By Ibrahim S. Bangura KAMBIA DISTRICT – In a landmark cultural initiative, the Bramaia Artists Union will host a joint concert with the Khonimakha Chiefdom Artists Union on January 5, 2026, at the Saint Mary Secondary School Complex in Kukuna Town, Bramaia. The event seeks to heal historical divisions and promote lasting peace between the...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Principal Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of the Freetown Magistrate Court No.1 has on Monday, November 10, 2025, committed Abdul Kanu and Mohammed Abu Turay to the High Court for trial over allegations of wrongfully exposing the travel manifest of President Julius Maada Bio and his entourage to the United Kingdom. Charges The...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Parliament on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, officially swore in Hon. Mohamed Shebora Bangura of Kambia District as a Member of Parliament, following the passing of the late Hon. Ernest Dura Koroma. Hon. Bangura will now represent the people of Tonko Limba in the Sixth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone....Read More
By Fatima Kpaka KONO – Justice Santigie Ibrahim Sorie Bangura of the High Court in Kono has sentenced Shekuba Mansaray to 15 years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to sexually penetrating a 12-year-old girl. The ruling was delivered on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Mansaray was tried on one count of sexual penetration of a child,...Read More
FREETOWN – The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has successfully secured the release of 19-year-old Haja Mariama Dauda, a lactating mother of a two-month-old child, from the Freetown High Court presided over by Honourable Justice M. Mgeba. Dauda was freed on Friday, November 7, 2025, on a caution and discharge basis following a plea-in-mitigation by Counsel...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, has raised alarm over what she described as persistent intimidation and administrative interference within the Freetown City Council (FCC), allegedly orchestrated by the Chief Administrator (CA) with backing from the Ministry of Local Government. Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, November 10, 2025, Mayor...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, has raised alarm over what she described as persistent intimidation and administrative interference within the Freetown City Council (FCC), allegedly orchestrated by the Chief Administrator (CA) with backing from the Ministry of Local Government. Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, November 10, 2025, Mayor...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Sierra Leone – A dramatic incident unfolded at Pademba Road Magistrate Court No.1 when Zainab B. Samura, wife of defendant Joseph Kabia, was caught attempting to smuggle drugs to her husband during a court session. Kabia, who is currently facing trial before Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah on seventeen counts including forgery, unlawful...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone — Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No. 1 has committed Mohamed Sanu, a former ward coordinator, and Pastor Kelly Marrah to the High Court for trial on charges of misprision of treason. The two were arraigned on Monday, 10th November 2025, following allegations that they knowingly...Read More
