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By Nasratu Kargbo

The euphoria in the jam-packed well of parliament was one of willingness to discourage and end early child marriage in Sierra Leone,  as Members of Parliament  inserted strong penalties in a bill entitled the ‘Prohibition of Child Marriage 2024’, which makes it a crime to officiate, attend, aid and abet, conspire and promote  child marriage.

By Saio Marrah

Lawyer Charles Campbell, representing three people facing seven counts of unlawful possession of drugs, has told Justice Momoh-Jah Stevens at the High Court in Freetown that his clients have remained on remand despite them meeting all bail conditions set by previous judges.

Abdul Kamara alias Bigitel and two others made their first appearance before Justice Stevens on Friday 21^st June, 2024.

By Saio Marrah

Justice Momoh-Jah Stevens has ordered state prosecutors in the manslaughter case involving Ikubolaje Nicol, former manager of SKYE Bank, Sierra Leone, to produce all their remaining four witnesses on Tuesday 25^th June, 2024 when the trial resumes.

He said it does not imply that all the four witnesses would testify on that day, but he would like to see them and the court would then determine whether they would all proceed or not, based on their strength.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has recovered over 10 billion old Leones for the Government of Sierra Leone, according to the Chairman of the committee Ibrahim Tawa Conteh.

Speaking to Journalists on the 21st of June 2024 after two weeks of public hearings during which the committee probed into issues highlighted in the 2022 Audit Report, Conteh said they are on a path of recovery, expressing their determination that monies are recovered at all costs, within the ambit of the law.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Journalists and social media bloggers from across the country have pledged to intensify cooperation with the Ministry of Health to facilitate the successful rolling out of the ministry’s new approach to healthcare delivery in Sierra Leone.

 The commitment came at the end of the first-ever town hall meeting between the ministry and media workers held at Family Kingdom in Freetown on Monday, June 24, 2024.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Four Army Majors and a woman who were declared "Wanted" by Government for their alleged involvement in the 26th November 2023  failed coup attempt have been detained by the authorities in Conakry for extradition to Sierra Leone.

News of the arrests came in a Press Release from the Ministry of Information and Civic Education last evening following what the release says was a joint operation by Guinean and Sierra Leonean security forces.

By Nasratu Kargbo

With the high prevalence of filth in Freetown, members of Parliament have emphasized the need for Freetown City Council’s (FCC) bye-laws to be strengthened in order to keep the city clean.

The MPs made this call during an engagement between members of the Committee on Local Government and Rural Development in Parliament and personnel from the council. They stressed that sanitation in the city is very poor and that strong laws will go a long way in helping reduce rubbish in the municipality.