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By Alpha Abu

National Council for Civic Education and Development (NaCCED) together with various partner institutions have met at the Freetown City Council Auditorium to review the openness and accessibility of government policies under the Open Government Partnership (OGP).

The discussants deliberated on the government’s National Action Plan level 3 and the pending fourth level of the process.

By Abass Jalloh

After appearing for the fifth time, Principal Magistrate, Mark Ngegba, of Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown has refused bail to the seven accused persons who were arrested and charged for committing Public Order Offences during the parliamentary by-election at Sambaia Bendugu in Tonkolili District in June this year.

By Saio Marrah.

The Informal Workers Organization (IWO), an advocacy group has in an advocacy Paper urged the government to place premium on the country’s informal workforce.

Reading out the document to newsmen at their Aberdeen office in Freetown, the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of IWO, Chelcy Alma Heroe said that ensuring value for the informal economy or workforce should be done by strengthening and providing sufficient subvention to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security as it has been done for the Ministry of Education.

By Abass Jalloh

Abubakar Sulaiman Kamara, Dora Samuella Kamara, Benjamin Mohamed Lamin Kamara, and Imatu Sulaiman Kamara have all been remanded for allegedly murdering Amidu Kargbo, the son of Haja Kamara, a trader.

The accused persons made their second appearance before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown to answer to charges of conspiracy and murder contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

 A Civic Funeral for six Police Officers killed during the August 10 protests in parts of the country was yesterday held at the Police Training School in Hastings. The remains of the men were later laid to rest at the nearby cemetery after full honours.

By Nasratu Kargbo

A Press Release signed by the Interim Transitional Governance Committee’s (ITGC) Secretary General Abdul Kargbo, has accused the Chairman of the Committee Alfred Peter Conteh of misleading the public.

ITGC is part of the All People’s Congress (APC) party. The release dated 20^th August 2022, distanced a faction of the committee from a press release dated the previous day- 19^th August 2022.

By Saio Marrah

President Julius Maada Bio has urged the new Inspector-General of Police, William Fayia Sellu and the Army Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Peter K. Lavahun, to support efforts at keeping the peace of the country.

He made this call during the oath-taking and insignia ceremony on Monday involving the two men as well as other newly promoted officers in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, (RSLAF).