On Wednesday 29th April 2026, the Sierra Leone Ports and Harbours Authority (SLPHA) together with stakeholders in the security sector facilitated the public destruction of narcotic drugs at the headquarters of the Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU). The destroyed narcotic drugs, totaling 461 cartoons, were intercepted via a joint operation carried out by the Sierra…
Defendants Dragged To Court On Trespass & Assault By: Alimatu Kargbo Bondu Sumaila, Mary Pessima and Kumba Pessima have made another appearance before Magistrate Mary Julia Gbloh at Pademba Road Court No. 5 in Freetown on four count charges of trespass to land, common assault, malicious damage, and abusive language. They are charged with trespass…
By: Alimatu Kargbo Forty-one-year-old Mohamed Nicol, a businessman, has been remanded at the male correctional facility in Freetown by Magistrate John Manso Fornah of Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown, on a count charge of obtaining money by false pretenses, contrary to Section 32(1) of the Larceny Act 1916. According to the particulars of…
By: Alimatu Kargbo The case involving the Secretary General of the All People’s Congress, Lansana Dumbuya, has been adjourned once again to April 30, 2026, following proceedings at Magistrate Court No. 1. Dumbuya is facing three count charges, including incitement contrary to law, insulting language contrary to Section 2 of the Public Order Act No.46…
By: Alimatu Kargbo Twenty-nine-year-old Moses Kanikay Sesay has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment by Magistrate Mary Julia Gbloh of Pademba Road Court No.5 in Freetown on five count charges of careless and inconsiderate driving, driving an unlicensed vehicle, and driving a vehicle without third party insurance risk contrary to Section 101 of the Road…
In a firm show of commitment to public health and consumer rights, the National Consumer Protection Commission (NCPC) of Sierra Leone on 9th April 2026, supervised the destruction of a large consignment of expired and unsafe consumer items confiscated from various shops and business places across in Freetown. The exercise, carried out at the Rokel…
The recent publication alleging that State House, under President Julius Maada Bio, suspended the Vice Chancellor and Principal of Milton Margai Technical University, Professor Philip John Kanu, is not only misleading, it reflects an outrageous and treacherous pattern of politicizing governance issues within Sierra Leone’s higher education sector. Most concerning is the deliberate pairing of…
By: Alimatu Kargbo The defendant in a two-count larceny matter, Albert Nuru Cole, has testified before Magistrate Julia Mary Gbloh at the Pademba Road Court No.5 in Freetown. Cole is before the court on two counts of larceny, contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916. According to the particulars of offence, the…
Magistrate Sends Driver To 24 Months Imprisonment Mohamed Kamanda a motorbike rider has been sentenced to twenty four months at pademba Road prison by Magistrate John Manso Fornah of Pademba Road Court No.2 on a count charge to wit Larceny contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act 1916 According to the particulars of offense…
One Granted Bail & One Awaits Sentence By: Alimatu Kargbo Thirty years old Joseph Yamba, a businessman, and twenty seven years old Mohamed Kargbo, a Chief, made another appearance before Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah of Pademba Road Court No.1 on two count charges, to wit: conspiracy to commit a crime contrary to law, and Larceny…
