By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
The main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party on Sunday raised more than a billion leones in donations and pledges towards the construction of its regional headquarters complex in the southern headquarter town of Bo.
‘Last adjournment’ at court martial
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
The Judge Advocate presiding over the trial of thirteen soldiers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces for alleged mutiny has warned that the court would not grant another adjournment after Monday, February 23, 2015.
Otto During was speaking after the prosecution team made another adjournment application on the grounds that the lead state prosecutor Gerard Soyei was ill.
Sierra Leone Ebola audit report, Parliamentary audit in 10 days
There are indications that the powerful Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament would meet in about ten days time to start their enquiry into the Auditor General's report for 2013 and the recent report into the management of funds used in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.
SLAJ’s Yellow Ribbon campaign
The fight against Ebola appears to be close to being won but the risk of fallen victim of complaisance is also high. It is in this regard that the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has launched a campaign geared towards keeping the momentum against the viral disease that has claimed closed to 10, 000 lives, mostly in the three hardest hit countries – Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
ACC investigates students' union
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
The Anti-Corruption Commission in Kono District, Eastern Sierra Leone, is presently investigating executive members of the Kono Student Union (KONSU) over alleged embezzlement.
KONSU is an association comprising students in tertiary institutions across the country who acquired lower level education in Kono District. The students in each tertiary institution formed themselves into a unit, resulting into 27 units.
FCC unveils low cost housing for Allen Town
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
Mayor of the Freetown municipality, Franklyn Bode Gibson, has unveiled a one-year low cost housing project for Allen Town community in the east end the capital.
Speaking at the project site in Madina Section, Allen Town, Mayor Gibson described the project as “a major development,” stating that twenty houses would be constructed, together with two boreholes to provide water for the community.
Africell transition into Leones billing was a success
Africell’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Joe Abass Bangura statement has come to pass. He promised last week that they will comply with the regulations of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) to change their billing system from units to Leones.
The process which was announced to their subscribers at a press conference on Wednesday 11th February 2015 came into effect on Sunday 15th February 2015 without any technical hitch in its network system.
