Magistrate Jah Commits Student To High Court By: Alimatu Kargbo Twenty-one-year-old Abu Bakarr Kallay, a student, has been committed to the High Court by Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No. 1 to answer to a charge of murder contrary to Section 1 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, as repealed…
Magistrate Fornah Remands Two Businessmen Two businessmen, Abdul Jabba Mansaray and Joseph Bellon, have been remanded after making another appearance before Magistrate John Manso Fornah at Pademba Road Court No. 2 on five counts including conspiracy, larceny, obtaining money by false pretences, and receiving stolen goods, contrary to the Larceny Act of 1916. According to…
By: Alimatu Kargbo Thirty-five-year-old businessman, Ibrahim Mansaray, has been granted bail by Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown after appearing before the court on two counts of alleged fraud-related offences. The accused is charged with Issuing a Cheque Against Insufficient Funds, contrary to Section 42(1) No. 3 of the…
Sources confirm that businessman and philanthropist Mohamed Gento Kamara and Sierra Leone Bar Association President Adama Tuma Jabbie have been living separately since November 2024. Tuma reported to the CID that she was denied access to Gento’s residence; police escorted her but entry was refused. Gento later gave a statement at the CID with his…
By Alima Kargbo Forty six years old Alpha Sorbah, a technician, has been sentenced to 24Months Imprisonment by Magistrate John Manso Fornah of Pademba Road Court No2 on a count charge, to wit: Obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 32 (1) of the Larceny Act of 1916. According to the particulars of offence,…
By: Alimatu Kargbo Thirty seven years old Mohamed Kamara, an electrician, has been sent to the male correctional facility in Freetown by Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No1 on a count charge, to wit: Larceny contrary to section 2 of the larceny Act of 1916. According to the particulars of offence, on…
By: Alimatu Kargbo Thirty five years old Ibrahim Mansaray, a business man, has been sent to the male correctional facility in Freetown by Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No1 on two count charges, to wit: Issuing Cheque against insufficient fund contrary to section 42 (1) No.3 of the payment system Act of…
In recent months, the higher education landscape in Sierra Leone has been engulfed in a storm of controversy, raising alarm among academics, students, and policymakers alike. The root of the upheaval lies in what many perceive as a troubling erosion of institutional autonomy, driven by an increasingly assertive Ministry of Technical and Higher Education under…
Freetown, June 2026 – The Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) of the Sierra Leone Police has officially clarified that there is no evidence to suggest the cocaine found on the MV Arconian, recently apprehended by Spanish authorities, was loaded while the vessel was in Sierra Leone. This crucial update was made public during a press…
By: Alimatu Kargbo The ongoing alleged theft matter involving 28-year-old labourer, Sylvester Sandy, and 52-year-old panel beater, Sulaiman Koroma, was on Tuesday, 19th May 2026, again brought before Magistrate John Manso Fornah at Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown on two count charges of larceny contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act of…
