By Haja Adama Kamara.                                                                                          Musa Kargbo, Daniel Sesay, Foday Sesay and Bella Darboh were yesterday remanded in custody after they made their second appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura at the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 on allegation of house breaking and other related offences. According to the police, the aforementioned accused persons on the 16th February 2021, at No. 104 …

By Haja Adama Kamara.                                                                                          Kenny Fofanah and Sulaiman Jalloh have been arraigned before Magistrate Sahr Kekura at the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 along Pademba Road in Freetown on allegation of wounding. According to the Police, both accused persons, on Monday, 5th April 2021, at Dodo Village, Adonkia in Freetown, wounded Musa Kamara. Both accused persons face one count of …

By Pat Kawa In Bo. Over 12,600 candidates are set to take the National Primary School Examination in Kenema district which will commence in the country on 28th May 2021. This disclosure was made by the District Deputy Director of Education, Mrs. Agnes Kapu Kamara in an exclusive interview with the Global Times last week in her office in Kenema. …

By Haja Adama Kamara. Two accused persons, Sorie King Kanu, age 21, motorbike rider and Ishaka Conteh, age 24 were on Tuesday 11th May, 2021, granted a Le 20 million Leones bail after they made their first appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding at the Pademba Road Magistrate Court No.1 for allegedly assaulting a police officer. The two were before …

By Mohamed Habib Charm Information gathered by this newspaper have revealed that Mr. Musa Koroma popularly known as Kabumba, formerly of 16 Upper Mellon Street in Wellington in the eastern part of Freetown, is now on the run fearing for the safety of his life after he was declared wanted by the Sierra Leone Police on allegations that he was …

Samiella Lavaly hails from a family that is strongly linked to traditional and barbaric Bondo Society which is strongly practiced in where she comes from in Jangalor Village, Bonthe District, southern Sierra Leone. Bondo Society is secretive tradition of women in Sierra Leone that is steeped in mythology, but it has the genital mutilation of young girls and women as …

By Sylvester Samba. A one-week exchange/study visit by the AML/CFT Competent Authorities of Liberia led by the Director-General of the Liberia Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) took place between 12th to 16th April 2021. The exchange/study visit is anchored on the existing bilateral MoU signed in November 2014 between Liberia FIU and Sierra Leone FIU. The visit was intended to allow …

By Haja Adama Kamara. A farmer who identified himself as Musa Barkotu was arrested at Sembehun, Bonthe district, by the Police dressed in Military attire posing as a Captain in the RSLAF. He made his first appearance in court on Friday 16th April 2021 before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Court No. 4 on Pademba Road in Freetown. He was arraigned …

The Resident High Court Judge of Bombali District currently presiding over cases in Magburuka in the Tonkolili District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone, Hon. Justice Unisa Kamara yesterday commenced sitting on 48 cases brought before the Court. The cases ranged from Larceny; Assault; Robbery; Dangerous Driving; Manslaughter; Conspiracy; Murder and Sexual Penetration. Among the various offences, there were …

By Sylvester Samba. The Director General of the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA), Mr. Mohamed M. Massaquoi and team yesterday updated stakeholders on their preparations to conduct nationwide confirmation of personal details of citizens and non- citizens and to register the unregistered population. The event which took place at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance was witnessed by …