By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has conducted raids on suspected drug cartels at Deep Eye water, the outcast of Freetown and arrested four suspects in possession of a huge quantity of narcotic drugs which according to the Police was suspected to be Cannabis Sativa and “Kush”.
They made this disclosure while updating press men on various developments of the SLP at their George Street headquarters in Freetown on the 7th February, 2023.
By Saio Marrah
30-year- old Mohamed Sankoh, and 42 -years -old Mohamed Alie Kamara, first and second accused persons respectively have been remanded for missing 334 cartoons of tiles at a construction site of Hema Trading and Construction Company.
By Saio Marrah
A surveyor who works for the Ministry of Lands Alcious Kamara, 35 and one Alusine Sesay, 47 of Benguema Road in Waterloo in the Freetown peninsular have been remanded in custody for allegedly obtaining money by false pretences from Ms. Marcela Jones in a transaction involving a piece of land near No.2 River.
By Saio Marrah
The Exhibit Clerk attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Sierra Leone Police, Detective Constable Mohamed Jalloh, has presented 36 wraps of substance believed to be the prohibited drug, commonly known as kush and other items at a Magistrate’s court president over by Principal Magistrate, Mark Ngegba.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
President Julius Maada Bio has made a commitment to address learning loss and learning poverty at the foundational levels of education.
He made the commitment at the inaugural launch of the Foundational Learning Exchange (FLEX) 2023 at the Bintumani Conference Center in Freetown on the 6th February, 2023.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Centre for Accountability and the Rule of Law (CARL) has launched two projects that seek to support electoral justice, security and accountability for human rights violations and electoral offences committed during elections.
The projects which were launched at the institution’s Freetown office on the 7th February are being funded by the Government of Ireland and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).
By Saio Marrah
Members of Parliament have raised concerns over the high cost of airline tickets.
The leader of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) in Parliament, Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, in his submission on a debate regarding ratification of international treaties in the house on Tuesday 07th February 2023, spoke about the high cost of air tickets unlike neighbouring Guinea.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
