By Abass Jalloh
Magistrate Hadiru Daboh of Ross Road Court No. 3 in Freetown has sentenced Ibrahim Bangura better known as SLA to one year imprisonment after he was found guilty of beating up his grandmother, Mama Rita Bainda.
Bangura was standing trial on one count of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm.
The prosecution alleged that the accused on Tuesday 31st May 2022 at No. 58 Wright Street, Wellington, Freetown, assaulted Bainda in a manner thereby occasioning actual bodily harm.
By Abass Jalloh
32-year-old Charles Bao is to serve 10 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of sexually penetrating a 13-year-old school girl.
The accused, Bao, was before High Court Judge,Alhaji Momoh-Jah Stevens charged with Sexual Penetration contrary to the Sexual Offences Act.
It was alleged that the accused on the 12th June 2021 in Freetown engaged in an act of sexual intercourse with the child.
Upon his arraignment, Bao denied the allegations levelled on him.
By Alpha Abu
The Co-ordinator of the Regional Rice Value Chain Project (RRVCP), Abdulai Bu Wai has told a gathering of Community Stakeholders, Project Partners and the Media that the Torma Bum rice farming project is on course, and that the start of next year will witness a full thrust by all its various components.
By Alpha Abu
A Validation report on Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) was yesterday presented to President Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown, highlighting for the first time an overall high scorecard of 87.5 points thereby placing Sierra Leone amongst the top performing countries in the continent on compliance.
It is a global standard for transparency and accountability in the Oil, Gas and Mining Sectors, supporting local stakeholders in the implementation of extractive sector reforms.
By: Aminata Sameena Sesay
The Sierra Leone Embassy in Turkey has in a press release dated 9th November denied the deportation of 40 Sierra Leoneans from the country, referring to the information on social media as baseless.
It however confirmed the deportation of seven Sierra Leoneans who reportedly violated different laws of their host country.
By Saio Marrah
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Educatio, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh has promised to take stern action against those principals involved in the act of collecting money from parents of repeating pupils before admitting to their schools.
Dr. Sengeh made this pronouncement at the presentation of resolutions taken at the National Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (NCPSS) in Makeni , on Tuesday 8th November, 2022.
By Saio Marrah
As Finance Minister takes the 2023 Government Budget to Parliament today Friday, the Country Coordinator of Budget Advocacy Network, (BAN) Abu Bakarr Kamara has highlighted Agriculture, Social Welfare and Health as sectors their institution would want the budget to give priority.
Bangura told Politico that food prices have gone up, coupled with the high inflation, and as such they at BAN are expecting to see a budget that caters more for the vulnerable people whom he said are most affected.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
