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By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The case before Justice Babatunde Edwards of the Appeals Court between AfriMedia and the Independent Media Commission risks being thrown out again after it suffered the same fate at the High Court on procedural grounds.

State counsel acting on behalf of the IMC, Lahai Momoh Farmah raised a preliminary objection to the notice of appeal, pointing out that “the manner in which the matter came before the court is irregular and the notice of appeal fatally defective and cannot sustain subsequent proceedings of the matter”.

By Jenneh Brima

Attorney General and Minister of Justice says the constitutional review process is in progress, adding that in principle it started in December 2008 when Dr. Peter Tucker met with president Ernest Bai Koroma on the planned review.

Franklyn Bai Kargbo told journalists in Freetown that one of the provisions of the Lome Peace Accord that ended the war in 2002 and a recommendation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was to review the 1991 Constitution. He said work proper could start in the next two weeks.

By Septimus Senessie in the Eastern Kono district.

The Manager of the Sierra Leone State Lottery Company has told the parliamentary committee on trade and industry that “business has been very bad for the betting and gambling state enterprise, leading to Le8billion loss in 2012 alone”.

Responding to questions, the company’s executive director, Charles Kamara said the company “is surviving on what it’s making on a daily basis”, as they were not getting any funding from government to run it.

By Bampia James Bundu