s “Gud Monin Salone” program. According to our sources, the government accused Mr. Bangura of being unable to articulate the issues of government very well as he allowed the opposition party representative to ridicule him and by extension the ruling All People’s Congress (APC)-government on public media. JJ Saffa had claimed…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone As Sierra Leone edges closer to the March 7, 2018 multitier elections, the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) continues to lose prominent senior officials to other political parties. The latest high profile member who left the Party is the erstwhile standard-bearer aspirant, Andrew K. Keili, who did not only resign, but also accused the Party of “constitutional violations and thuggery.” Mr. Keili has already formerly joined the National Grand Coalition (NGC), a new political party that is attracting huge influx from other political parties, especially the ruling SLPP. Few months…

By Prince Wonplu in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Three children are reported dead in a fire incident that gutted a house at New York Street in Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County. The incident took place on October 25, 2017. The identities of the children are still unknown, but eyewitnesses said their ages are one year, four years and five years old. Eyewitnesses told Groove 106FM that the fire broke out late Wednesday night from one of the eight rooms in the house. The fire quickly spread to the remaining parts of the building. There was no fire fighters available to…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone A source within the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), has disclosed to that the 39-60% payment of fees subsidy for university students in Sierra Leone by the government will be concluded some time in 2018. However, our source revealed that the 39-60% fees for university students would be replaced with a “students loaning scheme” where government would send the 39-60% fees to stipulated commercial banks where students would access them and pay after they get job at the end of their university education. According to sources, commercial banks would have…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA), Dr. Sarah Finda Bendu, has called on all the staffs of the Authority to improve on their teamwork in order to enhance performance within the Corporation. Dr. Bendu, who was speaking at the SLRSA’s Management & Board Retreat held at Elle’s Guest House on Femi Turner Drive in Goderich yesterday (October 26, 2017), said she decided to start a retreat for management and board of SLRSA because she wanted to ensure that every individual contributes to the development of the institution.…

Press Release Liberia’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Al-Hassan Conteh said the late Lieutenant General Victor Samuel Leonard Malu risked everything, including his life, for Liberia’s peace. A press release from the Liberian Embassy in Abuja says the Liberian Envoy made the comment when he, on behalf of the President of Liberia, Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf extended Liberia’s heartfelt condolences on the sad passing of the late Nigerian army general. General Malu passed on October 9, 2017 in the United Kingdom. “General Malu was a decorated soldier who will be remembered in Liberia for risking everything, including his…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia Nimba County Senior Senator Prince Y. Johnson is passing onto CDC’s George Weah as the ruling Unity Party and the Coalition for Democratic Change are poised to square up in the run-off of the National Presidential and Representatives elections slated for November 7, 2017. As the Nimba Senator endorses the man he had persistently and bitterly criticized and lambasted, Johnson told a press conference that he “enjoys deciding the presidency of the Country.” “Though we did not achieve our dreams, but we always enjoy the honor to decide the presidency of Liberia. I,…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The Citizens Democratic Party (CDP), will today, Saturday, October 21st, hold its national convention for the election of national officers, but the party remains indecisive over who they want to be their standard-bearer. The much-awaited event, which will take place at Changes Complex in the east of Freetown, has been preempted to be conducted on a platform of free, fair and transparent manner. The CDP in August and September this year conducted its lower level elections for district and constituency executives across the 14 political districts in the country, which has qualified…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone October 11th each year marks the International Day of the Girl Child, and it’s on this day that Mariama Fullah, an 18-year-old class six pupil of Roman Catholic (RC) Primary School in Sahn Malen chiefdom, Pujehun District, southern Sierra Leone, has stated in an exclusive interview with Groove 106FM Correspondent that she has returned to school in order to achieve her dream of becoming a nurse. Sitting at her mud and zinc (corrugated iron sheets) house in Sahn Malen town last Saturday, she wasted no time to grant an interview to our…

But SLPP Took The Democratic High Road, Elects Presidential Candidate By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone The two major political parties in Sierra Leone, the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) and the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) have chosen their presidential candidates ahead of the March 7, 2018 general elections, one party chose to select its flag-bearer, while the other took the democratic process to elect its standard-bearer. The APC held their convention on October 14-15, 2017 in the northern regional headquarters city of Makeni and the SLPP did theirs on the same date in Sierra…