The Office of National Security has issued a statement in which it made references to what it says were intelligence estimate indicating that known and unknown individuals have been engaging in activities including making pronouncements that are tantamount to disrupting the peace and stability of the country. The general public is being assured by the Security Sector that it is in full control and that people were encouraged to ‘’go about their business without any cause for alarm”.
2017 HAJJ CASE: PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT TESTIFIES
By Francis H. Murray
The lawyer representing the former Vice President of Sierra Leone Victor Bockarie Foh in the 2017 hajj case has cross-examined Sheka Sahid Kamara before Justice Reginald Fynn in Freetown in the ongoing trial on an eight-count indictment of corruption and related offenses.
Blama gets two new Transformers
By Newnan Anthony Levey in Bo
The Ministry of Energy has installed two new transformers in Blama Town, Kenema District, eastern Sierra Leone.
Energy Minister Alhaji Kanja Sesay presided over the installation at a ceremony on Saturday 22nd August. The 160kilo watts and 200 kilo watts transformers were installed in the same town that is located in the Small Bo Chiefdom. Mr Sesay noted that President Julius Maada Bio had promised electricity to the people, which is what he, as Energy Minister, has been delivering on across the country.
PHOTOGRAPGH OF EX-PRESIDENT TENDERED IN COURT
By Francis H. Murray
The photograph of former President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has been tendered before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown in the ongoing preliminary investigations into a ten-count charge against the former Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children’s Affairs Dr. Sylvia Blyden.
ONE REMANDED FOR SEXUAL PENETRATION
By Francis H. Murray
Justice Sulaiman Bah of the sexual offenses division of the High Court in Freetown has remanded one Santigie Turay into the custody of the Correctional Services following his first appearance on Monday for allegedly sexually penetrating a child.
The prosecution alleges that the accused person between the 1st January and 10th May 2020, in the Western Area of Freetown sexually penetrated a child under the age of 18.
WAEC concerned over exams malpractice
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has in a press release from its headquarters in Accra, Ghana highlighted a number of concerns in relation to the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination or WASSCE in the various countries in the region.
The Council was particularly concerned about what it says was the unfortunate circulation of a yet to be finalized version of an Examiners’ List for this year’s exams on social media.
Sierra Leone warns unregistered hotels calling them illegal
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Ministry of Tourism has warned that time is up for business people running hotels and guesthouses in Sierra Leone without registering them.
Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr Memunatu Pratt, warned that the ministry will soon shut down such hotels. She was speaking in Kenema as she presented the government’s bailout package for beneficiaries in the district.
