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Francis H. Murray

Preliminary investigations into a seven count charge including conspiracy to defraud, obtaining money by false pretenses and money laundering against Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Hussain Shiham, Dialo Abou Djiby and Ignatius Thomas has continued before Magistrate Mark Ngegba in Freetown.

Led in evidence by ASP Hawa Bah, detective sergeant Osman Kanu attached to the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department headquarters recognized the accused persons and said he knew the complainant as an Indian Business Man.

By Francis H. Murray

Magistrate Mark Ngegba in Freetown has remanded 27 year-old Dauda Kanneh alias Gunshot into the custody of the Correctional Services at the start of preliminary investigations into a five-count charge including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, malicious damage and threatening to kill.

By Francis H. Murray

Mahmoud Tim Kargbo, a journalist and an eye-witness to the beating of deceased journalist Ibrahim Samura of New Age newspaper, has testified before Justice Augustine Musa at the High Court in Freetown in the ongoing trial of former Mayor of Freetown Herbert George Williams and the Public Relations Officer of the opposition APC in the Western Area Abu Barkarr Daramy, both accused of murdering Samura.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Government of Sierra Leone has taken over the assets of Tonkolili Iron Ore Limited (TIO), a subsidiary of Chinese miner, Shandong Iron and Steel. The takeover comes after the government invoked Section 50 of the 2009 Mines and Minerals Act after the company failed to meet its tenancy agreement.

The takeover ends a five year stint of the Chinese miner since they took over the mines from the defunct African Minerals Limited (AML). Shandong took over from AML in 2015 after acquiring their 75% share for US$117million.

By Alpha Abu

Sierra Leone’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Nabeela Tunis, has said that her government will continue to engage its American counterpart in efforts to resolve the issue of US Visa sanction on the country due to a row over the delayed deportation of Sierra Leoneans from the US.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers (SLIE) and the Professional Engineers Registration Council (PERC) have warned of looming disasters based on the state of four other bridges in Freetown.

The warning comes after a joint preliminary study that was released on Monday, four days after the collapse of the Savage Street Bridge.

The four bridges which the engineers are calling attention to are:  Old Railway Line, Kingtom, Tengbeh Town and Pike Street bridges.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

In a bid to ensure maximum benefit of the extractive sector for its member countries, the Mano River Union (MRU) has launched a regional approach to the Kimberly Process and Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (KP-ASM).