By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) is investigating alleged procurement irregularities by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Coorporation.
EGTC allays fears over Bo Fire Incident
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Electricity Generation and Transmission Company (EGTC) has allayed the fears of residents in Bo that the fire incident at the Power Station has done no material damage to the existing power infrastructure.
This was made known through a press statement by EGTC on the 13th of April 2023 hours after the incident on the same day.
According to a report received by EGTC from the Head of the power station, the initial report stated the seriousness of the fire with huge flames billowing over the building.
Sierra Leone launches new policy against harmful alcohol use
By Politico Staff Writer
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Alcohol Policy Alliance (SLAPA) and Foundation for Rural and Urban Transformation (FoRUT) has vowed to reduce the harmful use of alcohol in the country.
The Ministry made this commitment during the launch of the National Alcohol Policy for Sierra Leone on the 12th of April 2023 at the Miatta Conference centre in Freetown.
NEW cites high turnout at voter ID centres
By Politico staff writer
The National Elections Watch (NEW) in a press statement highlighting its monitoring of the distribution by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) of the new voter ID card across the country, has stated a high turn-out of people at centres to collect their cards.
Babadi Kamara: the man, the idea and the impact
By Alpha Abu
Babadi Kamara is already a household name in sporting circles in Sierra Leone. His intervention in football in particular has somewhat given the game more meaning here, having brought class and foresight into it by embarking on ambitious projects more than any present day football stakeholder in the country.
3,400 graduate from University of Sierra Leone
By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
The University of Sierra Leone (USL) will today end its week-long graduation ceremony for the award of various degrees, diplomas, and certificates for its three constituent colleges of Fourah Bay College (FBC), the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), and the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) with a total of three thousand four hundred graduands (3,400).
Judges get electoral justice training in Sierra Leone
By Politico Staff Writer
Chief Justice Babatunde Edwards says for the first time all judges from different cadre are undergoing training on electoral justice. He was speaking at the start of a three-day training which started yesterday at Tokeh.
Edwards said the training titled “Fostering peaceful credible and inclusive elections in Sierra Leone 2022-2023’’ was designed to promote electoral justice.
