OCTEA mining deaths caused by gunshots – Pathologist confirms
The Sierra Leone Government pathologist, Dr Simeon Owizz Koroma has certified that two people killed in Koidu during an industrial strike action in December last year died of gunshot wounds.
Njala students cry for toilet
By Richard Ngevao
Students of Njala University, Bo campus, have expressed disgust and dismay over the “appallingly poor” toilet facility on their campus which they say has forced them to resort to unconventional methods of attending to the call of nature.
Prosecution not ready in NRA, ECOBANK case
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Thirteen accused persons in the alleged state fraud mainly involving the National Revenue Authority (NRA), Ecobank and the Sierra Leone Shipping Company, have appeared in court for the second time with the prosecution failing to start its case.
Sierra Leone police officer remanded for “child trafficking”
By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema
An officer attached to the Special Branch of the Kenema Police Station has been remanded at the Kenema state prison by Magistrate Momoh Jah Steven. Constable Desmond Lewis, who is the first accused, was arraigned alongside a nurse, Christiana Alpha for the alleged trafficking of a 7-day old boy.
1,800 life jackets for boat owners in Sierra Leone
By Crispina Lois Cummings
Deputy minister of transport, Ibrahim Mansaray a.k.a. Washinguy last week officially launched a distribution of 1,800 life jackets to be distributed free of cost to boat owners throughout the country.
“Koidu hospital a ghost hospital” – Medical boss says
By Septimus Senessie
The District Medical Official (DMO) attached to the Koidu Government Hospital in the Eastern district of Kono has described the hospital as a “ghost hospital among other hospitals in the country”.