By Politico staff writer
The High Court resident Judge in Kailahun district, Justice Francis Banks-Kamara has on Friday 7th May 2021 sentenced one Kholie Tamba to death by hanging.
According to report from the judiciary communication unit, the accused Tamba Kholie, on a date unknown in September 2018 in Nyadehum Mabarbu in Luawa Chiefdom, Kailahun District, murdered one Amara Koroma.
By Politico staff writer
The International Institute for Productivity and Public Management (IPPUM) has awarded honorary fellowships to eight outstanding Sierra Leoneans for their productivity and accomplishments in their professional careers. The fellowship award admitted all the professionals in to the International Professional Managers Association (IPMA), IPPUM’s affiliate body which is based in the United Kingdom.
By Saio Marrah
The Incident Manager for Ebola and Director of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Alie Wurie has said the ministry will start Ebola vaccination for health and frontline workers in the eight bordering districts of Sierra Leone by Saturday, 8th of May 2021.
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.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
