By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
The accused in the on-going trial at the Court Martial presided over by His Lordship Alhaji Abu Bakarr King has told the court that he had never, at any time, smeared the image of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF).
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
The Swiss agribusiness company Socfin has reacted to charges of child labour in its concessional area.
The company denied that it is employing children, in response to allegations forwarded earlier by the Probation Officer of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs in the southern district headquarter town of Pujehun.
Main Pujehun road
By Mohamed T Massaquoi
Residents in Pujehun have expressed frustration over protracted delay in ongoing construction of the district headquarter township road.
President Ernest Bai Koroma has said that all illegal constructions done on Fourah Bay College property would be demolished to make way for the actualisation of a long-standing project to refurbish the college infrastructure.
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
The deputy director of education in Kono District, Agnes N’Kanku Kamara, has been accused of fomenting a recent violence between pupils of the Ansarul Islamic Boys’ Secondary School and its administration.
The violence, which ensued late last month, left the principal’s office and the school’s computer library in tartars.
By Kemo Cham
Sierra Leone`s First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma, has been named the new President of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (FLPM).
Mrs Koroma succeeds Nigeria`s outgoing First Lady, Patience Jonathan, who steps down next week when her husband hands over power.
By Bampia James Bundu
Momoh Konte, the Chairman of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), has presented a cash sum of Twenty-Five Million Leones (Le25M) to the owner of the single house that was set on fire in Kumala village, Neni chiefdom, Koinadugu district, as part of an effort to stop the spread of the virus in the district.
The money was meant to enable the owner of the house rebuild his property.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
