By Saio Marrah
A police prosecution witness in the ongoing preliminary investigation into an alleged case of kidnapping of a Nigerian has told a magistrate in Freetown that he could not recall where the alleged kidnapping took place.
Tourism Minister discusses Sierra Leone’s potential in Saudi
By Politico Staff writer
As Tourism Leaders converge in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to celebrate World Tourism Day, on the Theme “Tourism and Green Investment”, the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs of Sierra Leone, Madam Nabeela F. Tunis, has held successful bilateral meetings with some of her counterparts to enhance connectivity and unlock Sierra Leone’s potentials in tourism.
Prison Court frees 11 in Kono
By Politico Staff Writer
A Convicted Schoolteacher, who was part of 11 prisoners released in Kono during the just concluded prison court sessions, has narrated his ordeal getting in conflict with the law and ending up in jail.
Magistrate to discharge Sumaila town murder due to lack of a witness
By Saio Marrah
A Magistrate in Freetown has promised to discharge a murder Preliminary Investigation (PI) after the prosecution failed to present their first witness for three consecutive hearings.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mark Ngegba, said this at the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Thursday 28th September 2023, after the acting police prosecutor, Sergeant Momoh Lahai applied for adjournment of the PI informing the court that there was no witness.
UADF partners visit communication facilities across the country
By Alpha Abu
A team from Tanzania’s Universal Communication Services Access Fund (UCSAF) has visited communication facilities managed by their Sierra Leonean counterparts in parts of the country.
Senior officials of Universal Access Development Fund (UADF) Sierra Leone took their guests to computer labs at the Queen of the Rosary Senior Secondary School in Bo and the Government Secondary School for Boys to apprise them about the progress of the pupils in using computers and the internet.
Sierra Leone judge sets free 59 prisoners
By Edna AmieNgegbs
A Supreme Court Judge, Justice Alusine Sesay has during the review of cases presided over and determined by Magistrates, dubbed the prison court, released a total of 59 prisoners.
44 of the released convicts were from the Mafanta, and 15 From Makeni Correctional Centres in Northern Sierra Leone.
The convicts were charged with various offences.
The 44 from Mafanta were part of a total of 104 cases. 17 of which were from Freetown, 4 from Sefadu, 75 from Makeni, 6 from Kabala, 1 from Waterloo and 1 from Magburuka.
Taxi drivers prosecuted for importation of KUSH
By Saio Marrah
Idrissa Jalloh and Mamadou Samba Jalloh as the third and fourth accused respectively are among the other three accused being prosecuted for the importation of a substance suspected to be used in the manufacturing of the prohibited drug, Kush.
The accused appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Pademba Road Court NO.1 last Wednesday, 20th September 2023.
