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By Saio Marrah

Justice Komba Kamanda has during Day Two of the Special Prison Court at the Pademba Road Male Correctional Centre in Freetown, sentenced Salieu Turay to six months imprisonment after pleading guilty to stealing a mobile phone power bank.

The power bank was valued at 800 (Eight hundred) New Leones.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Publicity Secretary of the opposition APC has said after a round of preliminary meetings with the Independent Commission for and National Cohesion and international mediators including the Commonwealth, his party was now waiting for a date to be set for substantive talks.

Speaking to Politico in an interview on Tuesday, Sidi Yayah Tunis said: “we have presented all necessary documents regarding the dialogue” and it is now up to the mediators to take the next steps.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Former head coach of the male national football team has marked the end of his contract with Leone Stars with an emotional open letter to the SLFA, the National Sports Authority, the squad and fans.

John Keister described his journey with the national team “extraordinary”, filled with “unforgettable moments, remarkable achievements, and invaluable lessons each of which has left an indelible mark on my coaching career”.  

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School Education (MBSSE) has shut down the Emmanuel Modern Primary School in Kenema after one of the pupils fell to her death from the top floor of the school building.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

In a social media tweet, the Managing Director of the Guma Valley Water Company, Maada S. Kpenge says there is going to be a long dry season, due to the spillage at the Guma dam that ended early.

And further buttressing the tweet in an interview with Politico, the Communication Manager for the Guma Valley Water Company, Alie Kabba said early stoppage of spillage at the Guma dam is happening as a result of human activities around the Guma dam.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In a letter addressed to President Julius Maada Bio and sent to Politico, a citizen named Santigie Amara expressed concern regarding the delay in the distribution of fertilizer to farmers in Port Loko for the implementation of the Feed Salone Project.

By Saio Marrah

A Prosecution Witness at a Magistrate Court in Freetown has testified that the first accused, Mohamed Arafat S. Munda, in an ongoing alleged bank fraud at the Rokel Commercial Bank, did tamper with the bank account of a deceased, Musa Kanteh.

Munda is incriminated along with two others, 32-year-old Mohamed Munda Tarleh who is an agent of Rokel Commercial Bank SIM Korpor Mobile Application System, and 30-year-old Businessman, Edison Brima Mohamed as the second and third accused persons respectively.