By Alusine Sesay The leader of the main opposition {All People’s Congress) in Parliament, Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah has urged the government on Tuesday to take immediate steps to ameliorate the security situation in the country and consolidate peace. The opposition leader told a news conference in Committee Room 1 in Parliament that “on the 10th of August, 2022, our country suffered yet another phase of shocking violence emanating...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Country Director of UNICEF, Dr. Suleiman Braimoh presenting the keys of the donated vehicles to the Inspector General of Police Mr. William Fayia Sellu. In a bid to enhance operations of the Family Support Unit (FSU), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, donated two brand-new vehicles to the Sierra Leone Police. Presenting the vehicles to the Inspector General of Police...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone’sPresident Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, met with Tribal Heads in the Western Area to discuss their role in government’s efforts at consolidating peace and democracy and seeking justice following the August 10 violence that claimed innocent lives. Chief Minister, Jacob Jusu Saffa, who called the meeting to order, said that local authorities had been invited as one of the many such...Read More
By Dr. Moinina David Sengeh When we published the National Primary School Examination earlier this month, there was lots of confusion about the scores. A major reason behind that was people were worried their kids won’t get into their schools of choice. Will Annie Walsh take candidates who score below 300? They wondered. My team at MBSSE has continued engaging schools, families and children telling them about how placements are...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The presiding Magistrate at the Ross Road Magistrate court No.3, Magistrate Hadiru Daboh has sentenced Alimamy Conteh to 59 months ii prison for conspiracy and larceny. Magistrate Daboh said whilst delivering his Judgements that the quantum or value of what were stole doesn’t matter; “it is the act and the preservation of society that matter”. It could be recalled that the accused Conteh was standing summary trial...Read More
