By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) has prosecuted and won over 500 (five hundred) cases of fraudulent transactions, protection of contributions, and compliance issues and only lost about three due to lack of sufficient evidence; according to the Director General of NASSIT, Mohamed Fuaad Daboh.
By Saio Marrah
The Team Lead in Mediation between the Government of Sierra Leone and the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) says they want a common ground on which both sides could work in the best interest of peace in the country.
Aja Fatoumata C.M. Jallow-Tambajang, former Vice President of the Gambia is leading the Commonwealth, African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediation efforts in Sierra Leone.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
The Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Mohamed Rahman Swaray has said they would ensure they prepare Sierra Leonean graduates to be able to compete in the job market both locally and internationally.’
Swaray was speaking to Politico in an interview after the Ministry of Information and Civic Education’s weekly press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Freetown on 17th October this year.
By Saio Marrah
An Argentine National, Jose Castelluchio has appeared before a Magistrate Court in Freetown over an alleged fraudulent conversion of 700 grams of gold valued at ($47, 750) Forty Seven Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars.
The defendant, who appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Pademba Road court No. 1 on Monday 16th October 2023, was also charged with conspiracy to commit felony.
By Saio Marrah
Justice Adrian Fisher has jailed a 22-year-old man for 13 years and ordered him to pay a sum of 81 thousand New Leones as compensation in 90 days, after finding him guilty of one count of Migrant Smuggling.
By Saio Marrah
Justice Adrian Fisher has remanded nine accused persons – seven men and two women, one of them pregnant over accusations of human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) with support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has discussed the roles of journalists in countering Gendered Disinformation in the newsroom.
The media training is part of efforts by SLAJ to raise understanding of gendered disinformation and proffer handy approaches among journalists in terms of addressing the issue.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
