By Saio Marrah
The second prosecution witness in an ongoing wounding case has told the High Court that his brother (the accused) Mohamed Sankoh stabbed the complainant Idrissa Kamara in his eye and ran away abandoning his knife.
Led in evidence by the State Prosecutor Solomon Christian Kekurah at High Court No.1 in Freetown on Friday 7th July 2023, David Sankoh told the court that the incident happened in the early hours of Thursday 2nd June last year.
By Politico staff writer
Politico can authoritatively reveal that high level talks have begun between the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party and the main opposition, APC. Sources who should know about the meeting told Politico that Hon. Mohamed Sidi Tunis, Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament and John Oponjo Benjamin who was sacked from his job as a Senior Adviser to President Bio on Wednesday, met former president Ernest Bai Koroma at his home in Makeni.
Our sources believe the meeting was approved by President Julius Maada Bio.
By Politico staff writer
Influential football personality Babadi Kamara has resigned from his position as Team Manager of Leone Stars. He confirmed his resignation in Salone Players’ Watch (SPW) – a Whatsapp platform.
Reasons for Kamara’s resignation have not been immediately made public but it is likely to get the rumour mill in motion. He however personally denied on SPW, assumption that his action could be linked to him taking up political office in the near future.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Sierra Leonean Pilgrims have urged President Julius Maada Bio to work in tandem with the opposition in a bid to develop the country and promote peace, whiles congratulating him on his re-election.
The Pilgrims asked that the leaders set aside their differences and work towards developing Sierra Leone.
One of the Pilgrims Haja Zainab Barrie Lappia called on the President to govern the country as a father by embracing those from the political divide.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Newly elected Members of Parliament will be sworn in on the 13th July 2023, according to a public notice issued by the Parliament of Sierra Leone.
By Saio Marrah
Justice Adrian Fisher has dismissed a case filed by the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) in which they asked the court to order the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to provide the National Register of Voters to all political parties.
On Wednesday 5th July 2023, the judge ordered the first and second applicants, APC and its National Secretary General Lansana Dumbuya to jointly pay two thousand New Leones (NLe 2, 000) to the defendants.
By Politico Staff Writer
Eight Presidential Advisers and the Chairman of the Office of Presidential Infrastructure Initiative, Dr. John E. Tambi have had their services terminated.
A letter from the Secretary to President Julius Maada Bio, addressed to the Accountant- General at the Ministry of Finance dated Wednesday 5th July 2023, with notification for updating of the payroll, highlighted the names of those affected.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
