TRACE JOENAL

By Mohamed Jaiah Now that the Supreme Court has thrown the matter between Dr. Bu- Buaki Jabbi and the SLPP out of court, the membership of the party has finally slated July 29, 30 and 31 as the “D Day” for the long awaited convention in which 19 aspirants will vie for the flagbearership of the party. All 19 aspirants are very much resourceful to the party, though opinion poll among members of the party and Sierra Leoneans both at home and abroad view Andrew K. Keili as the most suitable person for the flagbearership of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party and the only candidate who will give President Ernest Bai Koroma the run for his money. Speaking to most Sierra Leoneans from all walks of life, Andrew Keili is the only SLPP aspirant on whom they prefer to entrust the leadership of this country, after the manner in which the Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma and his APC have wrecked our economy and continuously creating untold hardship on the people of this nat...

Staff members at the Immigration Department in the country's second city of Bo south of Sierra Leone have vacated their dillapidated office and relocated to the Permanent Secretary's building. Their relocation came about as a result of series of publications by SALONE TIMES on the state of the building they occupied which was described as a death trap, to say the least, unbefitting such a reputable institution. Speaking to the Public Relations Manager of that Department Michael M. Bassie but for the timely intervention of the Internal Affairs Minister Musa Tarawallie who was resident Minister South they would have still been in that deadly building. “The new office is fully equipped with constant electricity,” he said. Despite the billions of Leones generated Immigration Department is denied access to utilize it to transform their Department to a modern one and they have to rent a few of their departments . “We are generating the money but all what we are generating is...

Subscribers of Sierra Leone number one GSM operator africell have expressed joy and satisfaction over the africell fun ring. The service which was launched a year ago provides subscribers a way to express their emotions to their callers through their phone. According to the subscribers the advance service the company has added made the service more exciting. “Conventionally my callers used to hear a boring ring tone when they call me. Now with africell fun ring, the boring old tone has been replaced with any music I like my callers to hear when they dial my number,” said Fanta Koroma. The company recently reached the third stage of this service by opening 443 dial codes for free customers service to assist subscribers. This service is now enjoyed by most subscribers especially those that cannot read or write. Some subscribers say they have no doubt over africell creativities in the country. According to them since africell's inception in the country the services and promotion...

While congratulating all on Shaban that is coincide 17 of 20011 is Imam Muhammad Mahdi (AS) birthday, the Cultural Consulate of the Islamic Republican of Iran in Sierra Leone Muhammad Gazel Sofla have said they are awaiting the global government of justice. “Certainly, we had written in the Psalms, after the Torah, indeed my righteous servants shall inherit the earth. (Holy Qur’an 21:105) whatever God has promised is the absolute truth and whether one likes it or not, it will materialize,” Mr. Sofla made these remarks in an interview with SALONE TIMES in his Cultural Office in central Freetown. He went on to say that the planet, after all that it has been through since Cain killed his brother Abel, and the tyrants that have terrorized mankind in every age and clime, including the use of weapons of mass destruction such as the atomic bombs in their times. “Does it mean that the devils in human form who are responsible for the past, present and future misery of mankind, would have ...