By Saio Marrah
A Defence Lawyer, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, has told a Magistrate Court in Freetown that a Police statement tendered in court was not the one made by his client.
Kamara said this at the Pademba Road Magistrate court in Freetown on Monday 14th August 2023 whilst representing Alpha Sheriff and eight others in connection to illegal possession of small arms and operating an illegal private security service.
By Politico staff writer
In a bid to enhance the efficiency of key staff, the administration of the University of Sierra Leone on Monday, 14th August handed over Tablets to the Deputy Registrars of its three constituent colleges for onward distribution to all Deans of Faculties, Heads of Departments and other key administrative staff members including those at the School of Postgraduates Studies and the eLearning Centre.
By Umaru Fofana
Sierra Leone has agreed to contribute troops to the crisis-ridden Niger where the army overthrew the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum in July, prompting West African heads of state to put on standby the ECOWAS Standing Force.
Minister of Information, Chernor Bah told Politico that the country would be contributing troops to the force that should move into the former French colony to reinstate the ousted president.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
In a letter addressed to the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie dated 9th August 2023, members of the Union of Academic Staff Associations (UASA) of public tertiary institutions in Sierra Leone have resolved to withhold their service if their Conditions of Service (CoS) are not addressed.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Brima Jah has warned individuals that he claimed are behind plans to stage illegal demonstration in the country between the 7th and 14th August 2023 that they could face the law.
He said this at the weekly Police press briefing at their Headquarters in Freetown on Thursday 10th August 2023.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Sani Abacha Street Traders have been given two months more to vacate the street for trading activities and relocate to the Sewa ground market which is under construction. The traders have recently been moved from the main street to behind the rail guards.
By Politico staff writer
The Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has inaugurated Mayors, Chairmen, and Councilors in the Southern Region who will now take up office in their respective City and District Councils.
The event was held at the Galliness Paradise Hall in Bo on Thursday 10th August 2023.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
