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By Saio Marrah

A Supreme Court Judge, Alusine Sesay, has during the September criminal session, sentenced a Truck Driver, Ishmael Bendu to five years imprisonment for accidentally killing a 19-year-old Victor Mansaray while driving the truck.

The convict, Bendu, after pleading guilty to the offence at the Freetown High Court No.1 on Tuesday 19^th April 2023, also begged for mercy from the bench.

By Nasratu Kargbo

According to a report published by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), 69% of respondents believe that the Opposition’s role after losing an election should be to accept defeat and collaborate with the government in a bid to foster development in the country.

By Anthony Leevay in Bo

Njala University has conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Ibrahim Sesay, for his public service to Sierra Leone, which spans nearly three decades.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

President Julius Maada Bio says there has been a 33% drop in teenage pregnancy and a 37% increase in girl-child education in Sierra Leone since 2018.

The President gave the statistics whilst delivering a Public Lecture at his Alma Mater- American University’s School of Public Service in the United States on the 15th of September this year.

Bio thanked the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and his wife Madam Fatima Bio for their efforts in the reduction of teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The latest report by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) has indicated that 88% of respondents have indicated their preference for democracy as the preferred system of governance, which is the highest ratio in the whole West African region and almost 20% above the regional average.

By Sylvester Alhaji Massaquoi

The newly elected Council chairman has promised to build a clock tower at Gobaru Junction on the approach to Pujehun town and provide street lights for the township itself and surrounding communities.

 Addressing the inaugural meeting of the recently-elected council and the people of the district on Thursday, 14th September 2023, at Bumpeh Community Barray, Foday K Rogers said he intends to keep his pre-election promise of supporting the development of football in the southern district.

By Saio Marrah

The case of a dismissed Police Officer William Sawyer accused of selling the drug ‘Kush’ has been committed to the High Court after  Magistrate Mark Ngeba presiding over the matter at Court No.1 in Freetown said  there was sufficient evidence for the accused’s trial.

Magistrate Ngegba arrived at this conclusion on Friday 15^th September 2023, after a Police Detective Sub-Inspector A. Kamara, of Ross Road Police Station, testified in court at the Preliminary Investigation (PI).