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By Nasratu Kargbo

The Chief Justice of the Judiciary of Sierra Leone Babatunde Edwards has said that students applying for law school starting next year will be required to take an entrance exam.

Edwards made this revelation on the 30th November 2022 at the this year’s Call to the Bar certification ceremony, emphasizing that they cannot compromise quality.

“Next year it will be a prerequisite for admission into the law school for graduates to pass an entrance examination as it happens in other countries” said the Chief Justice.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Assets belonging to some officials who served under the government of Ernest Bai Koroma have been confiscated and handed over to the State as part of the recommendations made of the Commissions of Inquiry (COI).

The announcement was made at a press briefing organized by the Office of the Attorney General in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Communications on the 1 December, 2022 at Guma Building in Freetown.

BY: Aminata Sameena Sesay
The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) is in the process of developing a Web Platform and mobile phone SMS connection for registered voters through which they can verify their details captured in the countrywide voter registration exercise that ended in October.

By Ruth Yeabu Sesay

The Bo Central Business District (CBD), has been decongested by the Police, the officers  acting after series of Media engagements together with the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) to have the people doing business along certain streets, move away from sidewalks.

By Mada Augustine Ngombu

The new Academic Staff Association President of Fourah Bay College (FBC), Ambrose Tiama Rogers has told Politico that while he is overwhelmed “with joy” on being elected, he is equally concerned about problems the institution is facing.

Rogers, a lecturer at the Linguistics Unit of the college, went unopposed, replacing Dr. Williette James.

By Abass Jalloh

The Managing Director of Skye Bank in Sierra Leone, Ikubolaje Nicol, facing trial for allegedly killing a junior colleague, Miss Sinnah Kai Kargbo, will continue to be on remand, until the next adjourned date, Wednesday 7th December 2022, for a second hearing.

By Politico staff writer

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has elected the Sierra Leone Ambassador to Geneva, Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Office, Dr. Lansana Gberie as the new Chairperson of its Bureau.

He was elected at the Council’s 113^th Session on the 29^th November, 2022.