Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday July 21, 2020, committed Le14 billion for a Mid-Term Population and Housing Census (MTPHC) of all inhabitants of Sierra Leone, which will commence on December 4, 2020. He made this proclamation in his broadcast message to the nation. “In order to help us plan properly, ensure equitable distribution of resources and foster economic and social development, the Government has decided to...Read More
Gershon Compagnie Coker, Operations Manager of Con and Sil Security Services on Lightfoot Boston Street Freetown, was on Monday July 20, 2020, sent to prison by Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Court No. 1 on Pademba Road, Freetown for an alleged act of financial impropriety in his institution. According to the police, the accused, Gershon Compagnie Coker between the 31st January and 31st May 2020, at Klynveld Peal Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG)...Read More
Hon. Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray has sentenced George Nangbeh, a man found guilty of receiving items burgled by Musa Lansana and Joseph Saidu alias Gadafi, to 36 months in prison. He also sent both Lansana and Saidu to the Correctional centre in Kenema for a jail term of 84 months each. Police charged Nangbeh for receiving stolen goods contrary to Sec. 33(1) of the Larceny Act 1916, and both Musa...Read More
In a bid to ensuring public health safety, the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has on July 18, 2020, at the Bailor Wharf, Port Loko District, destroyed a consignment of illegally imported and counterfeit medicines worth over Le200 million. It could be recalled that on March 30, 2020, the attention of the registrar of PBSL was drawn to a boat...Read More
Adama Bangura, an elder in First Street community in Kissy, east of Freetown, has said on Monday July 20, 2020, that residents lack pipe borne water which has led them to fetch water from a well that is contaminated because it is not properly protected. She added that the well in question dries up after the rainy season but event during the rainy season the water is unhygienic as the...Read More
