By Prince J Musa in Kenema
RAIC Chairman bemoans low budgetary allocation
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The chairman of the Right to Access Information Commission, Dr. Ibrahim Seaga Shaw has mentioned low budgetary allocation to the institution as part of the challenges affecting the efficiency of its work.
Dr. Shaw made this statement on Friday, 19th March 2021 while briefing journalists at the launch of the Commission’s 2019-2020 annual report in Freetown.
Sierra Leone to introduce road audit
By Alpha Abu
Following statements by Members of Parliament attributing the many accidents on the roads to the attitude of drivers stopping on dangerous and authorised areas and casting blame on the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA), its Executive Director Ibrahim Sannoh has told Politico that they are fully aware of the situation and are devising ways to curb the problem.
Hundreds of unemployed Sierra Leonean youth receive skills training
An ambitious USD 4.3 million vocational training programme implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) this month registered its 940th participant, almost halfway towards the goal of preparing 2,000 unemployed young men and women to meet the domestic demand for skilled jobs.
Almost 60 per cent of young people in Sierra Leone are unemployed, driving their urge to seek work abroad, usually via irregular migration.
Yeliboya residents to be relocated
By Alpha Abu
Minister of the Environment, Professor Foday Moriba Jaward, has expressed concerns about the problem facing the fishing island of Yeliboya in the Kambia District, which experts say is dangerously eroding and sinking.
Over APC injunction…Court slams Le30 M on plaintiff over APC injunction
By Francis H. Murray
The High Court in Freetown, presided by Justice Adrian Fisher, has ordered plaintiff in the ongoing court injunction matter against the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC), Alfred Peter Conteh, to pay the sum of Le30, 000,000 as security for cost within seven days of the order.
Court to decide in Khadija’s alleged murder
By Francis H. Murray
Closing addresses of both the prosecution and defense lawyers to a twelve-member jury in the alleged murder of 5-year-old Khadija Saccoh, involving 1st accused Mariama Sajor Barrie and 2nd accused Ibrahim Bah, have ended at the High Court in Freetown with Justice John Bosco Allieu presiding.
Addressing the jurors on Thursday 18 March 2021, defense lawyer for the 1st accused, Lawyer Alhaji M. Kamara, told the court that his client was arraigned before the court on a two-count indictment of conspiracy to murder and murder.
