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By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

Sierra Leone’s former permanent representative to the United Nations who apparently turned down reassignment to the Arab republic of Egypt has returned to Freetown and has embarked on a tour of his party branches across the country. Dr. Kabba who served as National Campaign Chairman for the successful 2018 Bio-Jalloh campaign told SLPP members at the party office in Bo last week that the party has done so much since coming to power in the education, health, agriculture, youth unemployment and energy sectors.

By Anthony Newman Levey

Paramount Chiefs across Sierra Leone have in a meeting held in the Southern City of Bo expressed dissatisfaction over certain bills in the house of parliament awaiting to be passed into law.

 The Paramount Chiefs fear that the National Land Commission Bill, the Customary Land Rights Bill and the 2021 Paramount Chieftaincy Act will undermine their powers and therefore not good for them.

By Anthony Newman Levey in Bo

The United Methodist Church (UMC) last Saturday 5^th March 2022 went to the polls to elect a new Bishop during a four-day conference ended which commenced on Thursday 3^rd March 2022 at Tebit Memorial Church, Messima Section in Bo.

The position has been vacant since the death last year by the road accident of Bishop John K. Yambasu.

Four men, Reverend Professor Edwin Momoh, Reverend Francis Ben Charley, Reverend Emmanuel Pewa, and Reverend Boye Caulker are vying for the Bishop position.

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.

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.

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 4^th March 2022 at Lakka village in the outskirts of Freetown.

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.