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By Politico staff writer

Two-day training for school feeding assessment personnel for the Northern Region has over the weekend ended at the Old City Council Hall in Makeni.

In an interview with Politico, the Director of the School Feeding Programme in the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Sengbe Rogers Koker highlighted the importance of the school assessment on the feeding programme.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Deputy Governor Bank of Sierra Leone Sheikh Yayah Sesay says the bank is committed to ensuring price and financial stability in the country.

Speaking at the institution’s first annual conference with the theme “Monitoring policy and inflation in Sierra Leone”, Sesay said the two elements will work in tandem with other economic fundamentals to achieve sustainable economic growth, adding that price stability is a core mandate of monitoring policy in modern central banks.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Members of the ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA) have called on members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to ensure that women are placed in decision-making positions across the region.

Speaking at a Town Hall meeting held in Abuja on the theme “Rejuvenate democracy by giving voice to the young people”, Executive Director of Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Ann Iyonu called on governments that are members of ECOWAS to ensure they increase female representation in their countries.

By Saio Marrah

A former RSLAF soldier has testified before Justice Komba Kamanda of the High Court in Freetown of how, according to him, he was manhandled by an OSD officer attached to the National Social Security and Insurance Trust, NASSIT headquarters in Freetown.

By Saio Marrah

The former Head of the Commercial Division at Guarantee Trust Bank (GT Bank), Jacob Paul Koroma, has testified before Justice Komba Kamanda that the bank wrongfully sacked him without following due process.

Koroma, who wants the bank to restore him to his position, pay all his salaries, benefits including leave and other allowances, and compensation for reputational damages, made this testimony at the court No.10 of the High Court of Sierra Leone on Tuesday 9^th May 2023.

By Alpha Abu

The Nomination process of political party Presidential Candidates is continuing with smaller parties also presenting their candidates at the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) headquarters in the latter part of last week, for provisional approval.

By Saio Marrah

A total of 163,894 (one hundred and sixty-three thousand, eight hundred and ninety four) primary school pupils on Saturday 6^th May 2023 sat the National Primary School Examination (NPSE), which qualifies them to transition from primary school to Junior Secondary School (JSS) level, surpassing last year’s  162,068 (one hundred and sixty-two thousand and sixty-eight).