By Mohamed T Massaquoi
Police in Pujehun have confirmed the recovery yesterday of a missing AK 47 machine gun
that went missing on Friday 16 May with 30 rounds of ammunition.
It was found at the Holy Family Primary School, a stone's throw from the police station. Its disappearance had led to the detention of the OSD police officer to which it had been assigned.
By Bampia James Bundu
The Chief Commercial Director of the mobile phone company Africell says his company has donated US$25,000 worth of communication materials towards the 2014 Street Child Sierra Leone Marathon to be held in Makeni.
Joe Abass Bangura was speaking at the official launch of the Marathon at Africell Headquarters at Wilberforce in Freetown. He said they owed it as a responsibility to the country to help street children by providing support to ‘Street Child Sierra Leone’, who are the organisers of the marathon.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
The University of Sierra Leone, together with ministries, departments and agencies and civil society organisations, has called for robust data collection and analysis, if the country should meet any of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set for 2015.
By Crispina Cummings
Members of Parliament yesterday asked why there were four Deputy Auditors-General as Audit Service Sierra Leone engaged parliamentarians at a pre-legislative hearing on the bill titled ‘Audit Service Act 2014’.
Auditor General, Lara Taylor-Pearce said the appointment of the four was based on different responsibilities as they worked as a team and made decisions together even though she had the final say.
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
Chairman of the Council of Paramount Chiefs in Kono District has reminded President Ernest Bai Koroma of "his promise to provide a university for the district" during his November 2012 presidential campaign in Kono District.
P.C. Paul Garba Saquee V of Tankoro Chiefdom sent his message through the Minister of Education, Dr. Minkailu Bah during the handing-over ceremony of the construction of a technical and vocational institute to contractors at Sembakoro village in Gbense Chiefdom.
The Police Local Unit Commander in the eastern Sierra Leonean headquarter town of Kenema has told Politico that he ordered the arrest of a local artist for printing political T-shirts "aimed at causing mayhem".
President Koroma
By Matthew Kanu in Makeni
The northern headquarter town of Makeni has been plunged into darkness for 14 days due to ongoing maintenance work on the hydroelectric plant.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
