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 two defendants were arraigned on two counts of wrongful communication of documents, contrary to Section...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. The swearing-in was conducted in line with the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone, as amended,...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, contrary to Section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act 2012 (Act No. 12 of 2012),...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 Mustapha Karim Dauda. Her release came eight months after her first appearance at the Waterloo...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 outlined a series of incidents that she said highlight growing tensions between elected representatives...Read More
