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By Saio Marrah

Magistrate Isata  Sellu-Tucker, of Pademba Road Court No.2 in Freetown  has sentenced Francis Mansaray, Alhaji Sheriff, and eight others to one month imprisonment  or pay a fine of NLe 500(five hundred Leones)   after they all pleaded guilty of committing loitering offence at Safecon Lumley in Freetown, at about 20:37 hours of Tuesday 7^th February 2023.

 All 10 accused immediately pleaded guilty to the Public Order Act offence on Friday 10^th February 2023 after their file was read out to them.

By Alpha Abu

President Julius Maada Bio has put to rest the much debated issue of his running mate in the June 24^th Elections after he announced to an ecstatic crowd of ruling party supporters that he will seek his re-election bid with Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh alongside him.

Some were so overwhelmed with emotion yesterday and literally cried at the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) closing session of a two-day Delegates Conference at Bintumani Hotel in the West of Freetown.

By Alpha Abu

At a jam-packed Bintumani Conference hall in Freetown on Wednesday, President Julius Maada Bio has appealed to party supporters to close ranks, ahead of the June elections.

Addressing a two-day Delegates Conference of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) aimed at reviewing his manifesto achievements and drawing up a new one that he is to take to the voters, he said differences that emanated after their district and regional elections must be buried for good.

By politico staff writer

The Sierra Leone Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Rashid Sesay has made a call on Al Qasimia University and advocates for more scholarship opportunities to be provided for the country’s students.

He made this call at a meeting with the leadership of the Al Qasimia University yesterday, Tuesday 7 February 2023.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Government of Sierra Leone with support from the Government of Iceland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNICEF has launched a $ 6.4 million (six million, four hundred thousand US dollars) programme that will improve access to Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services.

The four years programme is geared towards Improving Livelihoods and Child-Friendly Environment in eight Rural Fishing Communities.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Traders in Kenema district Eastern Sierra Leone have expressed dissatisfaction over the disbursement of the ‘Munafa’ fund to business people in the district, describing the process as unfair.

The traders on the 6^th February, 2023 stormed the office of Global Osusu and saving scheme, the institutions contracted to disburse the fund to business people in the district alleging that they were denied the fund despite their registration with Small Medium and Enterprise Development Agency (SMEDA).

By Politico staff writer

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has in letter empathises with the government and people of Turkey, following twin earthquakes that wreaked havoc in the country.

President Julius Maada Bio in the Letter addressed to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey stated Sierra Leone’s relationship with Turkey, saying that he strongly believed that with resilience, Turkish people would recover from that tragedy and build a great nation.