By Saio Marrah
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor David Francis, says the country’s chances in attaining a non-permanent seat in the United Nation’s Security Council for 2024 to 2025, are quite high.
The minister told a press conference in Freetown on Friday 21st October, 2022, the country has already built a niche for itself in the global stage immensely which it can bank on.
By: AMINATA SAMEENA SESAY
The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has decentralized the issuance of driver’s license at regional level to accelerate a proper system.
This was disclosed on Thursday 13th October, 2022 at the weekly Ministry of Information and Communications press briefing at Youyi building in Freetown.
By Abass Jalloh
Justice Adrian Fisher of High Court No. 1 in Freetown has remanded Mariama Bangura, a petty trader, for allegedly forging a voter registration identification card.
Mariama, 27, who cannot read or write, was before the court charged with Forgery of Voter Registration Card and Unlawful Possession of Voter’s Card.
By Chernor AlimamyKamara
A community based Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), Love Aid has boosted education in Kissy in the East end of Freetown.
This was disclosed at its formal launch on Friday 21st October, 2022 by Board Chairman of the NGO, William Conteh.
He added that most of the schools in Kissy lack furniture, noting that a combination of those challenges prompted them to establish the NGO to give back to their community.
By Saio Marrah
A former Secretary and Legal Adviser of the Rokel Commercial Bank, Margaret Davies, says she plans to take legal action against the Managing Director of the bank, Ekundayo Gilpin, on allegations of sexual harassment and wrongful dismissal.
She disclosed this to journalists and other local and international human rights organisations at a press conference organised by a law firm, Marrah and Associates, at the Africell American Corner in Freetown on Wednesday 19th October, 2022.
By Alpha Abu
Next year’s General Elections will be based on the Proportional Representation electoral system instead of the First Past the Post system.
The Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed Konneh, who is acting under the directive of President Julius Maada Bio has confirmed to Politico that the electorate will elect their MPs under the District Block system in the June 2023 polls.
By Alpha Abu
The Manager of Skye Bank in Sierra Leone, Ikubolaje Nicol is being detained at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Freetown following the death of Sinnah Kargbo who was also a staff at Skye.
The circumstances surrounding the young woman’s death are still unclear as detectives continue with their investigations in the wake of varied unconfirmed accounts over the location and manner of her death.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
