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By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

A fire accident in Bo last Saturday has left 18 people homeless. Residents at Clerks Quarters in Bo, where the incident took place, believe that it was an electrical fire and they blamed the fluctuating power supply of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA).

Mohamed Lamin Cham, who resides at the house that was destroyed, said he was travelling to his village with his mother when neighbors called to inform him that their house was on fire.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

Students of the Limkokwing College of Science and Technology staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday at the Ministry of Tertiary and Higher Education at New England Ville.

The students who matched from their campus at Hill Station to New England Ville were protesting over their tuition grants that haven’t been paid by the government to the university for the current academic year.

By Francis H. Murray

The Vice Principal and a teacher at the Freetown Secondary School for Girls (FSSG) have both been suspended for charging pupils for extra classes. The decision to suspend the two was reached last month in a joint meeting by the school administration, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and officials of the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE).

By Francis H. Murray

Just days to the much anticipated mini congress of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC), another obstacle has emerged.

A group of “Concerned” APC members are calling for the postponement of the meeting scheduled for Port Loko this weekend, citing breach in constitutional provisions in preparation for its. 

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) finally inaugurated its new Student Representative Council last month, nine months after its members were elected.

The Council which serves as intermediary between the students and the administration, comprises 40 members, headed by a president, and it is elected every year.

By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

The family of a 15-year old school boy, Desmond Kalokoh, who lives in Bo, is soliciting support from well-wishers and humanitarian organizations to facility an emergency surgery for what doctors say is a life threatening ailment.

Kalokoh, who attends the Bo Commercial Junior Secondary School, has been battling the sickness that resulted from a boil under his armpit for the last three years.

According to his brother-in-law, whom the young boy lives with, Ibrahim Farmah, it all started when the boil burst.

By Prince Musa in Kenema.

The Mayor of Kenema has threatened to close the Kenema city field if football authorities do not fix the artificial turf that is meant for the pitch.

Thomas Baio’s threat came out of a prolong frustration over whose responsibility it was to finally fix the artificial turf on the Kenema City playing field. Kenema’s artificial turf pitch is part of a FIFA project that has stalled.