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By Saio Marrah

 Three out of four men – including a 54-year-old British national with dual Sierra Leonean citizenship have appeared before a magistrate in Freetown in connection with an alleged embezzlement of one piece of diamond weighing two hundred and sixty-four (264) carats with an estimated value of forty-two million, two hundred and forty thousand United States Dollars ($42,240,000), property of Benjamin Merer.

By Saio Marrah

Alie Badara Kanu alias Captain Makeni, 49 and Thaimu Bangura, 59, first and second accused persons respectively have appeared before a magistrate in Freetown charged with one count on treason and another for misprision of treason. 

 They appeared before magistrate Santigie Bangura on Tuesday August 13, 2024 for Preliminary Investigation (PI) and were not required to make a plea.

 By Saio Marrah

 Joseph Seilenga has been jailed for six months for stealing two thousand Leones (Le 2,000) and other items from the dwelling house of one Mohamed Bangura.

 On Tuesday August 13, 2024 Magistrate Santigie Bangura, sentenced the 21 year-old after he confessed to the offences when the charge was read out to him. The magistrate said he took into consideration the fact that the convict was a first-time offender and he did not waste the court’s time.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanh

The Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Salima Bah has said the current internet malfunction is as a result of the current upgrading of all internet services across the country to 4G.

Bah was speaking at the Ministry of Information and Civic Education’s weekly press briefing on 13^th of August this year at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conference room, where she stated that the upgrading by mobile network operators will be completed by the end of August 2024.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

As the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC) declares Monkeypox dubbed (Mpox) a health emergency for the African continent, Sierra Leone’s National Public Health Agency has in a press statement urged the public to take preventive measures and report any suspected cases of the disease to healthcare authorities across the country.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Unlike the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) that collects ten percent (10%) commission from monies they recover, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament does not collect commission from monies recouped, according to Chairman of PAC Ibrahim Tawa Conteh.

Conteh made this statement on the 12^th August 2024 during a public hearing on the Auditor -General’s Report in Parliament. He therefore expressed their committee’s wish for the ACC to allow them to handle the Auditor -General’s Report.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema                                 

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) has continued with its mobile health clinic in Kenema as part of government’s efforts to improve on public health services in the country, the third time such a facility was coming to the district.

The vehicles were stationed at Gombu Layout in Kenema and Talia Togboma.