By Alimatu Jalloh Judiciary Communications, , Freetown,11th November, 2022:* His Worship Magistrate Hadiru Daboh of the Ross Road Magistrate Court No. 3 has sentenced Ibrahim Bangura popularly known as SLA to one year in prison for flogging his own grandmother, Mama Rita Bainda. The accused was standing trial on one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to Section 47 of the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861, The...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Social media violence against public – facing women has been on the rise with targeted effort to push them out of the key public space and to censor or diminish their voices both online and offline, according to ‘Threats Against Public-Facing Women in Sierra Leone’ report which was launched by Sierra Leone Association of Women in Journalism (SLAWIJ). In the regard, the Society for Democratic Initiatives...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Justice Momoh Jah Stevens (JA) has on Tuesday 8 November 8, 2022, sentenced 24-year-old Chernoh Jalloh and 28-year-old Yomie Strasser King to 40 years imprisonment each after they were found guilty of robbery with aggravation. The Judge handed down his sentence after the accused were found guilty of three counts of conspiracy, robbery with aggravation, and causing grievous bodily harm. It was alleged that the convicts on...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Friday November 4, 2022, commissioned the US$ 42 million manufacturing facility of the Sierra Tropical Limited, the country’s first mega pineapple juice producer, with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes per annum. President Bio told the gathering who had converged on Sumbuya, Lugbu Chiefdom, Bo District, that when he would have won the 2023 elections, his government’s priority would...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday November 8, 2022, has received participants of the Budapest-Bamako Rally in Freetown, dubbed the world’s largest amateur vehicular rally and a 19-day event that saw 600 participants with 250 vehicles and 350 motorbikes taking part. “Today, I am here at the finish line with great pride in our peaceful capital city, Freetown, to congratulate participants of...Read More
