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By Saio Marrah

Magistrate Mark Ngegba in Freetown has remanded four accused persons, Abubakarr Jah, Abdurrahman Mansallay, Arthur Matturi, and Finnah Hawanatu Marrah on an allegation of defrauding a complainant, Iye Mansaray of $5,000 and NLe 60,000.

Jah (32), 38-year-old Mansallay, Matturi (29), and 21-year-old Ms. Marrah were said to have committed the crime between Tuesday 3^rd and Wednesday 4^th October 2023.

By Saio Marrah

The second prosecution witness, in a summary trial for larceny and trespass involving an Indian national identified in court as Karmish, has told a magistrate court in Freetown that a police officer from the Operations Support Division (OSD) pointed a gun at her in her home.

By Umaru Fofana

The presidential candidate of the opposition APC party, Dr Samura Kamara has responded to a question on whether he plans to run for president for the third time. In an exclusive interview with Politico at his IMATT residence in Freetown, he spoke about whether or not he was interested to run again in 2028. Read the full interview, which begins with his reaction to the recent peace agreement that ended his party’s boycott of governance.

Exclusive Interview with APC presidential candidate, Dr Samura Kamara

Like all other elections in Sierra Leone since the restoration of democracy in 1996, the results of the polls of 24 June 2023 were contested. Even the one in 2002, when incumbent president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah won by the most decisive victory in the country’s democratic history with more than 70% of the votes, the losing candidate Ernest Bai Koroma faulted the result.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Many children across the country are homeless, some engaged in street trading instead of going to school, whilst others spend most of their nights fetching water, forfeiting sleep that would have put them in a better state to be ready for school the following morning, according to Members of Parliament during Debate.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Transport Manager at the Sierra Leone Transport Authority (SLRSA), Daniel Kaitibie has said road crashes are now becoming a virus in the country.

Kaitibie was speaking at the Life Skills Training Beneficiaries graduation ceremony organized by Handicap International under a project titled “Touching Minds, Raising Dignity”  held in Freetown on 26^th October 2023.

By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya

The Director General of the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA), Musayeroh Barrie has explained that external taxes have been the factors for the high cost of flight tickets in and out of Sierra Leone.