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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.

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.

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.

By Politico staff Writer

The Federal Road Safety officers of Nigeria (FRSC) have supported the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority with gadgets to aid the execution of their job.

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

As part of the 60^th independence Anniversary celebration of the republic of Sierra Leone, the National Council for Civic Education and Development (NaCCED) has on the 26^th April 2021 organized a quiz competition for five junior secondary schools at the Eastern Polytechnic campus in Kenema. 

By Alpha Abu

Turning of the sod, a symbolic event to mark the commencement of construction work for a maternal health facility within the Koidu Government hospital complex has been held at the prosed site.    

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Over recent clash between the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and commercial motorcyclists within the central business districts of Freetown, the SLP is set to charge over 50 bikers to court for various offences.

On Thursday 22^nd April 2021, the Sierra Leone Police mounted an operation which according to it officials is aimed at decongesting traffic in the central business district of Freetown which spans from  Saint John to Up Gun in the east.