By Politico staff writer
The National Telecommunications Authority (NaTCA) is set to host the West Africa Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA) from 19 to 22, March this year. During the regional body’s meeting, the Director General of NaTCA Amara Pedou Brewah will take over as Chairman of WATRA until the next meeting in 2025.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Two small-scale mining companies in Moyamba District have been creating problems for residents in the community, according to the MP in that locality Mustapha Musu Sellu.
Sellu on 12th March 2024 told Parliament that the activities undertaken by F.S Mining and Shunda Ore have been affecting his people. He said F.S. Mining has about eight 40-foot trailers that are plying that route, raising dust which is not good for the people’s health.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Reports of the discovery of the dead bodies of young men at Hagan Street in Freetown and a video making rounds on social media of youths acting like zombies as their heads were being forcibly shaved, have sparked up intense discussions in Parliament with MPs speaking passionately on the issue and suggesting they invite stakeholders, amidst calls for the adoption of certain measures.
The MPs said the widespread use of the psychoactive drug Kush should be pronounced a public health emergency.
By Saio Marrah
A video documentary series produced by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) has indicated that amidst the current skyrocketing price of internet tariff by mobile telecommunication operators, the wholesale fiber internet price has reduced from 40 to 10 USD megabytes per second, between 2020 and 2023, representing a 300 percent reduction.
By Politico Staff Writer
As a result of the alarming rate at which youths are consuming the psychoactive substance called Kush, PC Prince Lappia Boima IV from Kakua Chiefdom in Bo District has committed to put an end to the selling of the drug in the chiefdom.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Three accused persons; Bintu Williams, first accused; Christopher Thomas, second accused, and Abu Sillah, third accused have appeared before Magistrate Ladonnette Cole at the Waterloo Magistrate Court for an alleged assault on a female police officer, PC 15071 Memunatu Mansaray.
By Saio Marrah
A Jury in the High Court has cleared one Ntuma Mansaray (Nee Bangura) of killing her soldier-husband, Mamoud Mansaray in Freetown.
The 10-member jury returned a verdict of not guilty because the accused acted in self-defence but two of the jurors maintained their dissenting position even after the jury was initially sent out a second time because four had disagreed with the not guilty verdict. Justice Sulaiman Bah had to redirect the jury before they arrived at the two-thirds decision.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
