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By Mabinty M. Kamara
In ongoing nationwide raids on customers of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), MJ Motel and Sahara Hotel in the Nothern Capital Makeni have been invited by the authority over alleged illegal activities in relation to the usage of electricity.

The nationwide on –the- spot check by the authority started on Saturday 26th January this year in the South and Eastern regional Capitals of Bo and Kenema respectively where illegal activities were reportedly discovered.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Sierra Leone has been asked to send more Police personnel to South Sudan and Somalia for peacekeeping duties.

This was stated by Police Director of Crime Services, Commissioner Joseph Ibrahim Lahai during a press briefing at the Police Headquarters in Freetown last week.

He said despite drawdowns in peacekeeping missions in the two countries, Sierra Leonean Police (SLP) are needed, adding that personnel have been performing “very well at global level,” and exhibiting “exemplary performance’’.

By Saio Marrah

Migrants who got stranded in Niger and other North African Countries, and then eventually brought back home, have staged a protest at the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s office in Freetown over their reintegration package.

Dozens of the migrant returnees were seen protesting outside the gate of the IOM New Signal Hill Road chanting that the time for their reintegration package was long overdue.

They were not seen holding placards, but some were violently banging on the gate of the UN agency.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

As stakeholders converged to inaugurate the new Medium-Term National Development Plan, President Julius Maada Bio has called on Public Servants and Politicians to have the same synergy and alignment across all levels of Government.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

In a bid to ensure professionalism in the classroom, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has conducted a pilot-phase examination for teachers in Kenema District, preceding nationwide process for acquiring teaching licenses.

The exam started on the 29th January 2024 at the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) office, Kenema.

In his address to the teachers, Deputy Director of TSC in the district, Tamba S. Bockarie said the pilot phase was targeting 36 Teachers from the district that were recruited in 2022 - 2023.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Sierra Leone Police Crime Statistics Report of 2023 has indicated that the Western Area tops the crime rate index of the country with a combined record of 18,988 (eighteen thousand, nine hundred and eighty-eight) cases-representing 62%.

The Regional Crime rate analysis was done to identify regions with the highest crime rate in Sierra Leone and it was discovered that the Western Area which comprised the capital and the rural district tops the chart.

By Saio Marrah

Staff Sergeant Idrissa Kallon, the ninth accused in the ongoing court-martial is reported to have admitted to investigators that he was involved in the November 26, 2023 failed coup.