By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Lecturers of Eastern Technical University (ETU) in Kenema are going through free medical screening for diabetes, blood pressure, weight and other illnesses. The check-ups were being done by Daisy and Jabbie Physiotherapy Centre in collaboration with the medical laboratory department of the university.
By: Politico staff writer
Former Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh has testified in a Bo court against his former errand boy Baba Kamara who was facing various charges related to fraudulent conversion.
He said he has known Kamara since the year 2000 and that the accused did his errands.
He said he bought a house at Third Street in Bo at a cost of Eighty million Leones (80,000,000.00) and was making part payments.
He told the court that Kamara took away his house chairs, motorbike, and televisions.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Speaker of Parliament Abass Chernor Bundu has instructed the clerk of parliament to inform the National Electoral Commission (NEC) about two empty parliamentary seats for which elections must be conducted.
By Politico staff writer
Njala University, has on Thursday 4th December 2022 completed matriculation ceremonies for all freshmen under graduate students for its campuses across Sierra Leone. With the Towama and Kowama campuses in Bo registering more than 3, 000 students.
Matriculation ceremony for the post graduate students according to the university’s Public Relations Officer, Ayouba Koroma has been indefinitely suspended by the university.
By Abass Jalloh
The Ministry of Youth Affairs together with the Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have introduced what is called Youth Innovation Challenge wherein students, business and creative people will be able to promote or showcase their various activities through virtual means.
By Politico staff writer
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Environment, Prof. Foday M. Jaward has explained the efforts made by the government of Sierra Leone to deal with the many environmental issues confronting the country and the world at large.
By Nasratu Kargbo
What people will normally refer to as a man’s job is slowly being taken over by women. Granite stone mining has become a source of livelihood for many in the Freetown municipality, with women becoming champions in the art of it.
Politico visited different sites to see how women get on with the business. 58-year-old Adama Samura who resides at HillTop community at Hill Station stated that stone mining has helped her immensely.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
