By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
A few months leading to Sierra Leone’s national election, the National Grand Coalition Party (NGC) is on a gradual meltdown as senior party members continue to resign from the party.
The former Chairman and Leader of the National Grand Coalition Party (NGC), Dr. Dennis Bright is among four senior members of the party; Arthur Pearce, Alan Luke, and Mrs. Nyamankoro Sillah who within 24 hours of 1st of February this year tendered their resignations from the party.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Communications Officer in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), John T. Allieu has told Politico that the Minister Dr. Austin Demby is having discussions with health officials over welfare and other concerns raised by a Coalition of Health Workers across the country, amidst threats of industrial action.
By Politico staff writer
Dozens of school girls in Bo were left injured yesterday after one of the rail guards on a pavilion in the Bo mini stadium collapsed during First Lady Fatima Bio’s Sanitary Pads distribution to the girls.
The affected pupils were taken to the Bo Government Hospital which was soon swarmed by panic -stricken parents and guardians anxious to know about the state of their children.
By Saio Marrah
The first day of introduction of the new and improved securitized Identity Card for citizens and non-nationals has been beset by slow processing of payments attributed to poor networking being encountered by Africell telecoms and Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, the two institutions undertaking the cash payment by registrants.
The National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) announced the commencement of providing the IDs, after a long period of non-issuance.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Residents in Freetown have expressed their disappointment over the growing inconsistency in power distribution across various areas in the city that reportedly affected livelihoods.
Speaking to Politico on the 2nd February 2023, a Kissy Community resident Maseray Kanu said the intermittent electricity supply has affected all sectors and that for the past two weeks homes have been experiencing blackouts, leading to food going bad in refrigerators.
By Saio Marrah
A 27-year-old man who was convicted of stealing a motorbike from his friend has been jailed for two years. Mohamed Kabba’s sentence covers also from the time he was first remanded in custody on the 5th of February 2022.
He was found guilty of fraudulently converting into his own use the bike which was the property of Mohamed Massaquoi at Calaba Town, east of Freetown.
By Saio Marrah
A Porter at Ferry Junction, Kissy in Freetown, Abu Bakarr Sankoh is to serve six months imprisonment at the Male Correctional Centre after he was convicted for stealing one Infinix Hot 10 mobile phone and one Apple I-phone 8plus with a total value of Old Leones11,000,000 (eleven million). The phones belonged to one Mustapha Sesay.
Sankoh was acquitted of “conspiracy to commit larceny from the person” during the trial at the main law court building in Freetown on Wednesday 1st February 2023.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
