By Nasratu Kargbo
The Complaints Committee on Land Disputes in the Western Area has revealed that 40% of 305 cases have been investigated so far. The Chairman of the Committee Alhaji Murtada Mohammed Sesay revealed that 40% of the cases that the committee has examined have helped them “identify entrenched system related issues” which according to him can and must be addressed as matters of great importance.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Joseph Benedict Mbogba, Chairman of Moyamba District Council has told the Freetown High Court no.2 that an accused robber, Edward John hit him with a stick when he tried to apprehend him after a robbery spree in Moyamba Township.
John is the eleventh accused out of 16 persons that were arrested and charged to court on allegations of robbery and sexual assault carried out at multiple locations on the night of the 19th May 2019.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Conservation Society Sierra Leone (CSSL) has briefed media practitioners on the preservation of the forest ecosystems.
“We believe that with partnership with the media to propagate the essence of the conservation and management of the forest will save this country from a lot of natural disasters,” stated Emurana Kemoh Sowa, National Coordinator of the CSSL.
The CSSL engaged media practitioners on Tuesday 31st August 2021 at the Youths Action for Development (YAD) office on Maxwell Khobe Street in Kenema.
By Nasratu Kargbo
A fire incident on Thursday 26 August 2021 25 Grancess Street, Kroo Town Road in Freetown has destroyed several apartments and left dozens of people homeless. The distraught persons have called on the government and other humanitarian organisations to come to their aid.
Speaking to Politico, one of the landlords Rhoda Edwin said they were thankful that no life was lost in the disaster; though they lost everything they had worked for over the years.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The first lady Fatima Jabbie Bio has promised female soldiers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) of more support to empower themselves.
Speaking to the soldiers at the Cockerill Army headquarters, in Freetown, on Friday 27 August, 2021 the First Lady assured them that by next year the nursing school will be transformed into an ultra- modern facility that is to empower the female soldiers studying nursing, and make the learning environment very conducive for them.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
People living in houses built on land belonging to the Lumley Hospital in the West of Freetown., are to be evicted to pave way for an annex building complex to be constructed that will be a children’s teaching hospital.
By Alpha Abu
President Julius Maada Bio was at Lightfoot Boston Street in the Central Business District of Freetown on Friday 27 August 2021, and precisely at a petty trading vicinity popularly known as “Belgium”, where he made a surprise gesture to traders who were adversely affected by a fire incident in March this year. The President presented cheques each valued at 10 million Leones to those traders whose wares were gutted in the inferno.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
