By Francis H. Murray
Ibrahim Tholley and Foday Senesie both accused of conspiracy and larceny have been released on bail at a magistrate’s court in Freetown. Magistrate Hannah Bonnie admitted them to a Le5, 000,000 bail backed by one surety who should be a Sierra Leonean resident in Freetown with a valid national identification card.
By Francis H. Murray
Magistrate Hannah Bonnie has restored the bail conditions of former Social Welfare minister Dr. Sylvia Blyden. The bail was withdrawn after the accused was told she failed to adhere to the orders of the court.
By Francis H. Murray
Independent Member of Parliament Hon. Emilia Lolo Tongi of Constituency 001 in Kailahun district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone testified before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie in Freetown on Wednesday 24 June, claiming she was duped the sum of Le 50 million by one Tejan Conteh.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
People across Sierra Leone can today start travelling to any part of the country following a presidential declaration on Tuesday ending over two months of a blockade imposed as part of measures to curb the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The King Jimmy Bridge, which was recently renovated after five years of overflowing with sewage and causing environmental hazard, is again overflowing.
The bridge which is located at Wallace Johnson Street in Freetown links the city’s main health referral facility, Connaught Hospital, to the rest of the Central Business District.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Professor Aiah Kpakima, has said that lecturers of colleges and universities must embrace digitalization in the delivery of their lectures or quit.
He said there could be no place in the education system for any lecturer who didn’t delivery his lecture notes online.
BY Mabinty M. Kamara
The government of Sierra Leone is expecting 17 virologists (specialists in the study of viral diseases) and other medical experts from Cuba and Lebanon to join the local medical personnel combat COVID-19 in Sierra Leone.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
