After a renewed bail plea by defense counsel for the first accused, Charles F. Margai Esq. on Wednesday June 24, 2020, Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 re-admitted Dr. Sylvia O. Blyden, the proprietress of Awareness Times newspaper and former minister under the Koroma Administration, to bail. Defense counsel in his plea assured the court that...Read More
The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, has recently engaged the Krio Descendants Union and clarified certain crucial aspects of Freetown City Council’s (FCC) property rates and business license reform. During the discussions, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr explained that the new property rates is a fundamental change in the method of valuing real property which increased the rates on...Read More
Detective Sergeant 1516 Conteh Abu attached to the crime writers/ exhibit office, C.I.D headquarters, Pademba Road has on Tuesday June 23, 2020 presented three old cutlasses and an old red t-shirt as exhibit before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 on Pademba Road in a matter in which six persons are accused of kidnapping Nathaniel Lamin,...Read More
The Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) was to hold its Annual General Meeting on Saturday June 20, 2020, at the Presidential Identical Lounge of the Siaka Steven Stadium but has postponed it as a need to abide by social distancing necessitated by the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country and the banning of all sporting activities...Read More
The Skills Development Fund Secretariat (SDFS) at the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education has on Tuesday June 23, 2020, engaged stakeholders on a US$22 million World Bank funded Development Skills Project with assistance from the Government of Sierra Leone, at the Atlantic Hall in Freetown. Grant Specialist for the Secretariat, Sallieu Barrie said that the...Read More
