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By Mohamed Macarthy

President Julius Maada Bio on the 30^th November, 2021 appointed new Chancellors for various public universities , during a special ceremony at State House in Freetown.

This move is to ensure state universities  have autonomy in their administrative  responsibilities and also to maintain integrity and professional standards at public institutions across the country.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Police at the Criminal Investigation Department in Kenema are currently investigating the town chief of Kambema village, Dama chiefdom who reported himself at their headquarters for allegedly killing his brother in September this year in a bush.

According to the Regional Crime officer east, Sergeant Lansana Jajua, on the  13^th of November, 2021 the town chief Kannie Musa Juhu handed himself over to them together with a shotgun and confessed to have been responsible for the death of one  Vandi Konneh.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Police Constable 19259 Augustine Dauda attached to the Pujehun Police Division has been accused of penetrating a female suspect who was under custody. The divisional Media and Communications Officer ASP Kenewa John Square confirmed to Radio Wanjei in Pujehun town about the case which he said is under investigation.

Square explained how on the 12^th November 2021, the suspect who is in her late teens had told them that Dauda sexually penetrated her. He however stopped short of giving further details.

By Saio Marrah

With support from the German development agency GIZ, the Mano River Union (MRU) has held a two day conference on local content policy with the aim of reviewing existing policies and identifying opportunities and making use of local skills for use in the mining sector in the sub region.

By Politico staff writer

As part of preparations to set up an anti-corruption agency in the Gambia, a delegation from the Gambia is in Sierra Leone on a week-long study tour of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) legal framework, strategies.

By Politico staff writer

The recent mass covid-19 vaccination drive by Focus 1000, a non-governmental organization in Sierra Leone with support from the Africa-CDC and other local and international partners have targeted commercial motorbike riders mostly from within Malen Chiefdom, in Pujehun district southern Sierra Leone.  

By Saio Marrah

A member of the main opposition, the All People’s Congress (APC) party in parliament, Daniel Brima Koroma, of constituency 046, Koinadugu District, has said that the condition of the Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI) stationed at Rokupr in Kambia District is deteriorating.