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By Bampia James Bundu

Workers at the National Telecommunication Commission (NATCOM) are at present in a state of panic after the president appointed Momoh Konte as new chairman over the weekend.

According to a senior Staff of NATCOM who spoke on condition of anonymity, workers at the commission were worried as to the security of their jobs owing to the fact that the president had also dissolved the commission’s entire board.

The source said they considered that a “warning shot”.

Rival factions in the Sierra Leone Football Association have agreed in principle to hold an all inclusive congress within the next three months to iron out their differences which have brought the country to the brink of being suspended from all football activities by the World Football Governing body, FIFA.

The two factions, led by recently impeached president Isha Johansen and Alhaji Unisa Alim Sesay (AWOKO) of the interim executive met with President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House on Monday.

Sport Minister Paul Kamara also attended the meeting.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Lead State Prosecutor at the court martial currently trying 13 soldiers of the Sierra Leone army for alleged mutiny has threatened to leave the tribunal during a cross examination. Gerard Soyei made the statement recently during the cross examination of the 2^nd accused RSLAF 18164277 Frederick Wallace Johnson, a Class-2 Warrant Officer.

By Bampia James Bundu

The Minister of Youth Affairs has accused the head of the Youth Commission of collecting double salaries.

Alimamy Kamara told Politico that Anthony Koroma, Chairman of the National Youth Commission (NYC) was collecting salaries both as the Commissioner of Youth and Director of Youths in the Ministry of Youth Affairs, where he worked before he was made head of the youth commission.

By Joseph Lamin Kamara

Despite last week`s announcement reducing pump prices of fuel, there have been calls for more reduction.

Consumers and civil society activists say the new changes announced last week, about seven months since global oil prices began tumbling, were too little too late.

According to the new pricing regime, a litre of petrol was sliced from Le 4,500 to Le 3,700. The same applies to diesel and kerosene.

By Jenneh Braima

Diaspora Focus, an international humanitarian organization in Sierra Leone, has awarded individuals whom they said had so far done a meritorious humanitarian work in the fight against Ebola.

The organization’s Director, Emmanuel Stafford, whiles speaking to Politico, said their mandate was to help under privileged both at home and abroad, and added that they also aim at uniting families.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

A magistrates’ Court in Freetown has remanded two accused persons, who allegedly pirated a local non-alcoholic beverage, ‘Bitter Kola energizer’ a product of Kadco Sierra Leone Company Limited.

This was the second time that the two accused had been remanded for infringement of copyright, contrary to the country’s copyright Laws.