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By Saio Marrah

Member of Parliament, Sahr Charles, of Coalition for Change Party (C4C) for constituency 028, Kono District, has on Thursday 11^th March, 2021 denounced their leader in parliament, Saa Emerson Lamina, noting that he is no more recognized as their leader.

He made this statement in the well of parliament when Hon. Emerson Lamina was asked to make his contribution to the debate on the bill entitled Ciber Crime Act 2020 by the Deputy speaker of parliament Sengepoh Solomon Thomas.  The bill will punish cybercriminals.

By Alpha Abu

Thirty – one assets that were the subject of investigations at the Commissions of Inquiry set up by the government of Sierra Leone and have gone through the judicial process are now awaiting orders of forfeiture or confiscation to the state.

The Principal legal consultant in the Attorney General’s Office Lahai Momoh Farma made the disclosure at the weekly press briefing by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Freetown on Thursday 10th March 2021.

By Francis Murray

The Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs has in a press release announced plans to host the first-ever national women’s conference aimed at developing a national action plan for the implementation of the recently launched Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (GEWE) Policy.

The conference, the release noted will contribute to the country realizing goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) aimed at achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls.

By Francis H. Murray

Justice Augustine Musa of the High Court in Freetown has acquitted and discharged the former mayor of Freetown Herbert George Williams and the Public Relations Officer of the main opposition All Peoples Congress Party Abubakarr Daramy of a two-count indictment of murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.

An eleven-member jury unanimously returned a not-guilty verdict on Thursday 11th March 2021 in respect of both counts for the alleged murder of journalist Ibrahim Samura.

By Politico Staff Writer

A-four-day retreat by Local Councils held in Bo on the theme: Deepening Decentralization and Enhancing Service Delivery in local government will end today 12^th March 2021.

The four-day event was on the 9^th March this year officially opened by the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh who doubles as the Chairman of the ministerial Committee on Decentralization.

By John S. Conteh in Falaba

Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray of the High Court in Kabala presiding over cases at the Special High Court Criminal Session in Mongo Bendugu, Falaba district has sentenced Alusine Kombor Marah to 30 years imprisonment on a three-count indictment, including sexually penetrating a three-year old.

State Prosecutor Augustine Yarimeh Sogbo Mansary said the accused sexually penetrated the three-year old on 17th November, 2020 in Lensenia Village, about eight miles from the district headquarter town of Mongo Bendugu.

By Politico staff writer

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has expressed outrage at people who have in recent times been engaged in vandalizing and stealing electricity installations and networks in different parts of the country.