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By Prince J Musa in Kenema.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has targeted various secondary schools in Kenema city with messages against graft. The outreach programme was taken to a number of schools that included Holy Trinity, Nasir Ahmadiyya, Holy Rosary, Islamic and Government Secondary.

Addressing pupils at Holy Trinity, the Commission’s Education Officer East Sulaiman Sowa said they decided to embark on such an exercise so they could engage the mindset of the pupils against corruption.

By Francis H. Murray

A High Court in Freetown has slammed another injunction on all political activities of the main opposition All Peoples Congress Party (APC) only days after a similar action was dismissed by Justice Komba Kamanda.

Justice Adrian Fisher’s injunction order on Friday 26th February 2021 followed an Ex-Parte notice of motion with supporting affidavit sworn to by Rashid Santigie Sesay with exhibit attached to it, and from the submission of Lawyer Jesse M. Jengo.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education MBSSE has warned pupils especially those in terminal classes for public examinations to quit the habit of abandoning their regular school sessions before they take the examinations.

“The Ministry wishes it to be known that it will commence regular surveillance of schools to ensure that pupils who are supposed to be in school attend classes regularly or face very stringent disciplinary measures, including withdrawal of candidature,” a statement  from the Ministry reads.

The ruling SLPP candidate has won the Kailahun constituency 010 bye-election. Provisional results signed by the Regional returning officer, Eastern region, Commissioner Marian Sia Nyuma Moijueh indicate that Zainab Kama Brima took over 70% of the votes, followed by an independent candidate Ibrahim Sylvester Jusu Hengela with 21% and the APC’s John Allieu with 8%.

According to NEC figures turnout was 56%.

By Francis H. Murray

In what seems to be a reaction to the alarming spate of electricity meter theft, residents in the Western Area of Freetown have accused officials of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) of fraudulently reselling stolen meters at cheaper rate.

Victims of this illegal syndicate say that officials of the national power grid have proffered no solution to the problem even after several complaints but would rather suggest other illegal ways to access old meters which are no longer registered in their system.

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces have re-established the second infantry brigade headquarters for the Eastern region in Kenema city, more than a decade after it had been closed down by the previous government.

The official ceremony witnessed by top government officials and local leaders took place on Friday 26 February 2021 at Reservation, the same site of the last brigade.

By Alpha Abu

The Director General of the Human Resource Office (HRMO) Ansu Tucker has given an insight into the reforms taking place in the civil service, during the weekly press briefing organised by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Freetown.

He said the European Union is supporting the process in the sector through HRMO and the Public Service Commission, the latter being the regulatory body for the former