By Septimus Senessie in Kono
Paramount Chief Paul Gabba Saquee V of Tankoro Chiefdom has issued an unprecedentedly stern warning to OCTEA Diamond Group (Koidu Limited) against “heavy and regular stone-blasting” in his chiefdom.
The chief was speaking at a well-attended stakeholders’ meeting with the mining company and the company’s Affected Property Owners Association (APOA) at the chiefdom court Barray in Koidu.
By Septimus Senessie in Kono.
The National Kono Students’ Union (KONSU) have launched their 2013 summer school lessons at the Koidu City hall, Kono district.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Sierra Leone has finally been shown the door out of the reality show, Big Brother Africa: The Chase.
The second and last Sierra Leonean contestant, Michael Bassey, arrived in the country two weeks after his co-contender, Bolt had been bolted out.
Speaking at his homecoming press conference in Freetown, Bassey said his eviction didn’t come as surprise as “I knew it and was braced for it”. He said he had somehow dreamt about it but “it’s hard to explain”.
By Mustapha Sesay
A woman in her later 20s and her 18-month-old son died yesterday morning after a perimeter fence collapsed on their house situated at a place called “Down De Hole” at 36 Old Railway Line, Brookfields in Freetown.
According to Sahr Bendu, an eyewitness living in the same compound as the deceased, the bodies of Sallay Samura and her son Alhaji Koroma were removed under the rubble, adding that the son was alive but was later pronounced dead at the King Harman Road Hospital.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
A second prosecution witness yesterday testified in the alleged case of embezzlement involving a staff member of the Magbass Sugar Company in Magbass village, northern Sierra Leone.
The accused, Samuel Thomas Bangura, who is facing a two-count charge of embezzlement, made his second appearance in court two weeks after his first.
By Crispina Cummings
Parliamentary committee on finance and development has called on police to arrest the Chief Administrator of Makeni City Council and force him to face their probe after he refused to show up four hours after the summon.
Ahaji Alhaji Bangura, who was supposed to face the oversight committee on finance and development to give account on finances disbursed by the central authorities to the council, was nowhere to be found.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
