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By Saio Marrah

A 20-year-old Cleaner, Sheka Conteh has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment after confessing to biting off the lower lip of one Jusif Sankoh.

Before pronouncing the sentence at the Freetown High Court No.1 on Monday 4^th September 2023, Justice Adrian Fisher noted that the only way society can be safe is when such people are kept in a tight place. He said as a judge he owes society the responsibility to sentence the convict in a way that would send a strong message to other bad boys.

By Saio Marrah

Ibrahim Abdallah, the Second Prosecution Witness in the on-going Adams Street murder trial before Justice Adrian Fisher has told the court that he saw the first accused, Santigie Bangura, stabbing the deceased, Mohamed Umarr Karmoh Kamara in his neck with a knife.

The witness said he was at Solar Organisation, off Mountain Cut in Freetown when the deceased reported to him that the first accused and his friends had poured alcohol on him.

By Alpha Abu

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Civic Education Chernor Bah says the Government of Sierra Leone is well on course to address the concerns raised by the US-based Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) – an agency that provides grants to countries with a potential for economic growth as a result of sound economic policies.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In order to support the operations of the Mobile Clinic, the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Wang Qing has boosted the Ministry of Health with a 20,000 (twenty thousand)  dollar in cheque.

The cheque was presented at the commemoration of the maiden outreach service of Hospitals on Wheels at the conference room of the ministry in Freetown on the 1^st of September 2023.

By Alpha Abu

A one-day Consultative Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya involving African Journalists has ended with the formation of a Lawyers’ Network that will defend the numerous cases journalists across the continent face in the line of duty.

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) at the workshop on 30^th August deliberated with a focus on the theme of the event:” Defending Journalists and Media Workers' Rights by Seeking Redress through the Courts”.

By Saio Marrah

A police recorded statement of  fourth accused, 23-year-old David Fortune alias Stone of 16 Water Lane Allentown, in an ongoing murder trial at a High Court in Freetown, has indicated that the accused admitted to killing Mohamed Umar Karmoh Kamara at Adams Street in Freetown.

By Politico Staff writer

The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA), has awarded the contract to Consulting Engineers Group (CEG) Limited for the Design Review and Construction Supervision for the Upgrading of the Kailahun-Buedu Road.

The contract between SLRA and CEG was signed by the Authority’s Director General, Engineer Amara Jambai Kanneh, and Director Bernard Obika at the China Henan International Corporation Co. Ltd (CHICO) campsite in Gbalahun village, Kailahun District on Thursday, August 31, 2023.