By Alpha Abu
The Minister of Works and Public Assets, Peter Bayuku Conteh has put at 200 Kilometres the asphalt roads constructed for the year 2021. The minister made the disclosure whilst highlighting the ministry’s achievements so far, its challenges and plans, during the retreat for media and civil society organisations that took place in Bo over the weekend.
By Alpha Abu
The Director Public Outreach Education and Outreach, Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC), Patrick Sandi has revealed plans of the commission to include lifestyle-auditing in its fight against graft. He made the revelation in Bo during a presentation to Journalists and Civil Society Activists who had gathered for a two day engagement in which representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) highlighted achievements and reviewed plans that matched the government’s manifesto and it’s Medium Term National Development Plan.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Bumpeh Bridge has been cited by Hollywood producers as a prospective site to shoot a movie titled, “The Bridge to Kono”. Hollywood Producers Ariel Leon and Michael Duff paid a courtesy visit to President Julius Maada Bio to express the prospects of using locations in Freetown, Bo and other parts of Sierra Leone by next year for their movie.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Risk Communication Pillar Lead National Coronavirus Response Centre (NaCOVERC), Harold Thomas has assured of the country’s strides to guard against the newly discovered COVID-19 variant called Omicron.
The new mutation, which according to experts is potentially more transmissible, was first discovered in South Africa and has since been detected in several countries.
By Nasratu Kargbo
A total of 151 deaths have so far been recorded from the Wellington fire explosion that occurred on the 5th November 2021.
According to a situation report released by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation on 30th November 2021, 84 of the victims died on arrival at the hospital and 67 died whilst receiving treatment. This has increased the death toll to 151.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Justice Alhaji Momoh-Jah Stevens has sentenced Mohamed Conteh, 65, to eight years imprisonment for sexually abusing his then 17-year-old daughter multiple times between 2017 and 2020.
Conteh made his final appearance at the Sexual Offences Model Court in Freetown on the 29th November this year to answer to two counts of incest contrary to the Sexual Offences Act of 2012, as amended.
By Saio Marrah
Following the suspension of the Auditor General and one of her deputies, All People’s Congress (APC) Member of Parliament, Daniel Brima Koroma of Constituency 046, Koinadugu district, has called on the government of Sierra Leone for proper management of the office of Audit Service Sierra Leone, so that it will not hinder the country’s scores on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
