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By Prince J Musa in Kenema 

The First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Bio has called on the government to involve Nurses and Midwives in the making of health policies to improve the quality of health services in the country.

The first lady made this call during her keynote address at the West African Post Graduate College of Nursing and Midwifery, Sierra Leone Chapter’s Annual General Meeting held in Kenema, on Friday 14th October 2022.

By Mada Augustine Ngombu

The Media Reform Coordinating Group Sierra Leone (MRCG-SL) has with its partner organization African Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF),  held a regional training of journalists on transitional justice that will  enable them to report on  issues that will help prevent a repeat of events such as the August 10 violence ahead of  the upcoming 2023 elections.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Bintu Louis Wright, a student of Providence International Senior High School emerged as the top candidate in the just-released Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results with an excellent score of A1 in all eight subjects, scoring an aggregate of 6 (perfect) and an average grade of 1.00, according to the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Dr David Moinina Sengeh.

By Abass Jalloh 

Magistrate Isata Sellu-Tucker of Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown has sentenced seven accused persons to 16 months in prison and fined each NLe 5,000 (five thousand New Leones) after being found guilty acquitted of public order offences ranging from Unlawful Procession to Riotous Conduct in the August 10 anti-government protests in some parts of Sierra Leone.

The sentences are to run concurrently. Two other people were discharged. 

By Newman Anthony Levey

Former Bo Rangers forward, Musa Noah Kamara popularly known as Musa Tombo yesterday 13th October allegedly made an attempt on his life by stabbing himself with a knife.

He was then taken to the Bo Government Hospital for medical attention.

By Abass Jalloh

Alfred Fornah and 20 others all from Makeni in the north of Sierra Leone were on Wednesday 12^th October arraigned at the Pademba Road Court No.1 in Freetown charged with various public order offences allegedly committed during the anti-government protests that took place on August 10, 2022.

By Ruth Yeabu Sesay

Reports are emerging of an alarming spate of violent robberies in taxis in various parts of the capital Freetown, a problem that has angered many people. 

Speaking to Politico on the 13^th of October 2022 Abdul Carlos Sherry a victim of such a robbery narrated his ordeal of the 30^th of September 2022 in which  his NLE 5,000 (five thousand new Leones) was stolen.