By Sallieu S. Kanu The football governing body in the world Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) through the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has handed over ten thousand eight hundred and twenty (10820) footballs to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) for onward distribution to Schools nationwide. The official presentation of...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Three adult males John Bangura, 41 a commercial motorcyclist, 28-year-old Samuel Koroma a Labourer and 30-year-old Hassan Kamara a Labourer have been brought before Magistrate Mark Ngegba to answer for the crime of Robbery with Aggravation in respect of attacks on three victims- Julian Awoonor-Renner the first victim was attacked between the...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura Texas Base Organization a social club in Kukuna Town in Bramaia Chiefdom, Kambia District has recently organized a singing competition at the Saint Mary’s Auditorium to discover talented singers who hail from the chiefdom. The competition attracted artist with talent in singing who had settled in Conakry Guinea, Freetown and those...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker World Sports Journalists Day is observed on 2nd July every year to acknowledge the work of sports journalists worldwide. Sports Journalism is a form of reporting on any sports-related topic. It is one of the essential sections of any media organization. World Sports Journalists Day was first celebrated in 1994. Celebrating...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Sierra Leone Football Association has over the weekend announced through a media release that its 2023 Ordinary Congress will run from the 4th, 5th, and 6th of July at the Radisson Blu Mammy Yoko Hotel in Freetown. The release further stated that the entire membership of the Regional Football Associations...Read More
Sierra Leonean, Alfred Caulker has won Gold in the 12th African Arm-Wrestling Championship held at the GNAT Hall in Accra, Ghana. Caulker competed in the 75kg weight category and defeated top arm wrestlers from across Africa to claim the title. His victory is a major achievement for Sierra Leone, which has a relatively small arm-wrestling...Read More
APC will not Challenge Election Outcome in Court By Alusine Sesay Sierra Leone’s main opposition party says it will not challenge the outcome of the June 24 multi-tier elections in court because it has lost faith in the judiciary. The country’s electoral law says challenges can be filed up to seven days after results are...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Residents of Khonimaka, a chiefdom in Kambia District Northern Sierra Leone, have said that the poor condition of the school building causes students to absent themselves from classes whenever it rains as the roof leaks water. They also made a passionate plea for the condition of the structure which is pictured above...Read More
By Josef Skrdlik Authorities in Sierra Leone claim that measures to keep better track of fishing vessels have stopped industrial trawlers from intruding into waters reserved for artisanal fishermen. But video recordings and fishermen’s testimonies suggest their efforts are still falling short. On an early April morning, Senesi Koka, from a small fishing settlement on...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Eastern Artist Union (EAU), a union that caters for the artists in the east of Freetown, has recently elected Black Snoop, a renowned local artist, as the Vice President of the organization for his tremendous contributions towards its growth. According to representative of the Union, Black Snoop had been immensely contributing, not...Read More
