By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The General Manager of the Great Scarcies and Mahera Ferry Company Alusine Daramy has given an update on the increment on the ferry fares that have been announced.
Statistics S/L Trains Enumerators on Social Safety Nets Project
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Statistics Sierra Leone has trained over 200 enumerators on the Social Safety Nets Project nicknamed ‘Ep Fet Po’ ( help fight against poverty). The event was held at Theresa Hall, Kennedy Street, Freetown on Friday 4 March 2022.
Freetown hosts National Youth Exhibition
By Abass Jalloh
More than 50 young people including school-going pupils from various schools across Sierra Leone had the opportunity to participate in a one-week National Youth Exhibition which started on Friday 4th March 2022 at Lakka village in the outskirts of Freetown.
Statistics Sierra Leone releases new Consumer Price Index
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Statistics Sierra Leone has released a new Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December 2021 along with the CPI results for January 2022, showing a percentage rise and decline on the price indices of various goods and services.
57 years jail term for armed robber
By Politico staff Writer
44-year-old Motor Mechanic Mustapha Kabba has been sentenced to 57 years imprisonment for the offence of Robbery with aggravation against Octogenarian, Dr. Kitty Fadlu-Deen.
The judgment on Thursday 3rd March 2022 by Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Komba Kamanda came after an eleven-member jury unanimously returned a guilty verdict in respect of a four-count indictment including robbery with aggravation, attempting to strangle, and causing grievous bodily harm.
Paramount Chief of Penguya Chiefdom reinstated
By Politico staff writer
The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), Tamba Lamina has officially reinstated Paramount Chief (PC) Samuel Sheku Jibila of Penguya Chiefdom in Kailahun District on the 4th March 2022.
PC Jibila left his Chiefdom in 2018 following a conflict with his Chiefdom residents that left his house and other properties destroyed.
4 kids drown in mining enclaves in eastern Sierra Leone
By Abass Jalloh
Authorities in Kono have confirmed the death of four children after they reportedly drowned in pits of abandoned mining sites in some parts of the villages in the eastern Kono District.
The three girls and one boy were said to be under the age of 15.
According to the Paralegal in Kamara Chiefdom, Tamba Amidu Nyukeh, the incidents occurred on the same day of Sunday 27 February 2022 but at different locations.
