News

By Saio Marrah

The Third Prosecution Witness (PW3), Martha Thoronka, in an ongoing case of grievous bodily harm with intent, has testified that her boyfriend victim, Mohamed Tarawalie’s foot got fractured when he visited her own residence.

The witness narrated before Justice Adrian Fisher at High Court No.1 in Freetown on Wednesday 7^th June 2023 that it all started after the victim proposed love to her at a local festival commonly called “Tangains” held at the Sierra Leone National Stadium on the night of 23rd December 2021.

By Saio Marrah

The fourth Prosecution Witness (PW4), Cornelia Tucker who said she is the girlfriend of the slain teacher, Gillis Edwin Ola Johnson, has testified at the Pademba Road Magistrate Court No.1 that she met the deceased dead when she brought his food.

Also a neighbor of the deceased, Tucker testified before Magistrate Mark Ngegba on Thursday 8^th June 2023 that she last saw the deceased at around 11 in the morning hours of Saturday when he gave her money to prepare his food.

By Nasratu Kargbo

One of the requests by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) is for the next government to provide free tertiary education for female journalists in Sierra Leone.

The request was made in their Media Manifesto titled ‘The Media We Want To See’ which was launched on the 5^th June 2023. The manifesto stated that the “Government should work with SLAJ to provide free tertiary education for female journalists”.

By Saio Marrah

A 29-year-old accused Ibrahim Sillah, a 31-year-old Mohamed Sheriff Nallo and another 31-year-old Bobson Massaquoi as first, second and third accused respectively, have appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Pademba Road Magistrate Court No.1 in Freetown for allegedly forging Njala University Certificates.

The three accused arraigned before the court on Tuesday 6^th June 2023 were not allowed to say a word after their three counts of conspiracy to forge and uttering forged documents readout.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has called on the Independent Media Commission (IMC) to take appropriate action against media houses that pay below the minimum wage, according to the association’s Manifesto titled “The Media We Want”.

In his presentation on the 5^th of June 2023 at the launch of the media manifesto, Lecturer Dr. Francis Sowa said that some journalists are paid below the minimum wage whilst others are not paid, insisting the IMC should enforce compliance by owners of media houses.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The 30% minimum seats for female parliamentarians will not be achieved, according to Institution of Governance Reform’s (IGR) SierraPoll survey.

IGR’s Executive Director, Andrew Lavali on 31^st May 2022 at the launch of the Sierra Poll said if necessary actions are not taken from now to the election date, the sixth parliament will get less than 30% women representation.  

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, BADEA, Saudi Fund, and partners have provided an estimated sum of $68 Million to the Government of Sierra Leone for Infrastructural Transformation in the Education Sector.