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By Saio Marrah

The Joint Force Commander of the RSLAF, has told the ongoing court martial that about 18:00 hours on Saturday 25th November 2023, he was at his office at the Cockerill headquarters in Freetown doing his routine check on the alertness of his personnel when he received a phone call from a security agent saying that an unknown person has claimed that Freetown would come under attack that night.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah 

Updating the public about the spate of drug abuse in Sierra Leone, the Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby has, in a Town hall conversation on how to fight against Kush, disclosed that between 2020 to 2023 they recorded an increase of over 3,866% of Kush users across the country. 

Demby made this statement on 2nd April this year at the Bintumani Conference Hall –venue for a Town hall meeting on how to combat kush and other harmful drugs. 

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning Dr. Turad Senesie has in a meeting with community stakeholders disclosed plans of transforming the Kenema Airfield into a Mini-Economic zone.

Senesie on a trip to that part of the country on 3^rd April told Stakeholders that the government intends to use proceeds from the Airfield to develop another airfield stationed between Kenema and Bo.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In response to recent outcries from students of Fourah Bay College University of Sierra Leone over the decision to disallow them from taking the ongoing first semester examination, the Deputy Registrar of the constituent college has said the decision is aimed at setting the records straight.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

As the planting gets underway in Sierra Leone, the agriculture and food security minister has moved to lower expectations about the ability of the Feed Salone initiative to make this country self-sufficient in food in the near future.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister Dr. David Moinina Sengeh has officially commissioned 62 ultra-modern Stores including those to hold grains and other agricultural yields. The stores were constructed by the Kenema City Council under the home sources revenue mobilization scheme.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Over 85% of college students are using illegal drug substances like Kush, Tramadol, and Ecstasy among others, said the Students’ Union President of Fourah Bay College (FBC), Alfred M. Sesay, expressing his taught in a press conference organized by the National Union of Sierra Leone Students (NUSS) on 4^th of April this year, in which they discussed solutions on how to combat Kush and other harmful substances.