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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.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Bo City Council is pressing on with an operation to clear street traders from the Central Business District of the City.

The Communication Officer of the Council told Politico that the ongoing operation has the support of stakeholders including executive members of the Sierra Leone Traders Union, Civil Society Organizations, the Sierra Leone Police, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, and the Road Safety Corps.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Director General of National Telecommunication Authority (Natca), Amara Brewah, has revealed the authority’s plans to ban the sale of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards on the Streets of Sierra Leone, saying that it was a security concern.

Brewah made this pronouncement at the weekly government news conference organized by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on the 26th ^of September this year.

By Politico staff writer

Two senior Police Officers from Sierra Leone have joined counterparts and civil society representatives from other African Countries for Specialized Child Protection Training in Rwanda.

Chief Superintendents Hawa Koloneh Conteh and Zainab Mbalu Gbla are being trained alongside those from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Sudan, Uganda, and host country Rwanda for the 5 days training from 25^th -29^th September, 2023.

By Politico Staff Writer

Deputy Minister of Information and Civic Education (MOICE) Yusuf Keketoma Sandi has expressed his desire for the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Cooperation (SLBC) to be the centre of broadcasting transformation in the country, therefore calling on China’s Hunan Broadcasting to support the state broadcaster in its transformation drive.

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.

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.