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 Sierra Leone drops treason charges against ex-president Ernest Koroma Sierra Leone has dropped treason charges against former president Ernest Bai Koroma, officials said, for his alleged role in what authorities called an attempted 2023 coup. Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, was charged in January 2024 with treason and other offences. He travelled to Nigeria later that month after receiving permission from judicial authorities to spend a maximum of three months there for medical treatment, but he never returned to Sierra Leone. A statement from the Office of the attorney general and minister of justice Tuesday stated that it had "filed a notice to discontinue the criminal proceedings" against Koroma. ‘Free to return’ The ex-president "is therefore free to return to Sierra Leone upon the completion of his medical treatment or at any time of his choosing", the statement said, AFP reported. No explanation was given for the dropped charges, bu...

 EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged N108m Land Fraud in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, arraigned Musa Saidu Koki (a.k.a Alhaji Baffa), before Justice F. E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,  High Court, Jabi, Abuja for fraud.  The defendant who is the former managing director of Buffah S. K. & Co Limited was arraigned on a five-count charge, bordering on advance fee fraud and obtaining under false pretence, to the tune of N108,068,500.00 (One Hundred and Eight Million, Sixty-Eight Thousand, Five Hundred Naira). Count one of the charges reads: "That you, Musa Saidu Koki (a.k.a Alahaji Baffa) being the Managing Director of Buffah S.K. & CO Limited and Buffah S.K. & Co Limited, on or about the 15th of August 2024, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of N7,000,000 (Seven Million Naira) from Justice Enenche as agency fee: prior to commenci...

 CATHOLIC TO MAN ELECTIONS, OBSERVE AND CONDUCT PVT TO CATCH RIGGING  CATHOLIC Church is meeting to discuss how to stop vote rigging. There will be no stealing of votes. The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) is meeting in Lusaka ahead of Zambia’s presidential, parliamentary and Local Government elections to be held on Thursday, August 13th 2026. The ZCCB earlier convened for a joint ecclesiastical assembly. Rather than a standalone plenary, this latest meeting was a collaborative gathering held alongside the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ). This is to advocate for and secure a commitment toward peaceful, credible, transparent, inclusive, free and fair upcoming 2026 General Elections across. Source: The Candidate

 Choose leaders who will respect freedoms and liberties for all Lusaka- The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has urged Zambians to elect leaders who will respect the freedoms and liberties of all, regardless of who they are, what their tribe is, or their political affiliation. In his homily during the opening Mass of the 2nd ZCCB Plenary Assembly at the Catholic Secretariat Chapel, ZCCB President, Archbishop Ignatius Chama, said the country has a crucial task to choose leaders who will take the nation to either prosperity or to doom. “The plenary comes just before a crucial task for all Zambians to elect political leaders who will govern us for the next 5 years,” he said “Who will take the nation to either prosperity or to doom. Leaders who will respect the freedoms and liberties of all, regardless of who they are, what their tribe is, or their political affiliation.” “Looking at what is going on so far, there is a sense of fear in most of us that we are slowly inviting...

 BAUCHI STATE POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE The Editors,  SCID DETECTIVES ARREST SUSPECT, RECOVER ₦5 MILLION STOLEN AFTER BANK WITHDRAWAL IN BAUCHI ...Swift Response Leads to Recovery of Abandoned Vehicle and Exhibits The Bauchi State Police Command, under the visionary leadership of CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, mni, psc (+), has recorded yet another significant breakthrough with the arrest of a suspect linked to criminal conspiracy, theft, mischief, and possession of a fabricated key. The Command received a distress call from a Good Samaritan on 14th July, 2026 at about 1430hrs. The caller reported that at about 1400hrs on the same day, a 50-year-old man had visited Fidelity Bank, Ahmadu Bello Way, Bauchi, and withdrawn the sum of Five Million Naira (₦5, 000, 000) in cash. After the transaction, the complainant placed the money in his vehicle and proceeded to HD Plaza, Ahmadu Bello Way, Bauchi. He parked, locked his car, and went into the plaza for shopping. However, upon his return...

 DR Congo begins trial of Gilead's experimental antiviral for Ebola Bundibugyo Researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday they have started enrolling participants in a trial testing Gilead Sciences' experimental antiviral obeldesivir as a post-exposure treatment for the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda. DR Congo's National Institute for Biomedical Research among other international agencies are leading the trial in Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak. The trial is designed to assess whether post-exposure treatment can reduce the risk of developing Ebola infection after contact with the virus, Reuters reported. The study aims to enroll about 1,000 people aged 12 years and older, who had high-risk exposure to a confirmed Ebola case within the previous five days but have not developed symptoms. Participants will be monitored daily for 21 days, with a final follow-up at 42 days.