By Nasratu Kargbo
The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy on the 23 September 2021 during an interview with pressmen stated that the problem of price control can be solved when the focus is shifted on industrialization, “the ministry wants to shift from the norm which is just focusing on trade and focus now on the industry,” said Sandy.
By Alpha Abu
Bo Rangers Football Club new Coach Solomon Jose Cortes, from Sweden, is relishing the task before him, following his recent appointment. Cortes expressed his satisfaction at the project the club was trying to build on , which he viewed as quite a challenge for him but not insourmoutable.
The coach has been given a one year contract, that could be extended.
He said he would work towards Bo Rangers carving an identity.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Kenema City and District councils have with support from Integrated Health Partners Administration Unit (IHPAU) engaged chiefdoms stakeholders, councilors, and core staff of both councils in the district on the need for COVID-19 vaccination in their respective chiefdoms.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
A Civil Society Organisation, Equality Now has accused the Director-General of the National Minerals Agency (NMA) over the issuance of mining licenses to two Gold mining companies for the same concession area in Bo district Valunia chiefdom.
By Alpha Abu
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has told the Harvard University Ministerial Forum that the ongoing covid-19 pandemic has shown the fundamental importance of good governance and effective government leadership around the world.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Justice Alusine Sesay has sentenced one Joseph Tucker, 20, to seven years at the Pademba Road maximum facility for housebreaking and larceny after pleading guilty.
Tucker is said to have broken into the dwelling of one Pastor Annette Kargbo and carted away with a total sum of forty-two million, and fifty thousand Leones (Le 42,050,000) early this year.
Politico Staff
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has in a press release announced the introduction of a recruitment license for overseas employment agencies. According to the statement, this is to ensure that the recruitment agencies have legalized status whiles performing their functions.
The release which was issued on the 21st September 2021 indicated that in order for recruitment agencies to carry out their recruitment in and out of the country, they should ensure they have licensed their agencies.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
