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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Electricity Generation and Transmission Company (EGTC) has allayed the fears of residents in Bo that the fire incident at the Power Station has done no material damage to the existing power infrastructure.

This was made known through a press statement by EGTC on the 13^th of April 2023 hours after the incident on the same day.

According to a report received by EGTC from the Head of the power station, the initial report stated the seriousness of the fire with huge flames billowing over the building.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Alcohol Policy Alliance (SLAPA) and Foundation for Rural and Urban Transformation (FoRUT) has vowed to reduce the harmful use of alcohol in the country.

The Ministry made this commitment during the launch of the National Alcohol Policy for Sierra Leone on the 12^th of April 2023 at the Miatta Conference centre in Freetown.

By Politico staff writer

The National Elections Watch (NEW) in a press statement highlighting its monitoring of the distribution by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) of the new voter ID card across the country, has stated a high turn-out of people at centres to collect their cards.

By Alpha Abu

Babadi Kamara is already a household name in sporting circles in Sierra Leone. His intervention in football in particular has somewhat given the game more meaning here, having brought class and foresight into it by embarking on ambitious projects more than any present day football stakeholder in the country.

By Ruth Yeabu Sesay

The University of Sierra Leone (USL) will today end its week-long graduation ceremony for the award of various degrees, diplomas, and certificates for its three constituent colleges of Fourah Bay College (FBC), the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), and the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) with a total of three thousand four hundred graduands (3,400).

By Politico Staff Writer

 Chief Justice Babatunde Edwards says for the first time all judges from different cadre are undergoing training on electoral justice.  He was speaking at the start of a three-day training which started yesterday at Tokeh.

Edwards said the training titled “Fostering peaceful credible and inclusive elections in Sierra Leone 2022-2023’’ was designed to promote electoral justice.  

By Politico staff writer

The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Wednesday, 12 April debated and passed into law with some amendments to the Bill entitled, "The National Development Induced Resettlement Act 2023" for the security and development of Sierra Leone.
The Act according to a report by the Parliament Communications Unit, seeks to introduce uniform principles, to guide the planning, implementation, and monitoring of development-induced resettlement activities, and to provide for other related matters.