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By Nasratu Kargbo

The Inspector General of Police, William Fayia Sellu has called for tolerance between the media and the police. He made the statement on the 28^th of March 2023 at the closing session of a two-day training held for police officers and journalists.    

He advised both parties to tolerate each other and work for the development and interest of the nation.

Directly addressing the Police officers, he called on them to ensure they have a cordial relationship with the media.

By Politico staff writer

The Minister of Information and Communication has said in Freetown that the “dreams of all Sierra Leoneans can only be realized when the country remains tranquil and cohesive”. Mohamed Rahman Swaray was speaking at Radisson Blu Hotel on Monday 27^th March, where he launched Elections Reporting and Coverage regulations produced by the Independent Media Commission, IMC.

By Saio Marrah

Electoral Commissioner for Northern Region, Abubakarr Koroma  says the commission is developing a new app for use by polling centre managers during the elections.

Koroma was addressing stakeholders at a seminar organised by the Centre for Accountability and the Rule of Law (CARL), on the state of electoral justice system in Sierra Leone, held at the Country Lodge Hotel in Freetown.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has expressed concern over a video that shows the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Mayoral aspirant, Mohamed Gento Kamara addressing Muslim worshippers at a Mosque in Freetown appealing for votes on a religious basis.

SLAJ in a press statement also condemned the leadership of the Basharia mosque for allowing a politician to use their place of worship to campaign on such grounds.

By Saio Marrah

A staff of Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), Vagamoh Sesay has used a laptop computer in court to assert claims that the  voter registration card an accused, Musa Sesay carried, was fake. The seven digits ID number when inserted into the commission’s portal system showed that the unique ID number belongs to Fanta Fullah. with a female photo and different information.

By Saio Marrah  

Three men accused of murder have been remanded in custody by Principal Magistrate Mark Ngegba in Freetown. Mohamed Samura, 32 Mohamed Lamin Dumbuya, 30, and Hardy Momodu Evelyn Jabbie, 30 are accused of killing one Samuel Abubakarr Kargbo on 27^th February 2023.

By Saio Marrah

Justice Komba Kamanda of Sexual Offences Court in Freetown has said that all prisoners have human rights. He was speaking after an accused sexual penetrator, 18 year- old Zakaria Jalloh of Banga Farm in Waterloo, said that his colleague prisoners mercilessly beat him up at the Pademba Road maximum correctional centre in Freetown.

Justice Kamanda pointed this out during Zakaria's trial at court No.7 of the main law court building in Freetown on Tuesday 28 March 2023.