The Rainbo Initiative Centre, a non- governmental organization that gives free medical and psycho-social support to victims of Sexual Gender-based violence, has indicated that 94% (i.e.3,339 ) of the persons who had been treated by the Initiative are survivors of sexual assault. The Initiative made the revelation at a news conference on Friday February 5,...Read More
Police Investigator (DPC) 11522 Abu Koroma, attached to the Criminal Investigations Department, Central Police Division has on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, testified before Magistrate Isata Sellu- Tucker at Court No.2 on Pademba Road, Freetown in the alleged killing of Ibrahim Kargbo aged 35. The Police Investigator recalled that at around 9:50a.m. on September 18, 2020,...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has in a statement issued on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, informed the public that it has commenced an investigation into payments and expenses of public funds by the Office of the First Lady, Madam Fatima Maada Jabbie Bio. The ACC said in the statement that its attention had been drawn to...Read More
State House, Freetown, Thursday 4 February 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio today received the 2019-2020 annual report from Ombudsman Leon Jenkins-Johnston Esq and assured of his support to the institution’s independence and operations. “My Government has supported the legal rights to government information, repealed obnoxious laws that proscribe free speech, and...Read More
The African Union (AU) Executive Council has on February 4, 2021, elected the Head of the Anti-Corruption Commission-Sierra Leone, Francis Ben Kaifala Esq., to the AU Advisory Board on Corruption, following his nomination by the Government of Sierra Leone, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said in a statement on Friday. The ACC Commissioner led all the...Read More
Magistrate Isata Sellu-Tucker has remanded, Musa Kallon, a thirty-three- year old Labourer, in relation to his alleged killing of twenty-seven year old Sahr Gandi. Kallon appeared before the Magistrate for the third time on Thursday February 4, 2021 at Magistrate Court No. 2 where he is being investigated for the crime of manslaughter. The Police...Read More
Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats-SL) has on Wednesday February 3, 2021, commenced a week training for cartographers that would be tasked with demarcating land borders for the upcoming midterm population census on April 19, 2021. Cartography or mapmaking is the study and practice of making maps. Map making involves the application of both scientific and artistic elements,...Read More
The Principal of Government Technical Junior Secondary School, Lolile Denis Johnson has on Wednesday February 3, 2021, testified in a case of theft involving the sum of Le 90, 000,000. His testimony was recorded by Magistrate Isata Sellu-Tucker of Court No.2 on Pademba Road. After subscribing to the oath to speak the truth, Johnson told...Read More
Magistrate Mark Ngegba presiding at Principlal Magistrate Court No 1 on Pademba Road Freetown has on Wednesday February 3, 2021 sent Lu Ke Zhao, a Chinese national on remand. The accused is being investigated on the charges of conspiracy to defraud, larceny and malicious damage contrary to law. The police are alleging that between Saturday...Read More
Mohamed Kabia, councillor of ward 418, has recently supported Casell Farm, a community in Kissy in the east of Freetown with a borehole with solar pumping system and storage tank through Oxfam. Councillor Kabia told residents of the community that, the aim of constructing the borehole, and storage tank is to support the community and...Read More
