By Politico staff writer
The Government of Sierra Leone is set to expand the school feeding programme to more Chiefdoms, through the 22 percent budget allocation to education from the Ministry of Finance.
This was disclosed during the reading of the Appropriation Act 2023 in Parliament last Friday.
By Mada Augustine Ngombu
The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) and the Sierra Leone Ex-Servicemen’s Association in collaboration with other institutions have celebrated people who fought in the two World Wars, the country’s rebel war and victims of past disasters, by holding a Remembrance Day Service and other commemorative events.
By Mada Augustine Ngombu
The Ebenezer Almighty Prospers (EAP) Group of companies in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and York Community in Western Area Rural are set to open a new city called “Motherland City” at the said community.
By Abass Jalloh
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown has sentenced Yayah Kanu, Mohamed Kanu, and Mariama Bah to one year imprisonment after they pleaded guilty of possessing a drug called “kush” and ordered each to make an immediate payment of NLe 1,000 (one thousand Leones) as fine.
The three convicts - Yayah, 27, a trader; Mohamed, 30, a trader; and Mariama, 25, who is unemployed - were charged with Unlawful Possession of Kush contrary to section 48(1) of the Pharmacy and Drugs Act of 2001.
By Nasratu Kargbo
President Julius Maada Bio has called on stakeholders to ensure that they improve on human capital. He made this call at the Sierra Leone’s first National Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Fair held at the Freetown International Conference Centre on the 15th November 2022.
By Abass Jalloh
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown has remanded four bike riders - Joseph Conteh, Lamin Yusif Moigua, Saidu Kalokoh, John Laggawo - and a student, Bashiru Daniel Sesay, who were charged with Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Robbery with Violence, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, Wounding, and Wounding with Intent.
By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
The National Unity and Reconciliation Party (NURP) has expressed concern about the alarming rate at which hate speech and inciting messages are prevalent on social media.
The party made this concern through a press release dated 10th November 2022, noting that the manner in which social media platforms are used to promote hateful speech, inciting messages, and unlawful protest across in the country, is alarming.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
