Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday June 23, 2020, expressed his outrage and total condemnation of the continued incidents of rape, sexual and gender-based violence in the country. “The depravity of sexual violence is obscene, criminal, and totally objectionable. As a Government, we stand with the survivors, victims, and their loved ones and my Government will vigorously prosecute cases and bring all perpetrators to justice,” he...Read More
Principal Magistrate, Hannah Bonnie of Court No.1 on Pademba Road, Freetown, has on Tuesday June 23, 2020 withdrawn the file involving six accused persons that were answering to the allegations of 16 charges including the kidnapping of a police officer. Magistrate Bonnie withdrew the file after a no case submission had been made by defense counsel Boniface S. Kamara Esq. Lawyer B.S. Kamara in his submission stated that the prosecution...Read More
Globally renowned Telco, Orange has been present in Sierra Leone for only three years. Yet, it has already firmly stamped its innovative footprint on the country and its telecoms industry, bringing new era telecommunications to Sierra Leone. Since the inception of its operations in Sierra Leone, the Company has invested about $133 million in the areas of Network modernization and expansion, human resource and corporate social responsibility in the last...Read More
Members of the National Scrabble Association of Sierra Leone over the weekend unanimously appointed Christian Asgill as the Association’s new President. Speaking to the membership after his appointment Mr. Asgill pledged that his main aim is to include all crucial stakeholders who could contribute toward bringing progress to the Association. He took a philosophical view of Scrabble at the national level and contended that ‘inclusiveness’ is the key to success,...Read More
Principal Magistrate Hannah Bonnie has on Tuesday June 23, 2020, admitted one Joseph Thullah, who was charged with the offence of dishonestly transforming over 1000 concrete bricks valued at Le 26,000,000 million. Thullah is accused of fraudulently converting property valued over Le 26 million which was given to him by Mariatu Jelikatu Sesay for safe keeping. The accused is being preliminarily investigated for the crime of fraudulent conversion contrary to...Read More
