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By: Tommy Sidikie   On October 8, 2024, the Port Loko District Council took significant steps to enhance community development by providing essential operational tools to 28 local communities in the northwest district. The presentation ceremony took place at the Port Loko District Council compound. The equipment distributed includes wheelbarrows, hoes, cutlasses, shovels, rakes, pickaxes, and…

By: DS After numerous attempts to meet with Akram Dagher, CEO of H&M Logistics Limited, were scuffed at, aggrieved workers contacted their union to table a formal complaint about their working condition.  On 10th October 2024, the Railway Plantation Mineral Industry and Construction Employees union (URPMICE) entered a formal complaint against H&M Logistics Limited regarding…

By: Edrie Caleb John  On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, Chinese national Zhou Wenjie appeared before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown, facing four counts of conspiracy to defraud, forgery, and uttering forged documents. The particulars of the offense state that on December 9, 2020, in the Western Area of Freetown,…

By: Edrie Caleb John  In a significant ruling on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, Magistrate Santigie Bangura at Pademba Road Court No. 2 declared Ibrahim Marrah not guilty of theft charges, acquitting him of all allegations. As Marrah stood in the dock, raising his hands toward the heavens in a gesture of prayer, the Magistrate addressed…

By: Tommy Sidikie  On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, the High Court revoked the bail previously granted to Jehad Basma, Sheku Kabba, and Tamba Lebbie in connection with an alleged 264-carat diamond fraud. During the hearing, State Counsel Yusuf Isaac Sesay informed Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No. 2 about the absence of a key…

By: Tommy Sidikie  Ten individuals, including Ansu Koroma, 23, and several masonry workers, appeared before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at Pademba Road Court No. 2 on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, for the continuation of their trial on two counts related to an alleged theft. The accused—Abubakarr Serry, 30, Tamba Kargbo, 28, Mohamed Aruna, 24, Kelfalah Kamara, 28,…

By: Saidu Jalloh  A 33-year-old businesswoman, Humunatu Agnes Gbla, appeared before Magistrate Sahr Kekura at Pademba Road Court No. 1 on three counts of assault, including causing grievous bodily harm, wounding, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against her partner. According to the particulars of the offense, on August 7, 2024, at Parsonage Street in Kissy,…

By: Edrie Caleb John In a press briefing held on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the Foreign Affairs Conference Room, the Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MOICE) announced significant developments following the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact. The country is now set to enter the next phase of compact facilitation funding. Nyede…

By: Edrie Caleb John  In a final appearance before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at Court No. 2, Pademba Road, Freetown, Ibrahim Marrah, a driver, has closed his case regarding an alleged theft and now awaits a ruling from the bench. The accused was presented with three options for his testimony: rely on his police statement, explain…

B:y Saidu Jalloh  In a significant advancement for law enforcement in Sierra Leone, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. William Fayia Sellu has officially received a shipment of computer equipment from the European Union (EU) in collaboration with Interpol. This vital equipment will establish 100 West Africa Police Information System (WAPIS) workstations throughout the country,…