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By Politico Staff Writer

Fourah Bay College’s Students Union Government (SUG) has awarded NLe 2,500 (two thousand five hundred New Leones) each, as part grant-in -aid to female students from different departments.

The partial tuition grant was awarded to selective deserving female students and according to the SUG’s Ministry of Information, the grant came through the support of the Jewel Starfish Foundation, a Liberian-based organization owned by the Vice President of Liberia, Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In celebration of its 60^th Anniversary in the country, the West End Clinic has offered a two-day free health care service to all categories of people.

The free medical care commenced on Friday 9^th June and ended on Saturday 10^th June, 2023 at the hospital’s Edwards Street address in Freetown. 

By Alpha Abu

The Voter Register will be made available to political parties- Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed K. Konneh told an Election Preparedness Stakeholders Conference at the Brookfields Hotel in Freetown, yesterday.

Konneh however explained to the well-attended conference organized by IDEA International that only the names of the voters will be made available and will omit their addresses and other personal details to protect their privacy. He said after the polls they will have to evaluate whether to have a permanent voter register.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to approve Sierra Leone’s Economic Performance under the Extended Credit Facility Programme by triggering an immediate disbursement of about US$20.8 million.

This was disclosed in a joint press release by the Ministry of Finance, Bank of Sierra Leone and National Revenue Authority on the 5^th of June 2023.

By Alpha Abu

President Julius Maada Bio in a tweet, reacting to the overwhelming voting of Sierra Leone’s membership into the UN  Security Council says it’s a testament to his Government’s transformation of the country’s  “international reputation and standing ‘’, and “immense foreign policy gains’’ over the last five years.

He said the country’s return to the council is a “generational accomplishment’’ and a “unique success as a democratic and peaceful country of resilience and unbounded optimism’’.

By Saio Marrah

Ms. Seray Kabba a Mayoral candidate for Freetown in the upcoming elections has at the 2023 Mayoral Debate claimed that outgone Mayor, Yvonne Aki-Swayer’s administration failed to tackle issues of sanitation in the capital city during her tenure of office.

Ms. Kabba  was putting forward her argument as an Independent Candidate at the debate organised by Sierra-Eye Magazine and the Institute for Legal Research and Advocacy for Justice (ILRAJ) held at the Lagoonda Complex, Freetown on Saturday 3^rd June 2023.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Sierra Leone Police are currently investigating an alleged illegal possession of arms and ammunition in Sierra Leone by one Mr. Bamah alleged to be a citizen of the United States of America and ‘Adeyourmi Ogumefo Ademokalay’ an alleged Nigerian national.