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By Politico staff writers 

As he declares for incumbent President Julius Maada Bio , independent candidate and leader of the Malen Land Owners and Users Association( MALOA)  in Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District and his supporters have demanded for one parliamentary and 3 Councilor seats.

 Shiaka Musa Sama of  Constituency 104  made the demands  at the Pujehun District  Council Hall while endorsing President Julius Maada Bio  re-election bid  in the  24^th June  2023. 

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Special Select Committee on Fake Degrees has recommended that jail term and fines be imposed on persons who run tertiary institutions without accreditation from Tertiary Education Commission (TEC).

In the report placed on the table of parliament on the 30^th March 2023, the committee recommendation that a section on sanction should be added in the TEC Act, wherein persons and institutions who decide to operate without approval should face punishment.

By Saio Marrah

Artisanal Fishermen in Sierra Leone have accused industrial fishing vessels mainly operated by Chinese and Koreans of illegal fishing practices.

This was revealed at the launch of Sierra Leone Film Summit, that screened a documentary with the title ‘The New Boat’ produced by ‘Freetown Media Centre. The event was held at the Freetown City Hall Auditorium on Friday 31^st March, 2023.

By Politico Staff Writer

Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, Desmond Babatunde Edwards has called on personnel of the global judiciary to dispense justice in an independent, transparent and neutral manner.

The Chief Justice was addressing the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group (WGIII) on the proposed establishment of a Multilateral Investment Court held at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday 30^th March, 2023.

By Politico Staff writer

President Julius Maada Bio and the First Lady Fatima Bio last Saturday 1^st April commissioned the Dr. Fatima Maada Bio Boarding Home for Girls at the Galliness Perri Secondary school, making it the first boarding home for girls in Perri Chiefdom, Pujehun District.

By Alpha Abu

The Chairman of Bo Rangers Football and also Team Manager of Leone Stars, Babadi Kamara has welcomed FIFA’s recent clean bill of health that was given after an inspection of the pitch at the newly-built modern Southern Arena sports facility in Bo.

Speaking to Politico last evening, Babadi said the pitch was exhaustively examined to assess various areas such as its shock absorption, the goal posts, dimension of the field and the drainage system.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Leone Rock Metal Group Limited has presented to the Government of Sierra Leone on behalf of the primary host communities,  Dansogoia, Sambaia, and Simiria Chiefdoms in  Tonkolili district the sum of twenty-three billion three hundred and sixty-nine million eight hundred and ninety-five thousand three hundred and twenty Leones (20,369,895,320.00) as  Community Development Agreement Fund .