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By Saio Marrah

The second report of the ongoing trial of the alleged corruption surrounding the renovation of the Sierra Leone UN Mission Chancery Building in New York has indicated that 47% of the work has been satisfactorily completed after 90% of the payment was made.

This is according to an assessment report prepared between 2019 and 2021 by Paul Bockarie, the head of a team of Engineers from the Ministry of Works and Public Asset after a visit to the chancery building in New York.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has joined growing calls by media organizations and journalists across the world for the immediate release of US Wall Street Journal Journalist, Evan Gershkovich.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Following concerns raised by Members of the Sierra Leone Parliament regarding the ratification of an Air Service  Agreement with the Government of Mali which has been suspended from all ECOWAS activities, Acting Leader of Government Business, Bashiru Silikie and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Segenpoh Solomon Thomas  have assured their concerned colleagues that it will not breach ECOWAS protocols.  

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) has created a cashless payment system called the National Payment Switch which will be launched on the 29^th of April 2023. This, according to the Acting Bank Governor Ibrahim L. Stevens is in a bid to transform the country’s payment system in order to build a cashless economy.

He told a Press Conference in Freetown that the system creates a platform that facilitates interconnection and interoperability between payment channels of various players in the financial landscape.

By Alpha Abu

The Chief Minister in the Office of the President, Jacob Jusu Saffa says Sierra Leone’s brutal civil conflict that ended 21 years ago has taught the populace how to keep the country together.

Saffa was delivering the Keynote address at the Launch of the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion (ICPNC) at Bintumani Conference Centre, Freetown on Thursday 19^th of April 2023.

He told a jam-packed hall that the Government was committed to the ICPNC and implored all to support and work with the entity.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Officials of the Residual Special Court of Sierra Leone have urged students of the Eastern Technical University (ETU) in Kenema to dissociate themselves from hate and negative messages on social media prior to the June 24^th General elections in the country. 

The officials made this call during a Public Lecture with students and Lecturers of ETU in Kenema on the 20^th of April 2023 in a bid to educate young people against violence before, during, and after the upcoming multitier elections.

By Alpha Abu

The National Security Coordinator (NSCoord) and head of the Office of National Security (ONS), Abdulai Caulker has condemned the proliferation of hate messages on social media and vowed tougher actions against perpetrators.

Speaking at a press conference that was attended by Military and Police chiefs, civil society, and representatives of some political parties, Caulker said the toxic messages have the tendency to create problems in the country.