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.
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya
The Premier League Board (PLB) Chairman of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Victor Lewis has revealed that the Winner of the 2023-2024 edition of the Leone Rock Premier League would bag 500 million Old Leones.
He was explaining in a media interview on the 7th November, 2023 regarding the activities of the board as well as assuring the public that the trophy and the medals are all in place.
By Saio Marrah
A police recruit, Fengai Babonjo has appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba in Freetown for unlawful possession of Cannabis. In his testimony, the commandant of the Sierra Leone Police Peacekeeping and Law Enforcement Academy (SILEA) at Hastings, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Alieu Jalloh said on Saturday 30th September this year at about 14:30 hours, he was performing his routine checks at one of the billets at the said Hastings campus where he met the accused in a strange uniform going in the opposite direction.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The announcement of a tariff increase by the National Telecommunications Authority (NaTCA) following review of tariffs for voice and data services, in Sierra Leone this week has sparked criticisms of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) with some describing the act as “outrageous.”
A public notice issued by NaTCA regarding the increment on the 5th of November, 2023 noted that the review has been warranted by “rapid changes cost variables.”
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
As they await the opening of the Sewa Grounds Market in Freetown, traders Politico spoke to at the famous Abacha Street have expressed fears about the would-be rent to be charged for shops at the centre .
The Chairlady Fatmata Barrie was speaking in relation to the advertisement for applications for shops at the facility which in quoting a statement by the Communication person for the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Mohamed Bangali will be out at the end of the month.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
A 47-year-old witch doctor named Alusine Kamara has been taken into Police custody at the Newton (4 Mile) Police Post, Waterloo Police Division after being caught burying charms in graves at the Mabron Village cemetery in the dawn hours of Sunday 5th November, 2023.
The Police said the community people described the native doctor to be notorious of such act on the outskirts of Waterloo.
By Sorie Ibarahim Foafanh
Three Sierra Leonean children who were trafficked to Mali have been repatriated, Minister of Social Welfare, Melrose Karminty confirmed in Freetown on Tuesday 7th November 2023 during the Government’s weekly press conference hosted by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education.
“They have been brought home from Mali today, aged between three and fifteen,” she added.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
