By Septimus Senessie in Eastern Kono District
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has commissioned a newly constructed multipurpose Youth Centre in Koidu and a district agricultural office at Bengwema in the outskirts of the town.
Police testifies in Hagan Street murder trial
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Police Constable, 7930 Sheka Mansaray of the criminal investigations department at Eastern Police Division has told Magistrate Steven Conteh in Freetown that he conducted a search on the alleged crime scene at 10 Hagan Street where he met the body of a deceased, Abubakarr Bangura, lying on the steps in a pool of blood.
OCTEA delivers 6 MW generator to Koidu city
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
OCTEA diamond group, operating in the eastern diamond rich district of Kono, has facilitated the delivery of the long awaited two 3-megawatt thermal plants meant for the electrification of Koidu town.
Annie Walsh matron admits to fraud
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Isha Tejan-Sie, a matron at the Annie Walsh Memorial Secondary School boarding home has pleaded guilty to converting to her own use, monies paid to her by parents as boarding fees for their children.
Speaking from the witness box, she told Magistrate Steven Conteh that it was only out of "humanitarian feelings" that she took monies from most of the parents as their children were not qualified to be in the boarding facility.
Efforts to end child marriage
By Zainab Joaque
First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma, has told a two-day conference for religious and traditional leaders in Freetown that the country must put an end to child marriage and stop the major health consequences that come with teenage pregnancy.
“We must work hard to change attitudes in families and societies at large.We must support our boys and girls to be valuable members of our society or they become economic burdens”, she told the gathering at the Bintumani Hotel on Tuesday.
