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By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Two notorious drug dealers Abu Yillah and Bawoh Kamara have been arrested in Freetown with over one thousand wraps suspected to contain the drug  Kush, according to  the Police Regional Operations Officer, Freetown East, Chief Superintendent Brima Bangura as he addressed  a press briefing at the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) a headquarters on 8^th  November this year.

“The suspects, together with the exhibits, have been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at East End Police’’Bangura stated.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

An intelligence-led raid conducted by the Operations Team attached to the Waterloo Police Division has led to the seizure of quantity of drugs mostly Kush, Tramadol, and other narcotics after being abandoned by the drug dealers, peddlers, and abusers who fled upon spotting the Police.

The police also demolished several Ghettos at Kono Park in the Bassa Town community, Waterloo. The ghettos were frequented by drug dealers and peddlers.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Two Sierra Leonean journalists have completed a one-month media training organized by the Supreme Council for Media Regulations in Cairo, Egypt.

The Sierra Leone Ambassador to Egypt, Sadiq Sillah graced the closing and certification ceremony of the 47^th training course in Cairo for sixteen Anglophone broadcasters from eight African countries.

By Saio Marrah

An autopsy report detailing the causes of the death of one Isha Saidu Hughes has been tendered in evidence in the ongoing murder trial of his elder brother Sulaiman Conteh has concluded that the deceased was stabbed seven times leading to her death.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Mixed feelings engulfed the jam-packed well and precincts of Parliament as fifty-two members of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) who had not subscribed to the oath of office due to their party’s decision to boycott all forms of governance, finally assumed their seats.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The latest Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard has indicated a drop in the control of corruption indicator. Even though the country met the standard set by MCC, the nation declined by three percent from last year’s scorecard.

The scorecard which was published on the 7^th November 2023 shows that Sierra Leone scored 76%, - a 3% drop from last year’s 79%. The nation passed ten out of twenty indicators.

In 2022 and 2021, the country even had better scores 83% and 81% respectively.

By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya

Guinean forces have strongly warned Sierra Leoneans not to interfere in their security crackdown following the attack on the Central Prison in Conakry  which saw many prisoners including the ex-junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, freed alongside former Head of Presidential Security, Colonel Claude Pivi.

Captain Camara was soon recaptured but Col.Pivi is still at large.