Cocorioko Newspaper

Suspects arrested in connection with the July 13 cocaine scam at the Lungi International Airport will make their first appearance in court tomorrow (Thursday) to have preliminary charges brought against them, according to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Crime Services, Francis Munu, who said the move was in line with the country's Constitution, demanding that a suspect be charged to court within 10 days period.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has now been given full prosecutorial powers to try cases of corruption following the amendment by the House of Parliament of Section 64 (3) of the National Constitution, a provision that had given the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice the sole authority to prosecute all offences in the name of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

NEW JERSEY 2006 : THE THEN OPPOSITION LEADER , ERNEST KOROMA, WATCHES EDITOR KABS KANU KEENLY AS HE RECORDS  INTERVIEW WHERE KOROMA VOWED THAT THERE WILL BE NO SACRED COWS IN THE APC IF HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT

As a testament to President Ernest Bai Koroma's consistency, COCORIOKO  today  goes back into our archives and surfaces with  the celebrated first Exclusive interview Mr. Koroma ever granted a newspaper after throwing his hat into the ring for the Presidential contest

Police in Freetown yesterday confirmed the apprehension of a key suspect (name withheld)  in connection with  the unscheduled landing of an aircraft loaded with cocaine at the Freetown International. The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGSL),  Oliver Sumasa,  interviewed by a local radio station , disclosed that the police arrested a key suspect while another major one is at large.

The media frenzy on the cocaine saga had brought our Sweet Sierra Leone into the world’s spotlight. I would like to appeal to the entire nation and Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora to not to be anxious, preoccupied and distressed over this cocaine saga.

Acting Mayor of the Freetown City Council, Herbert Akieremi George-Williams proved to be too strong for his opponents as he recorded a whooping 130,408 votes in the July 5 municipal election to retain the Mayorship crown for the next four years under the ticket of the ruling All People's Congress (APC).

Prosecutor in the matter of the State versus Gabbidon, Glenna Thompson has informed the Freetown High Court of the State's intention to tender as evidence documents of payments from the Accountant General's Office for salaries purported to have been paid by the ex-Ombudsman Francis Gabbidon to staff the prosecution said were non-existent. Ms. Thompson also promised the Court to hear evidence from the Ministry of Finance about the annual budgetary allocation to the Office of the Ombudsman since the reign of the accused.