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By Abass Jalloh

In determining whether or not to grant bail, High Court Judge, Adrian Fisher, presiding over the trial of Musician Alhaji Amadu Bah, better known as LAJ, has evaluated the medical report by the defense and the affidavit by the prosecution, concluding that there is a significant risk that giving the rapper bail will lead to further attempts to interfere with witnesses and equally that the accused will not return to continue trial.

LAJ’s legal team had earlier made a bail application on his behalf.

By Saio Marrah

Police at the Family Support Unit on Friday invited the Managing Director of Rokel Commercial Bank on allegations of sexual harassment. He was later released on bail.

It follows a complaint made by a former Secretary and Legal Adviser of the bank, Margaret Davies, who says she was sexually harassed by Ekuyando Gilpin and later dismissed.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Following public outrage at the exponential increase in the floor price of megabyte as experienced by internet users beginning past Friday, the country’s National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) has on Saturday evening issued a statement, putting on hold the increment.

The very brief NATCOM statement said: ‘Further stakeholder consultations and realignment are underway to ensure that consumer satisfaction is enhanced’.

By Politico staff writer

Stakeholders in the districts of Falaba, Koinadugu, Karene, Bombali, Kono and Tonkolili have discussed how best to foster peace in their various communities, during town hall meetings facilitated by the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion(ICPNC).

Also the engagement was to also formally introduce the commission to the people, and talk about the 20^th anniversary of the attainment of peace in the country.

By Saio Marrah

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor David Francis, says the country’s chances in attaining a non-permanent seat in the United Nation’s Security Council for 2024 to 2025, are quite high.

The minister told a press conference in Freetown on Friday 21^st October, 2022, the country has already built a niche for itself in the global stage immensely which it can bank on.

By: AMINATA SAMEENA SESAY

The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has decentralized the issuance of driver’s license at regional level to accelerate a proper system.

This was disclosed on Thursday 13^th October, 2022 at the weekly Ministry of Information and Communications press briefing at Youyi building in Freetown.

By Abass Jalloh

Justice Adrian Fisher of High Court No. 1 in Freetown has remanded Mariama Bangura, a petty trader, for allegedly forging a voter registration identification card.

Mariama, 27, who cannot read or write, was before the court charged with Forgery of Voter Registration Card and Unlawful Possession of Voter’s Card.