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By Nasatu Kargbo

Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Local Council in Parliament Abdul Karim Kamara from constituency 059 has stated that several sectors have not grown as a result of inadequate resources sent to local councils.

The MP whilst debating in Parliament  on the Local Government Act, 2021 on Wednesday, highlighted education, health, and agriculture as sectors being unable to improve as a result of insufficient resources given to councils.    

By Abass Jalloh

Two persons have been charged for unlawfully entering into a land that is under the watch of one Michael Jalloh, the complainant, at Tokeh village, Goderich, Freetown, and maliciously damaging a makeshift structure (pan body).

The accused, Bernard Tawarally (1st) and Alfred Thompson (2nd) made their first appearance at the Magistrate Court No. 2 on Wednesday 27^th July 2022 to answer to charges of trespassing, malicious damage, and larceny contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The clouds are clearing up and the dark days where women in the provinces could not enjoy equal or any inheritance from their father’s lands like their male siblings will soon be over. The bill entitled the Customary Land Rights Bill 2021 has proposed that women should enjoy equal land rights as their male family members. 

Clause 7(3) of the proposed bill states that:“Where family land is to be bequeathed or sub-divided among the family, both male and female members of the family shall be treated equally and enjoy the same rights”.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Police have confirmed the death of a British national whose body was found in a hotel room at Aberdeen, Freetown.

A statement from the Police said Alexander Wings was found dead on Sunday 24^th July 2022 at Hotel Bamoi.

By Politico staff writer

  Members of National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), a constitutional rights group in Guinea have insisted they will march beginning from Matoto a municipality in the capital Conakry tomorrow, in opposition to the military Government’s 2025 date for a return to civilian rule.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Sierra Leone Police has confirmed that no contraband goods such as arms and ammunition and narcotics were found in a 40 feet sea cargo Container as was alleged after it was offloaded at the Sierra Leone Police Senior Officer’s Mess at Kingtom in the presence of journalists, civil society activists, and other security personnel.

By Saio Marrah

One Santigie Conteh at the Garangawa village in Ngowahun Chiefdom, Bombali District, has been reported dead after a shooting incident allegedly by the Sierra Leone Police.

The incident according to the Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Mark Mahmoud Kalokoh representing constituency 032 in Bombali District happened after the villagers expressed concerns about the manner of arrest of one Abass Conteh, by the police.