By Nasratu Kargbo
Citizens from different regions in the country have accused Members of Parliament (MPs) of giving ‘fake’ promises. They made this claim during a media outreach session held by the Sierra Leone Parliamentary Press Gallery (SLPG) that was transmitted on all radio stations in the North- West and South –East of the country.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
President Julius Maada Bio has urged potential investors to invest in critical sectors like education, agriculture, health, infrastructure and the extractive sector in Sierra Leone.
The President made this call on the 21st November, 2022 while addressing the United Kingdom (UK) House of Lords on Leadership in troubled times, sharing the country’s strategies for resilience including those that have kept the country stable during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the global economic crisis.
By Our Correspondent
Residents in Bo city and its environs have complained about the apparent inability of the City Council to regularly collect garbage particularly in the city centre and at a place called Mile Five on the road linking Bo district in the south to Tonkolili in the north.
In random interviews conducted on the streets of the city, the people told Politico that the situation at Mile Five has developed over a two- year period as the council has been unable to stop people from dumping rubbish in the area.
By Mada Augustine Ngombu
Days after a cargo ship owned by Greek Company Ainaftis was spotted stranded and stuck off the coast of Bonthe District in the south of Sierra Leone, state security sources have confirmed that it will be brought ashore.
Politico learnt that Personnel of the country’s Navy had boarded the vessel that was said to be stuck on a sandbank and were being briefed by the crew believed to be mostly Pakistani that had successfully thwarted an attempted piracy.
By Abass Jalloh
Magistrate Isata Sellu-Tucker of Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown has remanded Almira Abdullah, a former banker of Ecobank Sierra Leone Limited, Lunsar Branch, for allegedly embezzling the sum of Le 200,000,000 (two hundred million Leones) of the bank’s money.
The 34-year-old accused is before the court for counts of Embezzlement contrary to section 17(1) (b) of the Larceny Act of 1916 and Larceny by Servant contrary to section 17(1) (a) of the same act.
By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
On Tuesday 22 November 2022, a truckload of Police from the Operational Support Division demolished makeshift structures located along a stretch of the Fence of Freetown Secondary School for Girls (FSSG) on Hannah Benka-Coker Street in Freetown.
The place was for long used for the selling of food and other businesses and as a garage by commercial tricycle (‘Kekeh’) riders.
The Police action came as a result of series of complaints from the school authorities on the unfavourable scenes around the school’s precincts.
By Abass Jalloh
A matter involving Susan Komba charged for allegedly killing Dennis Komba has been sent to the High Court for trial.
The accused, Susan, 60, was under preliminary investigation before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown on a count charge of Manslaughter.
The prosecution alleged that on Wednesday 1st December 2021 at Block N-9, Grafton Police Barracks, Freetown, the accused unlawfully killed Dennis.
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