By Alpha Abu
Just over a week after the Sierra Leone Police announced the arrest of some 18 people suspected of subversive activities against the state, the law enforcement body on Tuesday 15th August formally declared 9 military and police personnel Wanted.
A bounty of 10,000 (ten thousand) New Leones is being offered to anyone who will provide information leading to the arrest of any of the suspects.
By Umaru Fofana
The 2018 presidential candidate of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) has sent a message to the party’s elders, which one of them has described as “cryptic” and another as “a resignation from the party”.
Sources within the party have confirmed to Politico that the 64-year-old sent a message to their Strategic Alliance Forum WhatsApp Group, which one of them referred to as “short but telling” in which he apparently resigned from the party.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Member of Parliament from Kailahun District, Bernadette Wuyata Songa, has emphasized the need to have mental health facilities established in all the regions and for 3% of the budget on health to be dedicated to addressing mental health issues.
Songa made this call on the 14th of August 2023 whilst debating President Julius Maada Bio’s speech at the State Opening of the Sixth Parliament.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
In fulfillment of the Local Council Act of 2024, the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has officially inaugurated the newly elected Mayors, Chairpersons, and Councilors of Kono, Kailahun, and Kenema districts in the East of the country.
The inauguration was held at the Kenema City Hall, on the 11th of August 2023.
Paramount Chief Sidique Kapuwa on behalf of the traditional authorities in the Eastern Region congratulated the new council officials and assured them of their support.
By Saio Marrah
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has asked that citizens help provide information leading to the apprehension of drug dealers in the country by calling the toll-free lines 119 and 900.
The Director of Crime Services of SLP, Assistant Inspector General of Police Brimah Jah made this call at the weekly Police briefing at the Police Headquarters in Freetown on Thursday.
By Saio Marrah
A prosecution witness has testified at the Ross Road Magistrate’s court that one of the accused persons in an on-going robbery with aggravation and arson case that the third accused, Alpha Sesay, ordered his colleagues to stab and kill him.
Santigie Bangura, a caretaker at the property in question said on the 26th of January this year at about 1 p.m., he was sleeping in one of the six apartments of a farm in Kerry town when the five accused persons together with others unknown to him hit the door.
By Saio Marrah
A 58-year-old man accused of killing his sister appeared at the Ross Road, Freetown Magistrate Court on Tuesday 15th August on a count of Murder Charge.
Sulaiman Conteh is accused of killing Prison Officer Isha Saidu Hughes of 6A Savage Street in Freetown on Friday 14th July 2023.
Standing by the door of the partially dark courtroom, the Court Registrar wept as he attempted to read the charge sheet.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
