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By Francis H. Murray

The trial of Alpha Yayah Kanu alias Y2K and nine others for the alleged murder of Mohamed Kallon alias Mende Boy has started with Justice Ansumana Ivan Sesay presiding with a 12-member jury at the High Court in Freetown.

In his opening address to the jurors on Thursday 4th March 2021, lead State Counsel Jesse S. Tucker said that the accused persons facing a three count indictment of conspiracy to murder, murder and burying a human body in a place other than a cemetery for which they had entered a not-guilty plea.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema           

The officer in charge of Faama Police post in Nomo chiefdom, Kenema district eastern Sierra Leone, Inspector Alusine S. Bangura has expressed dismay over the physical condition of his post.

In a recent interview with Politico Inspector Bangura described the post “deplorable and that with no lodging facilities for officers they have resorted to using the post as a dwelling place and there is no holding cell to detain suspects even when a felonious offence is committed.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration, SLMA Paul S. Massaquoi was released on bail by the Anti-corruption Commission yesterday 4^th March, 2021 after he was questioned and detained on Wednesday for alleged procurement irregularities.

By Francis H. Murray

T. S Company Ltd, an engineering firm that was contracted under the President Koroma administration to rehabilitate and extend Fourah Bay College (FBC) has appealed against the findings and recommendations of the judge-led Commissions of Inquiry (COI).

By Alpha Abu

The Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) David Borbor has said that Sierra Leone made some reasonable progress in meeting the benchmarks set by its international partners in addressing issues related to money laundering and other illegal transnational activities that are a threat to the economy and stability of nations.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema                      

With the second outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in neighbouring Guinea, officials of the district health management team (DHMT) in Kenema, the district council and the German non-governmental organization Welthungerhife have visited areas in the Nomo and Tunkia chiefdoms close to the border with Guinea.

By Francis H Murray

Momodu Barrie, the 2nd defence witness in the trial of Mariama Sajor Barrie and Ibrahim Bah for the alleged murder of 5-year old Khadija Saccoh has testified before Justice John Bosco Allieu and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Freetown.