By Saio Marrah
A few hours after we published a story about a new garbage dump on the road leading to Fourah Bay College, the authorities at the college have moved to clean up what was becoming an embarrassing development for the college community and their neighbors.
Politico witnessed the cleaning exercise on Saturday morning to see college staff using their vehicles to transport mounds of rubbish that the Freetown City Council has ignored despite complaints from people living in the area.
By Saio Marrah
In a move to support the operations of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sierra Leone has officially handed over two G.X.R Land Cruiser Sport Utility Vehicles to the NRA.
The handing-over ceremony was held at the UNDP Country Office in Freetown last Friday 19 January 2024, that saw the UN agency’s country representative, Fredrick Hans Ampiah, hand over the vehicles to the board chairperson of NRA, Tuma Adama Gento Kamara.
By Saio Marrah
Sierra Leone’s former President, Ernest Bai Koroma, the subject of an ongoing Preliminary Investigation (PI) over alleged treason, misprison of treason and two counts of harbouring, has been granted bail for him to get medical care out of the country.
The Presiding Magistrate, Santigie Bangura granted bail at the Pademba Road court No.2 in Freetown on Wednesday 17th January 2024, after a medical report of the former president was presented by lead Defence Lawyer, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara.
By Saio Marrah
Justice Komba Kamanda has refused bail application on medical grounds for Bai Mahmoud Bangura, the 8th accused in the ongoing treason offence case at the High Court No.1 in Freetown.
The Judge in his ruling after hearing both lead Defence and State Prosecution lawyers, Africanus Sorie Sesay for the 8th accused and Ahmed J.M. Bockarie respectively about the bail, the request was refused on grounds of the seriousness of the offence.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
To maintain the standards of the College, Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone through its Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) Professor Lawrence Kamara on orientation day confirmed to new students that the institution will ban repeating in classes.
A short notice signed by the Deputy Registrar, Brima Bah on the 16th January 2024 stated that starting this academic year, there will be no repeating in Year 1 and no student will progress to Year 2 with any reference.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Office of the President together with some Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) spent an amount of thirty-three million, four thousand seven hundred and thirty thousand and seventy-six Leones (33,004,730.76) without any relevant documentary evidence, according to the Auditor General’s 2022 Report.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Deputy Director of Budget at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) Jacob Tenga Sessie and six other persons are still under custody at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for allegedly diverting 6.5 Billion old Leones to a community bank in Kabala, money which was meant for a consultancy firm for the construction of the Kenema-Pendembu Road.
In an interview with Politico on the 15th of January 2024, Public Relations Officer at the ACC Sylvanus Blake said they have not granted bail on the said matter.
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