After the prosecuting counsel replied to a no-case submission filed by the defense, in a preliminary investigation into the alleged murder of a student at the University of Makeni (UNIMAK), Magistrate Sahr Kekura presiding the Pademba Road Court No. I on Wednesday committed the matter to the High Court for proper trial. According to the police,...Read More
The Speaker of Parliament, Dr Abass Chernor Bundu on Wednesday, 4 May 4, 2022, appointed the leader of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, Hon Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella as chairman of the Select Committee in Parliament to undertake an academic audit on officials holding public offices across the country. The Parliamentary Select Committee, according to the...Read More
Sierra Leone will open its 2023 AFCON Qualifiers with Nigeria in an empty stadium at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja in June this year. In a letter sent to the NFF, CAF confirmed that the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja to be used for the 2023 AFCON qualifier matchday 1 & 2. However, Fifa has...Read More
The Court of Appeal has on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 rejected an application made by lawyers representing former President Ernest Bai Koroma for a stay of proceedings in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) appeals, and refer the question of presidential immunity to the Supreme Court for constitutional interpretation. The application was made by lead counsel...Read More
Since the historic repeal of the Criminal and Seditious Libel Law in 2020, Sierra Leone has made commendable progress in freedom of the press, the President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) said in statement marking World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Ahmed Sahid Nasralla said since the repeal of Seditious...Read More
