By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Defense lawyer in the on-going trial of former staff of the revenue authority, NRA, Ecobank and National Shipping Company, has dismissed statements earlier made by his clients.
Emmanuel Teddy Koroma told a Freetown High Court on Monday that those statements earlier made by his client, the 9th accused Sheka Kpanabom, must not form part of the evidence against him “because he didn’t make the statement voluntarily”.
By Kenneth Thompson
Action Aid Sierra Leone in collaboration with Action Aid International Secretariat has concluded a five-day human rights based approach training of youth activists in the country at the civil service training college in Freetown. It is the sixth key change promise made by ActionAid. The other keys include training youth on land and agriculture, management, governance, tax justice, education and youth empowerment.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Fugitive former worker of the National Revenue Authority, wanted by the Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged conspiracy to defraud the state, made her first appearance in court yesterday.
Elizabeth King, 33, a former revenue officer, indicted alongside sixteen others in the on-going NRA/Ecobank fraud case and who had been on the run for the past three months, was arrested in The Gambia by the international police, INTERPOL.
By Fasalie Kamara
US State Department yesterday interacted with African journalists through video and audio links to sound opinions on the country’s foreign policy on the continent.
Journalists across different countries in Africa sent in messages through the state department’s website on different issues common but also peculiar to different countries across the continent.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
