By Politico Staff Writer
The British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Lisa Chesney has Announced an additional 25 million grant to Sierra Leone’s education sector under the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBBSE).
The grant which is meant for a new five-year programme is funded by the United Kingdom government to support Secondary Schools in the country.
The announcement was made on the 16th March 2023 at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown.
By Politico staff writer
The People’s Republic of China played host to a 15-man Sierra Leone trade Delegation to China on short training courses to be held in different cities in China.
Welcoming the delegation to the Embassy, on the 15th of March this year, the Deputy Ambassador/Charge d’Affaires, Saffa Woya Rogers, encouraged the team to make good use of the opportunity and take to Sierra Leone the good values and impact change.
By Saio Marrah
Justice Bosco Alieu has remanded a 19-year-old man for allegedly breaking and entering the house of one Emmanuel Mohamed Kamara of Goderich and stealing Le 15,000,000 (Fifteen Million old Leones) and other properties.
The prosecution alleges that Jabati Gendemeh of Solo B Drive Goderich in the Western Rural District on 10th January 2021 also stole six pairs of sneakers valued at Le 2,100,000 (Two million one hundred thousand old Leones as well as other properties belonging to Alusine Edward Conteh in the same house.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Team Lead of Election Conflict Prevention and Mediation Working Group Abdul Fatorma has told a meeting of stakeholders in Kenema that the high intake of nicotine threatens security. Fatorma whilst highlighting the causes of violence noted that too much nicotine can serve as a threat to state security especially during the election.
By Prince J. Musa in Kenema
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has ended a two-day training of Pre-school Teachers, Lecturers from Eastern Technical University, and other partners.
According to the Consultant of the training, Dr. Tonya Musa, the training was to show the importance of early childhood education and raise awareness among policymakers to enhance fundational learning.
By Saio Marrah
Popular rapper, Alhaji Amadu Bah, better known as LAJ has been jailed for nine years after he was found guilty on four counts of robbery with violence and assault on attendants at a petrol station at Congo Cross in Freetown.
The verdict read out by Justice Fisher on Friday 17thMarch found the musician guilty of causing assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
His jail term covers also the 278 days he had already spent on remand.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Sierra Leone’s First Lady Fatima Bio has stressed her resolve to ensure that the government puts an end to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the country. She made this statement at a sanitary pad distribution event targeting over seven hundred school girls in Kenema.
She said girls not using sanitary pads will affect their health. ‘’Using dirty cloths as sanitary pads can make girls develop bacterial infection” she said.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
