By Prince J. Musa in Kenema
The National Security Council Coordinating Group (NSCCG) sub-committee under the Office of the President has settled dispute chiefdom authorities at Gorahun Tunkia chiefdom in the Kenema district.
Sierra Leone opposition lawyers ask for more time to hold convention
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Lawyers representing the All Peoples Congress (APC) party have asked for an extension of time by the court to conduct their convention. The APC are in court after one of their members from the United States sued them for lack of democratic principles. Alfred Peter Conteh had vowed to instill reforms in the party because he is of the notion that their conduct was outdated and undemocratic.
New Magbele Bridge ready by December
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Project Manager of construction company CSE, Abdulai Mbow has told a group of visiting journalists at the construction site of the new Magbele Bridge along the busy Port Loko highway, that the structure will be ready by December this year. He said major work has been completed, with few remaining work to be done, before the structure is handed over to the government.
New Mass Comm curriculum for Fourah Bay College out soon
A two-day retreat by members of the proposed new faculty of Media and Information Studies of Fourah Bay College has opened in Freetown with a call by the Chairman of the Curriculum Committee of the University of Sierra Leone for the new faculty to follow all laid down procedures to introduce new courses in the University.
Professor Alyson Sesay urged the faculty not to rush into implementing all the proposed reforms at the same time and to consider both the human and material resources available to the University before embarking on any sweeping reforms.
Sierra Leone Youth Ministry bails out businesses
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Ministry of Youth Affairs together with Restless Development and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a scheme that seeks to aid youth led small scale businesses that have closed or scaled-down due to COVID 19 pandemic. Targeted beneficiaries are aged 15 to 35 with more focus on women and disabled persons.
Le 50 million fine for former NASSIT staff
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Former Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Yeabu M. D. Kamara has been fined the sum of 50 million Leones by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Court during Thursday 5 August 2021 proceedings.
Kamara was arraigned in court after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) indicted her and Joseph Sedu Mans (deceased), former NASSIT Director-General, on 6 counts of corruption offences.
Bo police probe two for illegal cannabis
By Politico staff writer
Two people remained in the custody of the Sierra Leone Police as investigations continue into the seizure bales of Cannabis sativa or marijuana weighing 213 Kgs, the largest haul to be intercepted in 5 years. The consignment was discovered at Fallah checkpoint, in Bo on the 30th of July 2021.
