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By Saio Marrah

A Magistrate in Freetown has promised to discharge a murder Preliminary Investigation (PI) after the prosecution failed to present their first witness for three consecutive hearings.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mark Ngegba, said this at the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Thursday 28^th September 2023, after the acting police prosecutor, Sergeant Momoh Lahai applied for adjournment of the PI informing the court that there was no witness.

By Alpha Abu

A team from Tanzania’s Universal Communication Services Access Fund (UCSAF) has visited communication facilities managed by their Sierra Leonean counterparts in parts of the country.

Senior officials of Universal Access Development Fund (UADF) Sierra Leone took their guests to computer labs at the Queen of the Rosary Senior Secondary School in Bo and the Government Secondary School for Boys to apprise them about the progress of the pupils in using computers and the internet.

By Edna AmieNgegbs

A Supreme Court Judge, Justice Alusine Sesay has during the review of cases presided over and determined by Magistrates, dubbed the prison court, released a total of 59 prisoners.

44 of the released convicts were from the Mafanta, and 15 From Makeni Correctional Centres in Northern Sierra Leone.

The convicts were charged with various offences.

The 44 from Mafanta were part of a total of 104 cases. 17 of which were from Freetown, 4 from Sefadu, 75 from Makeni, 6 from Kabala, 1 from Waterloo and 1 from Magburuka.  

By Saio Marrah

 Idrissa Jalloh and Mamadou Samba Jalloh as the third and fourth accused respectively are among the other three accused being prosecuted for the importation of a substance suspected to be used in the manufacturing of the prohibited drug, Kush.

The accused appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Pademba Road Court NO.1 last Wednesday, 20^th September 2023.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

As Sierra Leone takes its non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council for the 2024-2025 terms, President Julius Maada Bio has committed the country’s shared duty to uphold international peace and security.

He was making his statement during the General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level meeting with the theme; "Rebuild Trust and Reignite Global Solidarity" on the 20^th September, 2023 in New York, USA.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

As debate at the 78^th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) centered on Climate Change, President Julius Maada Bio has sought Sierra Leone’s equitable and timely access to climate financing.

The President was debating at this year’s high-level meeting on the theme: "Rebuild trust and reignite global solidarity" at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

By Saio Marrah

After two consecutive hearings without presenting the prosecution witness,   Magistrate Mark Ngegba last Friday expressed his dismay over the delay in the Preliminary Investigations (PI) of a murder case at Court No.1 in Freetown.

He said the matter is a fresh one, but that the prosecution had not proceeded with even their first witness.

The Acting Prosecutor, Police Sergeant Lahai M, while applying for another adjournment, was unable to tell the court the reason for the absence of their witnesses.