By Saio Marrah
A Magistrate in Freetown conducting preliminary investigations into a murder case at Sumaila Town in Freetown has insisted that the police prosecution must produce a factual witness or he will discharge the accused in the case.
Kenema Tower gets new analog clock
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
As a result of the non-functioning of the digital clock installed by Africell at the Clock Tower, the Mayor of Kenema, Thomas Karim Baio has provided a new Analog Clock for the municipality.
Mayor Baio unveiled the device on the 3rd of October, 2023, to mark his first 100 days in office.
Addressing the gathering at the Kenema Clock Tower precincts, Mayor Baio noted that the old clock was replaced as a result of it not serving the people for its intended purpose.
Man remanded for theft
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Magistrate Gershon Lamin Marcathy has remanded Mualemu Brima for various offences ranging from stealing copper reflector light, to wounding and assault.
Brima made his first appearance on the 4th of October 2023 at Court No.2 in Kenema.
According to the particulars of offence, the accused was charged with three counts, one being unlawful possession of 39 copper reflectors along Kenema- Mano Junction Highway.
1,000 students to benefit from $100 million loan in Sierra Leone
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbiya
President Julius Maada Bio has received a $100 million no-collateral Educational Loan for 1,000 (one thousand) Sierra Leonean Graduates to Study Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Masters in Business Administration (MBA), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) courses in the United States of America and Canada.
Sierra Leone records highest ever pass at high school-leaving WASSCE exams
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Released Results of the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) indicated that 1,346,855 (one million, three hundred and forty-six thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five) passes were recorded, giving a pass rate of 83%, the highest ever recorded. The pass rates in 2021 and 2022 were 64% and 77%, respectively.
Samura Kamara urges APC MPs to stay put, out of Parliament
By Nasratu Kargbo
Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara has allayed the fears of their party’s elected candidates who have obeyed the party’s decision of not participating in any form of governance that they will receive their full benefits.
Sierra Leone hiphop artist champions Kush campaign from prison
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
In order to consolidate society's efforts at mitigating the use of the drug Kush, Musician Alhaji Amadu Bah, aka L.A.J who is serving time at the Male Correctional Centre in Freetown has championed a campaign to tackle the intake of the substance by youths.
The initiative originated from LAJ himself and another inmate- Bola Nicol. LAJ has so far released a song in prison to discourage young people from taking the substance, highlighting the dangers it poses to society.
