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By Alpha Abu

Two-year-old Esther Mamie Margai who is suffering from a rare disease arrived in New Delhi, India on Thursday morning with her Mother, where she is to undergo surgery, according to Alfred Charles of the Sick Pikin Project that supports the treatment of children with  ailments that often require treatment abroad.  

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Operations Team at the Waterloo Police Division has discovered two stolen vehicles hidden in a garage that police sources say is notorious for buying such vehicles, dismantling them, and later selling the parts, some as scrap metal.

The two vehicles discovered were a Hyundai car that is property of the Local Unit Commander of Freetown‘s Central Police station Ibrahim Theophilious Zachariah Tarawally,  and a Toyota 4 Runner whose owner is yet to be identified, two months after it was seized by the Police.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

With schools reopening on the 4^th of September 2023, parents have expressed concern over what they referred to as teachers’ exploitation through illicit monetary  demands.

The parents expressed their views in an interview with Politico on the 12^th of September, 2023 to know how far they have planned for the forth-coming school reopening date.

By Saio Marrah

A newly- elected Councilor in Western Area Urban, Thaimu Turay alias ‘Thaimu on the road’, of the governing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has said he will focus on advocating for transportation issues in Freetown during his five-year tenure in the council.

The 59-year-old councilor elect told Politico about his objective in the council in an interview conducted at his Dwazark, Freetown residence on Wednesday 12 July 2023.

By Saio Marrah

Justice Cosmotina Jarrett has remanded three accused, Desmond Karbgo, Mohamed Turay and Umaru Mansaray, all male adults in three separate sexual assault cases against three minors.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Clerk of Parliament Umar Paran Tarawally has said that any elected Member of Parliament who does not attend the swearing-in ceremony tomorrow stands to lose their pension as stated by the newly enacted Parliament Act of 2023.

“If you fail to take an oath on Thursday, it means you have not done one term. So you are not qualified for pension”.

By Politico staff writer

The Commonwealth Secretary-General has reassured her organisation’s support for the Government and people of Sierra Leone, following the recent General Elections that saw President Julius Maada Bio declared the winner by the country’s Electoral Commission.