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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA), Dr Brima Baluwa Koroma, has said he is seeking to raise Le 1 trillion in revenue over the next two to three years.

“In 2016 this agency generated Le300 billion in revenue; we have doubled that in 2019. In the next two to three years, we are going to transform this into a trillion leones agency,” he said.

Dr Koroma was speaking whiles receiving the Global Impact Awards from Kings Foundation International (KFI) at his office on Wednesday.

By Francis H. Murray

A 16-year old boy, who is alleged to have sneaked through security at Lungi International Airport and got onto a plane to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 17 September 2020 made his first appearance before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown for the start of preliminary investigations into a one count charge of trespassing on an aerodrome.  

By Francis H. Murray
Justice Monfred Sesay of the High Court in Freetown has sentenced one Mohammed Jah Nalo to fifteen years imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a twenty-four year old woman.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

One of the victims of the August 25^th disaster in Portee, which left over 60 people homeless, have died of hypertension at the Rokupa Government Hospital in Freetown.

The disaster happened in the aftermath of a heavy down pour in the capital city, which experts said expanded an old crack that had been identified on the ground by the Office of the National Security (ONS), leading to the destruction of five houses within the affected area.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has told to Politico that it has launched an investigation into the Sierra Leone Cable Network Limited (SALCAB). The Director of Public Education and External Outreach, Patrick Sandy said the investigation is looking into several issues all bordering on misappropriation of public funds.

By Francis H. Murray

Corporal Samson Sesay, a serving member of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), has appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba in Freetown to answer to a one count charge of domestic and economic violence brought up against him by his wife.

The accused made his first court appearance on Tuesday 15 September, 2020, for allegedly threatening her and stealing $8,600 and Le7million from his wife, Nurse Agnes Bendu Sesay.

By Kemo Cham

The National Covid-19 Emergency Response Center (NACOVERC) is expanding its Active Case Search project designed to increase Sierra Leone’s Covid-19 testing coverage.

Six more districts with high prevalence of Covid-19 cases are being added to the list.

When it was launched back in June, the project, also known as Enhance Surveillance Surge, only targeted the Western Area (Urban and Rural), which were considered as the epicenter of the pandemic in the country.