By Saio Marrah
After a month of sometimes acrimonious debates around the country the cybercrime bill today reached the committee stage of parliament for further scrutiny by the MPs.
Sierra Leone Bar Urges Gov’t to abolish death penalty
By Mabinty M. Kamara
In a position paper presented by its President, Eddinia Michaela Swallow the Bar Association Sierra Leone has urged President Julius Maada Bio to officially announce the abolition of the death penalty in Sierra Leone.
As Sierra Leone turns 60, President Bio calls for national dialogue
President Julius Maada Bio has called for a national dialogue to devise “an effective and inclusive political system” for the betterment of the country.
Sierra Leone FA loses Benin appeal
By Alpha Abu
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has lost its appeal against the decision by the AFCON Organizing Committee to have Leone Stars match against Benin postponed to the international window in June.
COI Appeals: Two in the net, two others freed
By Alpha Abu
Four people who were named in the Commissions of Inquiry (COI) and had adverse recommendations made against them have had appeal rulings made on their cases, with two exonerated whilst the other two have been found wanting.
Appeal Court Judges, Adrian Fisher, Ansumana Ivan Sesay and Momoh Jah Stevens presided over appeals filed by former Lands Minister Alhaji Musa Tarawally, former Secretary Vice President’s Office Baba Brima Fortune and two former civil servants.
Road Safety Officer convicted
By Politico staff writer
A Freetown high court presided over by Justice Nicholas Browne-Marke has on 26th April 2021, convicted one Bobor Deen Bangura, former Traffic Warden of the Sierra Leone Roads Safety Authority and was ordered to pay a fine of Le 10,000,000 (Ten million Leones)
Bangura was convicted on two counts of Obstruction of Justice, contrary to Section 127(1) (a) of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 12 of 2008.
Sierra Leone meets ECO convergence criteria
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The decline in the rate of inflation in Sierra Leone announced last Friday by statistics Sierra Leone has according to officials qualified the country to be part of the ECOWAS single currency.
