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By Francis H. Murray

Justice Cosmotina Jarrett of the High Court in Freetown has discharged the former Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Alpha Osman Timbo, and four others on a 15-count indictment of corruption and other related offences brought against them by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Delivering her ruling on Thursday, Justice Jarrett said the prosecution had failed to bring any evidence before the court against the accused persons and she was left with no alternative but to discharge the matter.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Minister of Information and Communication, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, has told lawmakers in the House of Parliament that journalism in Sierra Leone will be better if they go ahead and repeal the criminal libel law from the country’s law book.

Swarray was addressing Members of Parliament on Thursday during the second reading of the bill to repeal Part 5 of the Public Order Act of 1965 which criminalizes libel.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The leaders of the opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC) and All Peoples Congress (APC) parties in parliament have called for the review of the law on dual citizenship which bars Sierra Leoneans who are nationals of other countries from holding elected positions.

NGC leader Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella said in the house on Thursday that the law on dual citizenship must be looked into to make sure that the country’s democracy is inclusive.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Some residents of Aku Town in the Goderich community have cried foul over the decision of Dr. Denis Sandy, Minister of Lands and Country Planning, to hand over some 223 acres of land to the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET) as its legal property.

By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo.

The police Criminal Investigations Department in Bo is investigating a suspected murder involving one Micheal Sesay, a businessman and resident of Bo. Sesay is suspected of stabbing to death his girlfriend, Mamie Koroma.

Speaking to Politico about the incident, the Regional Police Media and Public Relations Officer, Inspector Mohamed Bobson Senu, said the suspect has confessed committing the alleged crime.

By Francis H. Murray

Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown has on Wednesday sent six accused persons on remand at the male correctional center following the start of preliminary investigations into a three count charge of conspiracy to transport a prohibited drug, transportation of a prohibited drug and the unlawful possession of a prohibited drug.

By Francis H. Murray

Paramount Chief Koblo Queen II of Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko District, continued his testimony before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown on Wednesday, in the on-going preliminary investigations against 31 persons facing a fourteen count charge arising from serious disturbances in Lunsar Town in April this year.