By Newman Anthony Levey
Dr. Jesse Nyandebo a Lecturer at the Animal Science Department, Njala University, and his wife, Abigail Muana a Nurse were reported to have died after a fire engulfed their residence in Bo on Monday 6th June 2022.
The incident according to Henry Maada Sam brother to Dr. Nyandebo’s wife who managed to speak to Politico in a grieving mood said they had just celebrated his sister’s birthday the previous day.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The National Coordinator for National Advocacy Coalition on Extractives (NACE) Cecilia Mattia has said that in the new Mines and Minerals Development Act, they want to ensure members of parliament, district councils, and paramount chiefs stop receiving surface rent.
By Saio Marrah
Leader of Coalition for Change (C4C) party in parliament, Saa Emerson Lamina, has called for a sitting president to directly choose 50 percent of his appointees, while the rest should be left in the hands of the opposition parties, to ensure inclusive governance of the state.
The MP made this statement while debating the presidential address at the house of parliament.
By Abass Jalloh
The fifth Prosecuting Witness (PW5), Sahr Albert Foday Boima, has disclosed the monetary transactions involved between the Government of Sierra Leone and the country’s UN Permanent Mission in New York, over the Chancery building project, involving Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara and five others.
On Monday 6th March 2022, during a hearing at the Freetown High Court No. 1 presided by Justice Adrian Fisher, the PW5 testified that four monetary transactions took place between the two parties.
By Saio Marrah
As a result of what is said to be a persistent power cut in Koidu in the Kono district, the leader of the Coalition for Change (C4C), Saa Emerson Lamina, representing Constituency 030, Kono, has called on the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy to exercise its oversight role and investigate the alleged “repetitive electricity blackout “for appropriate action to be taken.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The President of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association Edries A. Tejan says their salaries for the month of May experienced deductions of 20 percent and over. This was made public at a Mid- Year Conference of the association held at the Brookfield’s Hotel in Freetown last Saturday.
The Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist said apart from their take-home pay, they have some allowances mentioned in an agreement between doctors and the government due to COVID, as an allowance for all health workers.
By Abass Jalloh
Students of the History and African Studies Department at Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone (USL), reportedly left the examination hall, on Friday 3rd June 2022, alleging that the questions were unfairly set by the lecturer.
The year two (2) students at the Department of History and African Studies were to write the exam for the module called European History for the first semester, which was scheduled for 9:00 A.M.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
