Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ibrahim Ben Kargbo of Sierra Leone

Kargbo is defaming me and damaging my calling as someone who can lead others.

Kargbo is merely advancing tenets of despotism.

Kargbo was what himself and Lawyer Blyden Jenkins Johnston planned to take to the Supreme Court, they better not go and waste the time of the judges.

Kargbo was talking about was seditious libel, Blyden was just quoting the relevant sections of the Constitution and the Public Order Act and pointing out the selfishness of SLAJ relentlessly.

Sierra Leone Minister of Information and Communications Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo has established a spectrum committee under the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM.

Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said that unlike the past government which vainly focused on the establishment of regional television services, the ministry has embarked on an ambitious nationwide T.

Speaking at the official opening ceremony of tiGo's intelligent building, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said mobile companies have the free will to operate in the country as long as they abide by the rules and regulations.

However, Information Minister, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo has denied reports alleging that the APC-led government of Ernest Bai Koroma has paid the sum of Le640 million (US$200, 000) to lawyers of Mohamed Kamel Wanza contrary to the statement by Finance Minister, David Carew.

Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo has not only changed his previous statement but had also added confusion to the Wanza issue with his conflicting statements,” a civil society leader told Awareness Times yesterday, adding that it was also impossible for the Finance Minster to travel to Nigeria without the knowledge of the Information Ministry of his assignment to Nigeria.

Boss commends himThe new Minister of Information and Communications, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo is not a man who showers undeserving people with praises.

Though the country is operating under the confines of democracy and a liberal economy which allows companies to operate without hassles, any telecommunication company that fails to cooperate in honoring the laws of the country will be closed down," Kargbo said during a visit to the headquarters of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) last week.

Kargbo said that telecom companies could risk being shut down if they deliberately refuse to render full services to users.

The news item carried by the New People online newspaper suggesting viciously that the Minister of Information and Communication, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo had collected $30,000 from South Africa based Super Sport Holdings Limited and $50,000 from Nigeria based Television Authority as broadcast rights for CAF and FIFA qualifying rounds is gross falsehood and malicious misrepresentation.

re-elected in October 2006 for another two-year term.

Kargbo is being interviewed by the COCORIOKO PubREPORT FROM THE MINISTER : Sierra Leone came to the limelight during the one-day conference when the Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information , Mr.

Kargbo has been appointed Information Minister in Sierra Leones new government.

FREETOWN (AFP) The Sierra Leone government will return all property seized by the country's former military regime to their owners, Information and Communication Minister Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said Wednesday.

Kargbo said the decision was "natural justice" and would honour a promise made by President Ernest Koroma to return all properties to their original owners.

Minister Kargbo said government was aware of the fact that the purposes of disseminating credible information would be encouraged in the new formation at the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation and emphasized the right to access to information as mandatory for the purposes of development.

Sierra Leone will have a National Television shortly that will cover the entire country with a daily five-hour satellite broadcast, the Minister of Information and Communication, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo has disclosed in Bo at the week end.

Sierra Leones minister of Information and Communication, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo says his ministry has endorsed the ownership of a GSM license by the countrys telecommunication outfit, Sierratel.

Sierra Leone would have a National Television shortly to cover the entire country with a daily five-hour satellite broadcast, the Minister of Information and Communication, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo has disclosed in Bo.

Ben Kargbo said that SLAJ is opposed to the filing of lesser charges.

A group led by Sierra Leone's information and communication minister, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, returned from the Sixth Annual Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation (CTO) Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, with high hopes of revamping Sierra Leone's telecom industry, Kargbo said Tuesday.

Kargbo praised Nigeria for its highly developed telecom industry, noting that the meeting inspired a new telecommunications strategy for Sierra Leone for the betterment of the nation.

Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said President Ernest Koroma had no intention to stifle press freedom in Sierra Leone as the government has every plan to promote good journalism and press freedom.