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🏃By Ranger✍️ Journalists have been recognized for playing instrumental roles during critical moments as it is with the COVID-19 pandemic. They serve as critical conduits for the provision of needed public health education and information that help people to stay healthy and safe. At the same time, they help hold Governments accountable on how they respond to the crises and how they utilise resources meant for tackling the crises. Despite their crucial role, journalists have often been the subjects of threats, attacks, arbitrary arrests and detention in some cases even murder. The COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the plight of journalists. Besides dealing with the trauma of putting themselves at risk of contracting the virus, acts of COVID-19 related violence against journalists across West Africa have been on the rise. In Nigeria alone, more than 20 journalists have been victims of COVID-19 related abuses in the last 10 weeks. Similar forms of violations have been recorded in ne...

By Ranger✍️ In his address during the State Opening of the Third Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone on the 28th May 2020, President Julius Maada Bio, who is also Commander-In-Chief of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, spoke on a wide range of issues. The President stated that his Government has identified tourism as one of the clusters for increasing national revenue and job creation, and for achieving economic diversification highlighting that to compete as a unique and attractive Tourist destination, they have proclaimed new National Heritage Sites, restored existing sites, constructed jetties at riverine natural/cultural sites and declared several natural and cultural assets as protected areas, sites and property.  He said an Ultra-Modern entertainment complex will soon be constructed to showcase the talent of artists.  The President furthered that the recent “finish line” for the Budapest- Bamako-Freetown Rally coupled with increased tou...

By: Ranger✍️ Right on top of the petroleum marketing companies operating in the country is the National Petroleum (NP) SL Limited which has been commended for exceedingly doing well and positively contributing towards the socio-economic development of the nation in diverse ways. Blessed with a result- oriented managerial team, guided by an efficient Board, the company keeps growing from strength to strength amidst teething challenges it had been and is still facing. Owned mainly by Sierra Leoneans, originally thirty five (35) of them who were the founding fathers, the company started from a humble beginning to become one of the towering successful business ventures that now has Filling Stations in different parts of the country and branches in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and The Gambia where it is efficiently marketing petroleum products and at the same time offering various services all geared towards satisfying the petroleum needs of individuals and ins...

A Commentary By Ranger✍️ Our country is in a national State of Emergency over COVID-19. We noticed that even though the President, in announcing the emergency in March categorically stated that constitutional rights are not revoked or restricted, we see some of these been eroded by some State institutions - For example, the fiat being prepared by the Attorney General to make COVID-19 spending non-accountable. The people maintain that an emergency does not allow either the Government or State institutions to grant themselves any new powers. The Government is still one of enumerated powers, and the State cannot act arbitrarily. The Constitution provides that no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Procedural due process requires certain procedures before a law is applied, such as notice or the opportunity to be heard. Substantive due process looks at the validity of the law being applied. Whether a specific Governmental action is constitutiona...

           THE ROARING LION 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓: 𝑨𝑳𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑬 𝑲𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑻𝑼 𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑨𝒀✍️ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥  𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝  𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥  𝐁𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝  𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧  𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭  𝐀𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞  𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭  𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤! 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞  𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬  𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐑 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞  𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐔𝐁𝐒 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞  𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐡! 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫 ...