WHAT THE SIERRA LEONE NEWSPAPERS SAY—–A COCORIOKO WEEKLY FEATURE MINISTER SLAPS RESTAURANT OWNER ? EDITOR’S NOTE : Recently , there was information on Facebook that the Deputy Minister of Trade […]
Alhaji Baba Tunkara , one-time patron andΒ Council of Elders member of the East End Lions Football team, died on Wednesday April 26, 2017 in Philadelphia. He was also […]
By KABS KANU An eminent Sierra Leonean intellectual living and working in the U.S , Professor Mohammed Alpha Bah , has passed away . Professor Bah served the College of […]
From the archive, 27 April 1961: Sierra Leone celebrates independence Originally published in the Guardian on 27 April 1961 The Duke of Kent yesterday opened the new Parliament Building of […]
By Carol Labor-Bangura Happy Independence Day Sierra Leone! History was made when after lobbying for it for years individually, then including community members after the initial approval, Sierra Leone’s flag […]
Independence Message β 27 April, 2017 Fellow citizens, today, once again, we celebrate the great event marking the decision of those before us to take charge of our destiny; to […]
As part of our 56th Independence Anniversary Supplement, we bring you the first Independence Message ever made in our nation on April 27, 1961 , by the countryβs first indigenous […]
By State House Communication Unit The outgoing Nigerian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Her Excellency Mrs. Gladys Modupe Quist-Adebiyi Friday, 28 April 2017, paid a farewell courtesy call on President […]
By State House Communication Unit Gambian President Adama Barrow arrived in Freetown last evening for a two-day working visit from Wednesday 26 April to Thursday, 27 April, 2017. This is […]
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