By Abass Jalloh
Member of Parliament for the main opposition All People's Congress (APC) party representing Constituency 056 in Karene district, Mohamed Bangura, and the Chairperson of the party in Tonkolili district, Yabom Sesay, were yesterday refused bail following five count charges levied against them.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
In response to a press statement by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) condemning an alleged attack on a journalist in Kono by the Coalition for Change (C4C) Party leader in Parliament, Member of Parliament Sahr Emerson Lamina, the MP has denied the allegation, saying that media body did not get the story right.
By Abass Jalloh
Magistrate Isata Sellu-Tucker of Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown has remanded Alicious Deen Tarawalie alias “Arata” for allegedly robbing Carlton Bull of a Samsung J4+ android mobile phone valued two million five hundred thousand Leones (OLe 2,500,000).
Yesterday September 12, Tarawallie appeared before the court on one count charge of Robbery with Aggravation.
Court record says Tarawallie on Thursday 1st September 2022 at Beach Road, Lumley, Freetown, being armed with a knife, robbed Bull, the complainant.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Chairperson of National Elections Watch (NEW), Marcella Samba Sesay has called on the Judiciary of Sierra Leone to address the public on the consequences of electoral offences. Sesay made this call at a press conference held by Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL).
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Deputy Director General at the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) John V. Rogers has told Politico that the heavy downpour of rain has affected farms in the provinces, raising fears of food scarcity.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Minister of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE), Professor Alpha Tejan Wurie has introduced the new University Court at Eastern Technical University (ETU) in Kenema.
The introduction was done in an engagement with the staff of the university in Kenema on the 10th of September 2022.
By Abass Jalloh
A Magistrate attached to Daru Court in the Kailahun District, Aaron Bangura has told the Freetown Magistrate Court No.2 that he witnessed the payment of seventy thousand Leones (NLe70, 000) to Foday Bangura and Mohamed Islam Tarawally who were accused of obtaining the sum of one hundred and forty thousand Leones (NLe140, 000) from Adekallie Bangura on the pretext that they have land for sale measuring four town lots.
Foday and Mohamed face charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and obtaining money by false pretenses.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
