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By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The mayor of Freetown has expressed concerns over the opening of roads leading to and from districts in Sierra Leone, noting that it was slightly too early.

Speaking at the council’s 97^th Regular Council Meeting last week, Franklyn Bode Gibson stated that the lifting of bans on district travels was a problem to most of the districts in the country as people now moved freely from one district to another.

By Mustapha Kamara & Mustapha Sesay

Thousands of commuters in Sierra Leone were stranded yesterday on their way to work, business places and homes owing to a strike action undertaken by bike riders in the Western Area Business District.

By Bampia James Bundu

Local artists from the Sierra Leone Music Federation, headed by music superstar-cum film maker Jimmy Bangura, better known as Jimmy B, have urged President Ernest Bai Koroma to create a ministry that would work exclusively for the protection of the country’s entertainment industry.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police has said they have plans to establish a training college for police personnel and members of other security agencies.

Speaking at a press conference at Fourah Bay College recently, Francis Allieu Munu said the college would be called International Law Enforcement Academy and it would be limited not only to policing disciplines but “to other professional courses that will attract international students.”

By Bampia James Bundu

Bike dealer and proprietor of Shalimar Trading Sierra Leone, Mouss Mroue, has yesterday presented an ultra modern ambulance to the government through President Ernest Bai Koroma.

Making the presentation at State House, the country’s sole dealer in TVS motorbikes explained that the ambulance was worth $42000 (forty two thousand dollars), adding that it was a 2015 model from Japan.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

The leading state counsel in the team currently prosecuting a case against 13 soldiers for alleged mutiny has fallen ill yesterday shortly before proceedings commenced at court martial on Wilkinson Road in Freetown.

An agreement was reached at State House on Wednesday between rival SLFA factions for their much-talked about all-inclusive congress to be held in the third week of April 2015. For the second time this week the football managers and administrators met President Ernest Bai Koroma in an attempt to break the deadlock over the leadership of the organisation.