By Mohamed Foday Conteh
One Joseph Gbanie is on trial at High Court No.3 in Freetown presided by Justice Samuel Omodele Taylor on allegations that he strangled his girlfriend to death some time in March 2020.
New evidence emerge, yesterday 19th August 2021 when then State pathologist, Dr. Simeon Owizz Koroma testified in court after being led by State prosecutor, Solomon Christian Kekura.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
As part of capacitating partners in advanced Geographical Information System (GIS) in land use for planning of boundary demarcation for the protective forest reserved landscape under the PAPFor project, Conservation Society Sierra Leone (CSSL) with funds from EU has on the 18th August 2021 conducted a four-day intensive training of partners in Kenema.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The government has confirmed the deaths of six Sierra Leonean nationals believed to be travelling along the desert between Algeria and Tunisia. This was confirmed by a press statement by the Sierra Leone Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Mohamed Baba, an accused in a sexual penetration matter has told the court that he was coerced by the police to plead guilty of the crime of which he was arraigned in court for.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Deputy Minister of Justice Umaru Napoleon Koroma has told Politico that there will be no new Law Schools in Sierra Leone as stated in the draft Council of Legal Education Amendment Act, 2021.
However, he said the document leaked on social media when it was still being drafted.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The National Commission for Basic Education has engaged over two hundred principals of Junior Secondary Schools from Kailahun and Kenema districts on placement admission for pupils who took the National Primary School Examination (NPSE) pupils.
The commission’s Executive Secretary Dr. Josephine Ladepo told heads of schools at the meeting held in Kenema that they wanted to ensure the decentralization of the admission of children who just sat to the exams.
By Alpha Abu
Two senior figures of two of Sierra Leone’s prominent opposition political parties, the National Grand Coalition (NGC) and All Peoples Congress (APC) have criticised the Chairman of the All Political Parties Association (APPA), Prince Coker for what they claimed to be his corrupt tendencies.
National Grand Coalition (NGC) Chairman, Dr. Dennis Bright confirmed to Politico that his party was no longer a member of APPA, as a result of what he claimed were the actions of Coker that had created a negative image about APPA.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
