By Mabinty M. Kamara
A joint research conducted by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and researchers from the Bournemouth University in the UK has revealed the huge impact of the Corona virus disease on journalists in Sierra Leone.
The national survey published by SLAJ according to officials, had responses from more than 600 journalists across the country.
By Politico staff writer
The Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone presided over by Justice Fatmata Bintu Alhadi has dismissed all grounds of appeal by SOGEFEL SARL, a construction company and Vicky M. Jusu, a former employee of the Rokel Commercial Bank, having appealed the findings and recommendations of the judge-led Commissions Of Inquiry (COI).
The judges Fatmatta Bintu Alhadi, Komba Kamanda and Tonia Barnett ordered SOGEFEL SARL was ordered to pay the sum of one hundred million Leones as appeal cost.
By Saio Marrah
54 pellets of food items have arrived in Freetown on the goodwill of the government of United Arab Emirates (UAE). Receiving the food items at the Freetown International Airport at Lungi on behalf of the government of Sierra Leone, the Resident Minister, North West, Haja Isata Abdulai Kamara thanked the government and people of UAE and also Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the country , Rashid Sesay, whom she said has been working tremendously for the growth of Sierra Leone.
By Sitta Turay
Alhaji Barbah Fortune, after many years in the civil service of Sierra Leone came to the headlamps of national publicity recently following the findings of the Commissions of Inquiry and the subsequent government White Paper. In his home district of Pujehun, the man from a very humble background is a treasure. His work in the service has taken him through many ministries under at least three dispensations.
By Politico staff Writer
The Anti-Corruption Commission has in a press statement announced the indictment of former Acting Principal Accountant of the Judiciary of Sierra Leone Salihu Sheku Nyallay.
The indictment according to the statement was filed on the 4th May, 2021, on three count charges of Misappropriation of Public Funds contrary to Section 36(1), and on Conspiracy to Commit a Corruption Offence, contrary to Section 128(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 12 of 2008, as amended by the Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2019.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The National President of the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society Rev. Sahr Christian Fayia has held a consultative meeting with staff and volunteers of the society in Kenema and Kailahun district at the regional office in Kenema.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
