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By Nasratu Kargbo

The Commissioner of the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL), Mohamed K Konneh has called on political parties not to use the platform of motivating citizens to register as a means of campaign. He made the statement during a press conference held on the 7^th September 2022 at the ECSL head office in Freetown.

By Abass Jalloh

Paramount chiefs from the Eastern and Southern parts of Sierra Leone have called on fellow chiefs and people of the country to discourage the spread of tribal hate messages against each other, especially on social media, for the sake of peace and stability.

By Abass Jalloh

Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown has granted a one hundred and fifty thousand Leones (NLe 150,000) bail to Town Chief, Alhaji Ansumana Kallon, from Belebu village in Kenema district charged for allegedly defrauding Augustine Ansumana Gamoh, a lecturer at Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone.

By Abass Jalloh

A visually impaired student from Saint Joseph’s  Secondary School, Ann Marie Keita has drawn President Julius Maada Bio’s attention to children living with a disability that she said are in the street begging for alms.

The girl made the call during the president’s engagement with pupils from various backgrounds at State House on Wednesday.

She said such children should be given the opportunity to be educated, and also mentioned the problem of teachers not paying much attention to them due to their working conditions.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Director of Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation at the National Disaster Management Agency, Abu Bakarr Bangura says climate change is immensely affecting agriculture in the country.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Professor Alpha Tejan Wurie has announced the return of Preliminary Course programmes for people who wish to study courses in Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) but do not have Credits or better in five subjects required to start the main course.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Court of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) yesterday 6^th September approved Associate Professor Miriam Elizabeth Conteh-Morgan as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) to head the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), making her the first woman to hold the post.