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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In an effort to support the Media industry in Sierra Leone, the International Fund for Public Interest Media has approved a 100,000 United States dollar (one hundred thousand) grant to enhance media investment in Sierra Leone. Fifty percent of the approved grant is said to be disbursed by November this year.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Former Anti -Corruption Commissioner, Ady Macauley was detained last evening (Thursday 6 October) at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after a lengthy interrogation in relation to an interview he granted on the African Young Voices Television about people's right to protest, according to one of his lawyers. 

Speaking to Politico, Lawyer Saidu Bangura said their request for bail was denied by the police and therefore, their client had to pass the night in detention.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Executive Director of the National Fertilizer Regulatory Agency (NaFRA), Dr. Andrew BaMusa Koroma noted that, as part of their Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 deliverables, they will implement Regional Survey on Fertilizer distribution and utilization patterns in the country.

This was disclosed at the annual budget hearing in the ministry of Finance.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Residents of Pujehun District have complained of an alarming rate of theft in the district, prompting a press statement from the District Council, strongly condemning the act and calling on the security sector to take all necessary action for the culprits to be prosecuted.  

By Alpha Abu

Popular Sierra Leonean broadcaster and entertainer, David Vandy, is the proud recipient of the United States Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his service to young people and communities in the Washington DC area.

By Saio Marrah

The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), says the voter registration exercise has been successful despite the initial challenges, as the commission announced an extension of the process from Friday 7^th to Saturday 8^th October 2022. 

By Politico staff writer

With less than a year to go into the general and presidential elections in Sierra Leone, the Chairman of the National Grand Coalition party has suspended key members of the party and ordered disciplinary procedures to be instituted against them.