By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Senior Regulatory Officer at the Drug Evaluation and Registration Department of the Sierra Leone Pharmacy Board, Dr. Sheku S. Mansaray has criticized the practice of drug peddling, saying it’s illegal.
District Lodge donates Le 70 million to charity
By Nasratu Kargbo
The District Lodge of Sierra Leone and the Gambia has donated a sum of 70,000 (seventy thousand) new Leones to Cancer UK-Salone and King George the Sixth Memorial Home for the aged.
The gesture was done during a Press Conference held at the Georgearcland Masonic Temple, Freetown on the 16th of August 2023. 50,000 (fifty thousand) new Leones of that sum will go to Cancer UK-Salone to fight prostate cancer in the country, whilst the 20,000 (twenty thousand) new Leone will support the running of the King Georges Home.
Man in court for illegal possession of ammunition
By Saio Marrah
An accused, Yayah Fullah from Kolisokoh Village in Bombali District has appeared in a Freetown Magistrate court for alleged illegal possession of 192 bullets.
The prosecution witness one(PW1), Police Inspector Sulaiman Koroma in Charge of Sauoulia Village Police Checkpoint, Bombali District testified before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at Pademba Road Court No.1 on Thursday 17th August 2023 that he was on duty at the checkpoint when the accused arrived in a vehicle.
APC MPs have breached contract – says Speaker of Sierra Leone Parliament
By Nasratu Kargbo
Speaker of Sierra Leone’s Parliament, Dr. Chernor Abass Bundu has said Opposition Members of Parliament Elect that are yet to take the oath of office have breached the contract they had with their people and urged them to assume their seats in parliament.
Speaking in Parliament on the 17th of August 2023, Dr. Bundu stated that the elected MPs were not forced to contest for the position, and it is their duty to represent their people.
US Ambassador urges Sierra Leone president to dialogue
By Politico staff writer
Outgoing United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, David Reimer says President Julius Maada Bio is the President of Sierra Leone but called for dialogue between the Government and the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) and other parties so that the country can move forward.
Speaking during a radio interview in Freetown on Wednesday 16th August, the ambassador said they would like to see the government dialogue with civil society and political parties.
Sierra Leone Police condemns mob justice in fight against Kush drug
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
In reaction to growing mob justice particularly in the Western Area, the Sierra Leone Police have strongly condemned the practice in a public notice issued on the 16th of August, 2023.
According to the notice, the violent acts ‘in the guise of exercising justice’ culminate in what the Police say are extra-judicial killings of suspected thieves or miscreants in some local communities which they view as homicidal and a serious miscarriage of justice.
ECOWAS reaffirms use of force option in Niger
By Alpha Abu
The regional bloc ECOWAS has affirmed its use of force option, to reverse the coup in Niger, is still on the cards, following a meeting of West African Military Chiefs in Ghana, on Thursday, to discuss the crisis.
Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah- the organisation’s Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security in a BBC interview asserted the resolve of ECOWAS to intervene militarily in a bid to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum.
