LAJ, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE SIERRA LEONE POLICE
At least we now know where we are going with this situation regarding musician LAJ. He is due to appear at a Magistrate’s Court in Freetown today for the second time. After a brief appearance on Monday he was remanded in the custody of the Correctional Services of Sierra Leone to face preliminary investigation for serious crimes including ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. Prosecution lawyers opposed bail arguing LAJ could flee the country.
DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD IN THE ERA OF XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE
We have to be honest with ourselves that the yearly observance of the Day of the African Child with all kinds of activities has lost steam. Yes it has. This is a day normally observed throughout the continent to call attention to the massacre of our children by the former apartheid regime in the OLD SOUTH AFRICA. The children were protesting for rights that the rest of Africa took for granted within our own borders.
UK COURT CLEARS ASYLUM CLAIMS PROCESSING IN KIGALI
We don’t yet know how many people but the way is now clear for some of those people who entered the United Kingdom by illegal means to seek asylum to be taken to Kigali, Rwanda where their asylum claims will be processed. These people came across the English Channel from France to seek asylum. They are from the world’s trouble spots. It’s possible that by the time you get this copy of Politico, the first passengers under this scheme will be airborne thinking about life in Paul Kagame’s kingdom.
FUEL IS 18 GRAND PER LITRE: WE SURVIVE ANOTHER AMBUSH
It was clear for all to see that the government was under serious pressure from its international friends, particularly the IMF to pull back from the subsidy it had put in place to keep the price of petroleum products at FIFTEEN GRAND a liter. They were also definitely under pressure from the greedy OIL MARKETERS of Salone. Left with the latter we would now be at TWENTY-ONE grand a liter. In the meantime ordinary folks carried on as usual trying to stay afloat.
WHY ARE OUR LAW MAKERS DARING THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY?
SO WHO SUGGESTED THOSE TOLONGBO CANDIDATURE FEES?
The new Tolongbo scribe is telling us his 21-person committee knows nothing about the candidature fees released on social media in the last one week or so. The proposals are already being discussed around the country with most people describing the proposed fees as unreasonable. One of those people preparing to join the leadership race once again actually went on Facebook to describe the fees as “preposterous”.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
