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By Nasratu Kargbo

The University of Management and Technology (UNIMTECH), formerly Institute of Advanced Management and Technology (IAMTECH) has on the 10 June 2021 certified its first batch of graduates since it was upgraded to university status.

Prior to the change of status into a university, the college was affiliated with the Njala University through which they have been certifying their students on degree programmes.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has on the 9^th June 2021 awarded President Julius Maada Bio as "Press Freedom Champion" at State House in Freetown.

The award is to recognize the President’s efforts in repealing Part V of the 1965 Criminal Libel Law. The Libel Law has been in existence for 55 years and it was being used by mostly politicians to crack down on journalists with dissenting views.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Report by the Institute of Governance Reform, IGR has shown a vacuum in the awareness base of citizens on the cybercrime bill that has been the subject of discussion since it was tabled before parliament for enactment.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Students of Fourah Bay College University of Sierra Leone will be going to the polls today for the second time after the 2^nd June 2021 election was disrupted by violence leading to its cancellation by the university administration.  

Six candidates are contending for the presidency among them two women, Fatmata Binta Jalloh and Adama Silla , both being perceived by many as the front runners in the race.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara has started his defense at the Court of Appeal in Freetown.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has in a press statement urged authorities of  1,983 (one Thousand nine hundred and eighty-three) primary schools to upload their Continuous Assessment Scores Capturing System (CASS) grades to the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for candidates of the just concluded National Primary School Examination (NPSE).

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Gola Rain Forest Conservation Limited with funds from Lorna Young foundation has on the 10^th June 2021 held evaluation assessment to mark the end of the Cocoa Framers Voice project in Kenema.

The project according to officials was meant to help ease communication among cocoa farmers at the forest edge communities and to bring them under one association that can help them learn and share new ideas in cocoa farming in their communities.