By Saio Marrah
Justice Adrian Fisher has promised to rule on a bail application made by a lawyer for Ikubolaje Nicole, a former bank manager of Skye Bank who is on remand accused of murdering one Sinnah Kai Kargbo a junior staff of the same bank.
Justice Fisher further ordered state prosecutors who intend to oppose the application to produce an affidavit and make it available to the defence lawyers by Friday 23rd February this year.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Sierra Leone Health Workers Union (SLHWU) regional executive election in Kenema ended in controversy after some members got disenfranchised.
The election conducted on the 19th of February, 2024 saw some members expressing dissatisfaction, citing stage- managing in the interest of a few members, contrary to their constitution.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, in joint support from the World Bank and the Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project (SLEDP, has certified 800 (Eight hundred) entrepreneurs who were trained by Madam Yokie on Arts, Crafts, Artisan work, and Entrepreneurship.
The certification ceremony took place at the Freetown City Hall Council in Freetown on 16 February this year.
By Saio Marrah
The 6th accused in the treason trial of Abdul Koita Makalo and 11 others has denied a portion of his statement to the effect that he overheard the 8th accused person, Bai Mahmoud Bangura, telling someone that he was part of the coup plotters and that former president Ernest Bai Koroma funded the failed coup.
By Saio Marrah
The voluntary caution statement of the 5th accused in the ongoing treason trial has indicated that Amadu Koita Makalo entered the home of Alimatu Hassan Bangura 15 minutes before a team of CID officers and soldiers reached the property.
By Saio Marrah
Israel has asked Sierra Leone to support them at the United Nations Security Council and in other fora like the African Union regarding the ongoing war between that country and “Hamas” militants in Gaza. The ambassador welcomed Sierra Leone’s intention to open an embassy in Israel.
Shlomit Sufa, Israeli ambassador to Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone addressed a news conference in Freetown on Monday 12th February 2024, before meeting with the authorities.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Out of a total of 30,491 (thirty thousand, four hundred and ninety-one) criminal and road crash cases reported and investigated in all 6 Police Command Regions in Sierra Leone with an overall crime rate of 0.35%, the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has recorded a slight reduction of 0.4% in the rate of reported crime in 2023.
Out of the 30,491 reported cases, 4,161 (four thousand, one hundred and sixty-one) representing 13.56% were received and sent to Magistrate courts by the Legal and Justice Support Department of the SLP.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
