By Hajaratu Kalokoh
The Sierra Leone Police have replaced the head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Gabriel Tommy. Tommy and five others are part of a major shakeup within the force.
Tommy who served as the CID Boss for over a year has now been deployed to Kenema as the Local Unit Commander. He has now been succeeded by the man who was the LUC in Kenema, CSP John Kenneth Alpha.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa says next years’ budget will create 30,000 jobs for youths in the agriculture sector. He said the jobs will be created in the next one or two years based on several policies the government will implement that targets job creating and food sufficiency.
Saffa made the announcement at the opening session of the 2020 Financial Year Budget Discussions.
By Hajaratu Kalokoh
The transport and logistics firm, Bollore, spent over Le2 billion in medical care for its employees this year alone, the company said.
The company said providing medical facilities for emoloyees is a part of its insurance scheme.
Bollore last week updated the press on the implementation of its expansion project within the last two years.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The anti-corruption commission has filed a second indictment against Stephen Yayah Mansaray, former Master and Registrar of the High Court of Sierra Leone.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Anti-Graft Agency Said Mr. Mansaray was charged alongside four others. They are accused of misappropriating public funds which sum up to Le 460,268,200, being funds from the Judiciary’s Master and Registrar Account domicile at the Bank of Sierra Leone. They were also charged with conspiracy to commit a corruption offence.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
A High Court in Freetown has slammed an injunction on the Sierra Leone Premier League playoffs currently taking place in the Northern region. The ban means that the final rounds of the playoff that is supposed to start on Wednesday 25th September will not be played till the court rules otherwise.
The injunction came following a case brought the playoff by some members of the Sierra Leone Football Association.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
There is a thick cloud of discontent at the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) following the removal from office of the Western Area Branch Manager, Unissa Carew.
An investigation by Politico reveals that the situation has degenerated into a bitter row within the humanitarian organization, with many volunteers threatening to leave.
It follows the handling by Carew of the 8 September football match between Liberia and Sierra Leone.
By Kemo Cham
The Sierra Leone government has unveiled plans to vaccinate at least 10, 000 dogs in one week as part of a drive to tackle rising incidents of rabies infections in the country.
The mass vaccination campaign, which was scheduled to commence on Monday, is being carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Livestock Animal Welfare and Rabies Control Taskforce (NLAWRCT).
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
