High Court Case: Stolen Goods Worth NLe 1,646,455 The theft case involving Bicky’s Place Boutique has been officially committed to the High Court for trial following the recent Magistrate Court proceedings. David Kamara, a former security guard at Bicky’s Place Boutique, situated at No. 48 Liverpool Street, Freetown, and Martin Lucious, a businessman, appeared before Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah at Pademba Road Magistrate Court No. 1. Their appearance followed their arrests on July 6 and 7,...

Practitioner Nurse's Drug Case Committed to High Court The case of Abdul Akim Bangura, a 28-year-old Practitioner Nurse, has been formally committed to the High Court for trial following his arraignment on serious drug-related offences. Bangura appeared before Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah at Pademba Road Court No. 1 to answer to two counts: unlawful possession of a prohibited drug, contrary to Section 8(a) of the National Drug Control Act 2008 (Act No. 10 of 2008), and unlawful...

The Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) has placed Union Trust Bank Limited (UTB) into resolution following a comprehensive supervisory review under the Banking Act 2019, the central bank announced over the weekend. As part of the resolution, Rokel Commercial Bank has been approved as the acquiring institution and will take over UTB’s operations. In the interim, a caretaker management team appointed by the Bank of Sierra Leone will oversee UTB’s activities until Rokel Bank assumes full control and...