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By Alpha Abu

A young man who disappeared from Susan’s Bay in Freetown after the battered body of his 24 year-old girlfriend was discovered in a room has been apprehended and detained in Conakry, Guinea.

The suspect Ishmael Koroma was reportedly spotted by a Sierra Leonean at a fishing wharf in Conakry and knew he had been on the run following the brutal killing of his girlfriend Fatmata Sesay at the fishing community of Moa Wharf , Freetown  in November last year.  

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) & Citizens in a letter addressed to President Julius Maada Bio have urged Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to completely reverse the Data tariff increment.

The voice tariff was also said to have been increased by almost 150%.

By Nasratu Kargbo

42 members of Parliament have voted against the annulment of the Public Elections (Petitions) Rules 2022. An open vote was exercised following a private member’s motion proposed by APC Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Chernor Maju Bah.

The motion proposed by Bah was not carried, after his colleagues voted against his proposition. 22 others voted for the annulment, while 4 MPs from NGC did not participate in the voting process.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Leader of the opposition in Parliament Chernor Maju Bah has urged the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mamadi Gobeh Kamara to encourage ECOWAS to be effective, stating that with an effective regional body, protocols bordering agreements between the Governments of Sierra Leone and the Republic of Gambia will not be brought to parliament.

Bah made this call on the 24th January 2023, during his debate on the four agreements between the government of Sierra Leone and the Republic of The Gambia, and  Qatar.

By Saio Marrah

The Managing Director of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, Yusuf Silla, has urged staff of the bank to work harder and maintain the legacy of the past dedicated workers of the bank.

Silla said this at the launch of the “Hall of Fame” in honouring the hard work of the past and current staff of the bank, an event that was held at SLCB’s headquarters in Freetown, Saturday 21^st January, 2023.

By Saio Marrah

Civil Society Activist and Director of Native Consortium, Edmond Abu who was serving 21 days imprisonment for contempt of court has had his sentence suspended for 12 months, and allowed to leave prison after 10 days of incarceration.

 In his ruling at the High Court No.1 in Freetown on Friday 20^th January, 2023, Justice Adrian Fisher warned Abu that the one year suspended sentence was on condition that he does not repeat such conduct.

By Alpha Abu

Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) is to have a Hall of Fame in recognition of those dedicated workers, past and present including the pioneers of the country’s first indigenous banking institution.

This was disclosed at the inaugural event in Freetown to mark the start of events commemorating 50^th Anniversary of the bank that was attended by senior government officials and banking executives.