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 Mustapha...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 Aki-Sawyerr...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 Aki-Sawyerr...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 possession...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 concealed...Read More
