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By Politico staff writer

Six accused persons have appeared before Justice Ansumana Ivan Sesay who's currently presiding over the special criminal session at Magburuka Town, in Tonkolili District, North-East Region of Sierra Leone for allegedly kidnapping a police officer among other offences.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Local Councils across the country have on Tuesday 29 June 2021 received dump trucks donated by the Russian government to the government of Sierra Leone. The 40 tracks were presented to the councils at a special handing over ceremony that was held at the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC) compound, Kissy in Freetown.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister, Jacob Jusu Saffa has on the 26^th June 2021, commissioned a newly constructed bridge and two culverts in Small Bo chiefdom, Kenema district.

The road work was facilitated by the Kenema district council.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

An eight-year-old girl has told the Model Sexual Offences Court sitting in Freetown of how she was sexually penetrated by one Joseph Lamin after she went out of her parents’ Waterloo home at night to urinate. Explaining her ordeal during the hearing of the matter on Monday 28 June 2021, the alleged victim said that on the 28^th July 2020, she remembered the accused, Joseph Lamin, as the individual that sexually abused her.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Two witnesses have testified at the high court in Freetown over a robbery matter that occurred in Waterloo involving an accused Alhaji Yusuf Fofanah.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Speaking on the need to focus on the local production of staple foods,  the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy, has on the 24^th June 2021, said that Sierra Leone imports rice worth over $240 million yearly.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The registrar of the Eastern Polytechnic, John Juana has sent a stern message to lecturers of the institution to desist from demanding monies from students or exploiting them in other ways in return for grades. The registrar was addressing academic staff during a day’s in- service training at the institution’s Ahmad Tejan Kabba hall in Kenema on 23 June 2021.