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By: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy)✍️ The previous government of former President Koroma suspended the activities and displays of masquerades and Secret Societies across the country on the heels of the March, 2018 elections. The thinking and reasoning for that "Executive Order" were obvious: characteristic mayhem, organized chaos, social disruptions; and in some cases the actual loss of lives associated with masquerades and secret society displays. Heading to the 57th Independence Anniversary, a call for review and lifting of the suspension was made to the police by the Odalay Union, a loose and obviously disoriented and disorganized group. The police, acting on their usual "Intelligence " refused to lift the suspension and as a result all Masquerades and Secret Society groups could not display as was the case in past Independence anniversary celebrations. This outcome was greeted with mixed reactions. Few years ago, I challenged the growing culture of surrendering o...

By : Alusine Rehme Wilson✍️ On Sunday the 26th May, 2018 Philip Langley has declare to this press his readiness to continue to make his way to Makeni in the Northern part of Sierra Leone to participate in the Sierra Leone  Marathon that is yearly organized by Street Child, a Charitable organization in the interest of Street Children to help them educate. Philip Langley is English born that is currently based in Spain who strongly believes in the transparency and straight forwardness of the organization. He is the about 56years old and have been the most consistent European that have been striving to come to Sierra Leone every year at the Street Child’s Marathon. He first came to Sierra Leone in 2012 and fell in love with the beauty and peaceful nature of Sierra Leone and the activities of Street Child as an organization that is working relentlessly to rescues Street Children in Sierra Leone. Philip like few others has been helping to raise some fund for Str...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson (AR-WILSON) ✍️ After the long political walk by political parties in the 2018 March 7-April electioneering process, the Makeni City Council has on Friday, May 25, 2018 at the Makeni city council hall held its first inaugural meeting and deputy mayor election between Councilor Fatmata Tutu Sesay and councilor Brima Santigie Mansaray in the watchful eyes of stakeholders, council staffs, media men and Makenians under the leadership of Mayor Sunkarie Kamara in her second term of office as mayor of the municipality. The chief administrator of the Makeni city council William Alpha as per the Standing Orders and in consonance of the 2004 Local Government act chaired the meeting and successfully presided over the deputy mayor election in a very peaceful, transparent, fair and conducive atmosphere. Confirmation of the meeting’s agenda, signing of oath register by the mayor and the fourteen councilors, and reading of laws governing the electioneeri...

By. Alusine Rehme Wilson (AR-WILSON) ✍️ The National Commission for Person's with Disabilities has on Monday the 4th June, 2018 boost Disable Persons Organizations (DPO's) with financial support as a footpath to upkeep their developmental strives to ensure that Persons with Disabilities in Sierra Leone are motivated to be in line to maintain sustainable developments in their respective localities. The chairperson at the occasion Madam Beatrice Koroma, a lecturer at the Makeni University College, who doubles as Northern Regional Coordinator for Persons with Disabilities welcomed stakeholders to the regional office of Persons with Disabilities, and warmly thanked them for making it to Makeni to actualize the donations process to reach beneficiaries. Speaking at the occasion the President of SLUDI, Santigie Kargbo applauded DPO's especially the Northern wing for their continual hard work in keeping the hopes of Persons with Disabilities in the country alive and furthermo...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson (AR-WILSON) ✍️ Government Line Ministries, Non Governmental Organizations, Community Based Organizations and other attendees that made it to the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security Bombali District monthly Sectoral meeting held on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the MAFFS Bombali Conference Hall, have re-affirms their readiness to mammothly increase productivity at their various Agricultural Projects at their agricultural sites as they look forward to continual support from the governments so as to compliment the efforts of farmers, donor partners and more. The meeting was chaired by the Programme officer of Child Fund Sierra Leone Bando Marah, who ushered in updates from attendees of the meeting ranging from the government line ministries, non-governmental  organizations, community base organizations, CBO’s and more that all highlighted a number of successes and challenges they are experiencing in their agricultural activiti...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍️ During the President Campaigned tour in Makeni, President Bio told Paramount Kasangha II of Bombali Sebore Chiefdom that he will be the first President in Sierra Leone to run for paramount Chieftaincy election after he has retire as President of Sierra Leone. During a courtesy call Visit at the Paramount Chief Kasangha resident in Makeni, President Bio said that he comes from a traditional ruling house and that he believes Paramount Chiefs and traditional leaders should be given the respect it deserve rather than politicizing their institutions. Without out hesitation, President Bio smile and said to add more respect, “ I will be the first retired president to run for chieftaincy Election in Sierra Leone” and on that note he called on Paramount Chief PC Kasangha 11 and his colleague paramount chiefs to support his new direction. The Northern Times believes, if President Bio is to achieve this said desired. The council of Paramount Chief...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍️ The newly appointed Resident Minister for North East Region Hon Abu Abu Koroma , last week embarked on formalization tour in his operational areas in order to identify the felt needs of the people and to explained president Bio’s government priority in moving the country for betterment which every Sierra Leonean irrespective of tribe and region will proud of. Resident Minister North Hon. Abu Abu Koroma determined to reach remote areas to map out government agenda. Addressing a mammoth crowd at Mongo town in the Falaba District and Kabala in the Koinadugu District. The Resident Minister North Hon Abu Abu Koroma said the rationale behind his visit, gear towards strengthen central government relationship with the local councils and chiefdom administrations and to map out sustainable development at communities level. He noted that President Bio first priority is on education and on that note called on Chiefdom stakeholders including the Local Cou...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍️ Justice Ibrahim Mohamed Koroma, presiding Judge at the Makeni High court has slammed eight (8) years jail sentence term on Alusine Koroma who was standing trial on three counts charges ranging from Burglary and Larceny contrary to section 25(1) and (13) a of the Larceny Act 1916.And also carrying offensive weapon contrary to section 16 of the public order Act No 46 of 1965. According to the State Counsel North Aruna Jalloh informed the court that the accused on the 4th day of July 2016 at Makarr village in the Kholifa Rowala Chiefdom, Tonkolili District broke and entered the dwelling house of Alhaji Kamara with intent to steal and thereby stole one DVD video value at two hundred and fifty thousand Leone and later went in to thin air when the complainant Alhaji Kamara was shouting for community assistance to arrest him. He revealed that the accused also used offensive weapon to execute his crimininal activities at that night. Four witnesses testify an...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍️ At the Makeni high court, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Mohamed Koroma. A 42 years old Mohamed Bangura now a convict was sentence to ten (10) years jail for the offence of sexual penetration contrary to law. According the three years old minor, informed the court that the accused was his uncle and usually visit him but she recalled on 2nd September during their short stayed at the accused resident in Makeni, the accused Mohamed Bangura forcefully inserted his finger in to her virginal where she sustained pain blood oozing. She reiterated that the pain was heavy and immediately went and reported the matter to her mother who took her to the police. During the trail the accused Mohamed Bangura said he was not guilty this prompted the state Counsel North Aruna Jalloh to present five prosecution witnesses which proved the accused guilty of committing sexual penetration against the minor. Delivery his verdict, Justice Ibrahim Mohamed Koroma said that ...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍️ At the jam-pack magistrate court in Makeni, the presiding magistrate John Manso Fornah remanded Abass Jah Turay, a resident of No 11 Chicko drive in Waterloo, according to court evidence revealed that Abass Jah Turay is a driver attached to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and was charged with the offence of Dangerous driving contrary to section 99 (1) C of the road traffic Act No 5 of 2007. According to police source, it was disclosed that Abass Jah Turay was driving a Toyota Hilux Jeep belong to Food and Agricultural Organization and was heading to Makeni from Magburaka when he knocked a pedestrian that resulted to his untimely death. Michael Foday, a school teacher at Rogbonko Village informed the police that he was at the scene of the accident and he saw the accused Abass Jah Turay was coming from Magburaka to Makeni with an high speed and on the verged wanted to over take another vehicle from the same direction when he sudden hit th...

By : Sahr J. Bangah✍️ The Chief Administrative Officer of the Makeni City Council, Daniel Boima Kpukumu is barely three month old in the municipality council but has recorded incredible gains. Interfacing with staffs of Council reveals that the new Chief Administrative Officer is embracing, supportive and great mentor. His biggest strength is ability to delegate responsibility so that staff of all categories can learn. The new Chie Administrative Officer has a servant leadership character. On first Saturday cleaning, he will be the first to jump out and he to jump back. He maintained an open door policy and relates well with all and sundry. Today’s Makeni City Council Budget hearing was a clear manifestation of his strong leadership character and organizational ability. Unlike his predecessor, CA Kpukumu is a rounded civil servant and in full compliance with civil service operational ethics. He is gold driven, result oriented and sufficiently motivated for the jo...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍️ As the legal battle continue in Makeni Magistrate court, State Counsel North takes over the prosecution wing from the hand of the police on the ground that the offence committed by accused person, Abibu Saidu, Idrisa Turay and Alusine Sesay alias Liverpool is felonious by law and need to be treated with the amount of seriousness which it deserved. The accused persons are represented by a prominent young lawyer A.B Sannoh while the state is been represented by Lawyer Aruna Jalloh. Both accused persons Abibu Saidu, Idrisa Turay and Alusine Sesay alias Liverpool are charged with seven counts charges ranging from conspiracy, Larceny by Servant and unlawful possession. It was revealed in court through the prosecution wing that they three accused persons between the 1st of June and 22nd September 2018 carted away free medical drugs worth to nine six million two hundred and seventy one thousand Leones  property of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍️ Edward Turay of 38 Conteh street in Makeni in Bombali District has been sentence to twenty one year’s jail by Justice Ibrahim Mohamed Koroma for three counts charges ranging from wounding with intent contrary to Section 18 of the offence against the person Act 1816 and count two, wounding contrary to Section 20 of the offence against the person Act 1816 and count three Assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to Section 47 of the offence against the person Act 1816. According to the complainant Adamsay Turay, revealed in court presided over by Justice Ibrahim Mohamed Koroma that the accused Edward Turay was her former boy lover but noted that they have separated from months. She recalled that on the 1st of August 2018, she went to Albert Street in Makeni and while she was watching film with her friends, she saw the accused Edward Turay who ceremoniously surface and forcefully gripped her. She reiterated that during the struggle between ...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍️ At the Makeni court, presided by Magistrate John Manso Fornah, the accused Augustine Kamara at New Jersey in Makama, Bombali District was arraigned for the offence of Sexual penetration of a child contrary to Section 19 of the Sexual offence Act No 12 of 2012. The particular of offence read, that sometimes in October 2018, the accused Augustine Kamara had sexual intercourse with a minor and later harbored in his house. According to the testimony of the minor, she disclosed that she has been with the accused Augustine Kamara and also dating with her since she was in class six. She further recalled that the accused Augustine Kamara on the 11 October 2018 when the accused Augustine Kamara took her in his house where she spend days with him without the knowledge of any family members and had sexual intercourse with her and on way home she met her brother who threaten her that prompted her to explained about her illegal marital activities that was goin...

By: Sahr J. Bangah ✍️ As part of its strides to constructively engaged communities in Bombali and Karena district about the danger behind harmful traditional practiced to children below the age of eighteen, Women Action for Human Dignity (WAHD) with support from Amplify Change has embarked on massive sensitization in twenty community with the aim of minimizing the rampant Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)   initiation with these respective communities. Explaining the background of the the project, Madam Ramatu A.Fornah, WAHD National Coordinator said that Women Action for Human Dignity (WAHD) acknowledge the role of men in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation due to the fact that men are champion in decision making and in most cases they have control of the resources at their respective communities. She concluded that the project will continue to create an enable platform wherein communities’ members we interface and interact to mapped out the projec...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy) +232 76855510 / +23225286604 The redistricting and dealmalgation of chiefdoms in Sierra Leone addressed a historic question and closed a historic gap. Amidst political tension and traditional stampede, the previous government of Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma was wholesomely forthright in addressing the historic wrongs associated with the amalgamation of chiefdoms in Sierra Leone. The outcome of the redistricting and de-amalgamation program additionally deepened and gave relevance to the decentralization process in Sierra Leone Administrative challenges are, however, emerging around the location of the district Headquarters of the resuscitated districts. Karene district is not new but a resuscitated administrative entity. Similarly, Falaba district e existed before it was clamped down by the Colonial Masters. Notwithstanding the political good will in redistricting and de-amalgamation of these local entities, few obvious and disturbing gaps have emerged. Relo...

The 2018KDEA will cover all the fourteen Chiefdoms in diamond oriented district of Kono and it is said to be staged in Kono on Friday 14th December 2018 drawing the attentions of indigenes at both home and abroad to battle in twenty different categories with deserving Personalities from the twenty categories to be Awarded on the D-Day. Below is the comprehensive list of Nominees as announced by the KDEA2018 Committee: 1. Best Primary Schools KDEA 2018 1. Unique International Academy( UIA) 2. Gulf International Academy Primary 3. UMC Boys Primary 4. Central Pre-Primary (Aunty Ada) 5. FAWE Primary 6. ACEDO Primary 7. RC Boys Primary. 2. Best Secondary Schools KDEA 2018 1. Koidu Secondary School (KSS) 2. Unique International Academy Secondary (UIA) 3. Akhom Secondary 4. Ansarul Islamic Secondary 5. Experimental School of Science Secondary 6. Koidu Girls Secondary(KGSS) 7. Aladura Apostle Bona Secondary 8. Yengema Secondary(YSS) 8. Islamic Secondary School 9. Jaima Seco...

BY: Alusine Rehme Wilson (AR-WILSON) Its another hip hop pull over underway, courtesy of After Math Production as they are set to bring to Entertainment followers the nation most decorated Rapper King Foh (De Legend). The Kambia District youngster is coming way! way!! way!!!  Stronger than ever, this time in his one in a million album launching titled: Work B4 Pleasure* which is all set to be released booming to the general public on the 10th day of November, 2018 as to be staged at the Sierra Night Club in the capital city of Sierra Leone: Freetown. This launching of his WORK B4 PLEASURE Album will bring on stage  Top Artists from the four corners of the country in the world of Entertainment comprising of both Young and Old Musicians and Artists from: the Kambia Artists Union, Northern All Stars, Freetown Artists Union, his team: Clean Heart Crew and others, under the auspices of top MC's in the country like: DJ Skul Face, Home Base, MrSasTheMultiPurposeFlyingFieldMarshal...

An Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy's Commentary) The APC Party is in a strategic dilemma. Since the party lost the March 2018 presidential run-off, life in the party has been a chain of disillusionment. The APC Party’s defeat was unpredicted, colossal, shocking and completely shatter. The captain and crew of crash plane could not see reason or respect convention wisdom to abdicate. In their attempt to find meaning and relevance to still hold on the reins, the hurriedly set up a committee of nine with the principal objective to find out the obvious reason for the fall of the party. The committee was staffed with a group of eminent personality that have mostly absented themselves from the major event of Sierra Leone politics. Perhaps the only personality in the committee that is conversant with national politics is Sylvia Blyden who find it extremely difficult to operate within an established order. Already there are rumor of dissention in the committee of nine. This means that collecti...

Fellow Sierra Leoneans, Today marks another milestone for the land that we love, Mama Salone. At 58, we celebrate a nation state that has transcended the challenges of conflict, disease and environmental disasters perpetuated by anthropogenic forces. We applaud a nation that has survived the destructive consequences of egocentrism, tribalism and regionalism, as in one voice we all strive to defend and fight for our rights. The high points of this day will not be measured by an empty stadium, but by our general resolve to work in unison to make Sierra Leone a better place. We inherited a country that is blessed with natural resources and immense human capital. Let  us therefore resolve to exploit this God-given potential for the common good of all Sierra Leoneans and those who sojourn amongst us. Let us use our independence anniversary today to educate ourselves about how far we have progressed as a nation. Let us reflect, singularly and collectively, to determine how much we h...

  欄 Fellow Countrymen of this Great Land Naturally Endowed with Riches and a Fine Set of Zealous and Charismatic Siblings,  that has once been Chained to Colonial Dictatorship for over 15 Decades, Action to Heal Foundation Sierra Leone (A2HF-SL) a Non-Governmental Organization that Stands for Physically Challenged Children through its numerous contribution in their Lives, and by its other activities such as: Advocacy, Education Charitable Gestures and more, hereby wishes the People of Sierra Leone at both home and abroad a Happy 58th Years Independence Anniversary. As Commemoration and Celebration of this historic day continues quietly and loudly incountry and far and wide, A2HF is please to remind us all that it takes courage, determination, and sacrifice for us to develop this great nation of ours. Hastily, as the day fades by gradually, forget not to  lay premium to Physically Challenged Children of Our Country and the African Continent by...

BY : ABU BAKARR KAMARA (Dr. Love the Phoenix) A nation bleeding Fifty-eight years old, still creeping Drenched in selfishness, could do nothing to prevent Bribery and self-interest our daily occurrences As if there are no more events Forsaken at the clutches of death Countrymen busy accumulating wealth Mouths of pleasantries! In need of power they come humble at your doorsteps Reaching their goals unveil their true selves Go deaf and blind to all the problems They come empty Yet project like gods Robing citizens to poverty They feel like gods Ah Sierra Leone! What a shame on a nation! Are we happy in this situation? Country's existence and honor is at stake Still brave minds are not wake No one cares for another, survival is at stake We mourn deaths and celebrate with cake We expect more suffering if we remain unconcerned Prioritizing our priorities we should be concerned Too much promises but who knows when? Poverty may be lurking from all over then ...

By : Alusine Rehme Wilson (AR-Wilson)✍🏾 Kambia District Born and talented African youngster Abu Bakarr Kamara (Dr. Love the Phoenix) is all set to publish his new poem title: “Bleeding Nation” on 27th April, 2019 (Sierra Leones’s Independence Day) courtesy of “Literary Aficionado's Hub”. The Poet of this Poem, Abu Bakarr Kamara who is popularly called Dr. Love the Phoenix is currently a third year student at the Fourah Bay College of Sierra Leone studying Physic and Engineering. His love for poetry started way back in his early school days and he has over the years been engaged on his poetic work alongside laying premium to his academic work. This poem according to literary assessments by Linguist and other critics will certainly be the gateway to a very brighter breakthrough of his poetic work nationally and internationally, as he is all set for the very first time to publish a Poem of his to be released with an audio soonest.  Accor...

As the name implied “Jordan Security Agency” is one of the fastest growing security agency in Sierra Leone formed by Sierra Leonean - Irish citizen with the aim of creating Jobs for the youth, with particular reference to women empowerment and to promote the clarion call of the president vision for the people of Sierra Leone. In an exclusive interview with the Chief Executive Officer of Jordan Security Agency Mariam Zaidan said that her agency was formed in 2015 and today Jordan Security Agency operates in Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Makeni and Kono. She pointed out that Jordan Security Agency believes in women empowerment and as a woman she is with the conviction that women empowerment are crucial in nation sustainable development.  She concluded that Jordan Security Agency primary objectives is to protect lives and property, operates under the ambits of the law and provide professional standard for their security guards to marched with the expectation of their clients. She f...

As the name implied “Jordan Security Agency” is one of the fastest growing security agency in Sierra Leone formed by Sierra Leonean - Irish citizen with the aim of creating Jobs for the youth, with particular reference to women empowerment and to promote the clarion call of the president vision for the people of Sierra Leone. In an exclusive interview with the Chief Executive Officer of Jordan Security Agency Mariam Zaidan said that her agency was formed in 2015 and today Jordan Security Agency operates in Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Makeni and Kono. She pointed out that Jordan Security Agency believes in women empowerment and as a woman she is with the conviction that women empowerment are crucial in nation sustainable development.  She concluded that Jordan Security Agency primary objectives is to protect lives and property, operates under the ambits of the law and provide professional standard for their security guards to marched with the expectation of their clients. ...

Alie Yeamoh Kamara, age twenty five years old and a resident of 8 Palus street in Makeni was arraigned in court presided over by Magistrate Peter Gogra for three count charges ranging from Sexual Penetration, Sexual Touching and Meeting a Child for Sexual purpose contrary to law. According to the seven years old minor, she revealed that on diverse dates the accused Alie Yeamoh Kamara sexually fidgeted her with his finger at his resident when she was returning home but later recalled that on the 18th March 2019 the accused took advantage of her and went with her to his resident and forcefully removed her cloth including his own and later laid her on the bed and had sexually intercourse with her. Police source revealed in court that the minor stay with her grand mother. It was also disclosed that the accused inserted his finger in to the virginal of the minor and after some days, the accused Ali Yeamoh Kamara took the minor in to his room and sexually assaulted her that resulted in the...

Four suspects name withheld were yesterday arrested at Bendugu village in the Shengbe Chiefdom, Koinadugu District and immediately hawked to Kabala for further investigation in relation to the murder that occurred at Binikoro wherein a twenty-five year young man was stabbed to death. Police Source revealed to this medium that both suspects and the decease went to Binikoro in the Shengbe Chiefdom in order to celebrate Easter holiday, when an argument erupted between the decease and the prime suspect who is presently on the run. It was further revealed that during this argument, one of the suspects on the run took a sharp knife and stabbed the decease of his rib twice, which resulted to an excessive bleeding. The decease was immediately rush to the Kabala government hospital for prompt medical attention, where he met his untimely death. The remains of the decease has being handed over to his family for burial, while police investigation continue. ©: Northern Times Newspaper...

❗An: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy's) Commentary... Africa is great but within the bracket of the global family. Africa is characterized by confounding contractions. It is rated and described as the poorest continent but with the greatest potential for the realization of the best in humanity. Africa is home to a wonderful lot of people with global compassion for the human race. The richness of Africa's social capital, mineral endowments, environmental friendliness and extreme natural beauty is unsurpassed. Regrettably, Africans have put themselves in an endless mode of unending complaints of the harrowing colonial past. Slavery, the Slave trade and colonialism were catastrophic barriers to the growth of the continent but perhaps the greatest barrier is Africa's seeming inability to break the chains of the past. Making history a permanent home destroys the motivation for real independence and the freedom for self-determination. Africa's development cannot be imported; ...

The sale of filtered and packaged water in the city of Makeni is a resounding business with serious margin of profit and profitability. The suppliers or perhaps wholesalers operate on a mobile market system. They will park the trucks loaded with water at vantage points in the city to do their sales. In essence, it is a mobile logistics and storage system. Regrettably, they are not being taxed by council. Why this is so is difficult to understand. So, I am calling on MCC to immediately institute a tax regime for this category. The culture of tax is in disdain in Sierra Leone. This dates to the days of Bai Bureh. In the days of Bai Bureh, the resistance to pay was on account of the folly of a man paying tax for the hut he builds without external or governmental support. Present day resistance is on account of the limited utilization of tax revenue and the massive corruption in the state. ©: Northern Times Newspaper✍🏾

©: First Published on Northern Times Newspaper👉By: Alusine Rehme Wilson (AR- WILSON )✍🏾 "The Truth Shall Set You Free" One of the nation’s most persevering reporter, presenter and advocate Monica Yeani Ghaliwa has made it to the top forty list of housemates for big brother 2019 Television reality show, and has called on all and sundry to support her by voting for her via sending 18 to the Africell short code 5500 to enable her stand out to make it to the final list of 20 house mates that will be housed by the AYV Empire in February 14 this year. According to Monica, she strongly believes that she will make it to the 2019 big brother house and she is set to show her class in new venture of hers with support from the general public in pursuance of dispensing her God’s given talent in the show. Though a disable she is quite more very able to deliver, a thing she has manifested over the years as a Presenter and Reporter of Sierra Leone Broadcast...

The Acting President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Brima Manzola Kamara has confirmed to this writer, that the National FA-Cup competition is underway. He made this revelation, few hours after a very successful outcome from a meeting between the country’s Football governing body (SLFA), and the Central Government that was held in State house in the country’s capital city, Freetown, where the FA’s proposal for the National FA Cup was presented and acknowledged duly with commitment made by representatives of the Government of Sierra Leone at the meeting to provide fund for the competition to kick start Nationwide soonest. According to the FA’s President, the meeting is a testament to show how determined and collaborative the country’s Football Association is, in ensuring that the ball rolls at every corner of the Sierra Leone. He affirmed that he is sure that the National 2019 FA-Cup competition will commence soonest, and over 200 teams f...

   The KDEA working group has intimidate AR-Wilson’s Entertainment CEO and founder that build ups to the 2019 Kono District Excellence Awards is underway, and that the KDEA team is currently working behind drops with the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and some of the potential Awards Sponsors to stage its 2nd edition of the most anticipated Awards of Excellence Achievement in the Diamond land of Kono in December this year. Last year’s Awards Ceremony was lit, full of glitz and glamour with almost 170 Nominees, and closely 30 Awardees. This year’s Awards will feature over 200 Nominees and over 50 Awards to grab by deserving Nominees from all works of life from the Prestigious Diamond Land of Kono. So get set for KDEA2019! It’s going to be way Big… Big!! And Bigger!!! 👉🏾Should you want to be added as a one of the sponsors of this year’s event? You can add your voice on much more positive expectations from KDEA ...

©: By: Alusine Rehme Wilson✍️ The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has been very key in the protection of lives and properties of road users in the country. To many, the northern region corps has been up to the task, the reason for this success especially at Zone 5 stationed in Makeni city through the efforts of the dynamic head of station. Undoubtedly, Zone 5 has been unique in exercising their duties responsibly, and this has led to the successful promotions of its successive head of station.  Many for his astute leadership today miss the former head of station of Zone 5, Augutine Kai Thongai who is now working in Freetown, on a new assignment. The arrival of Arthur Robert Sonny Fynn in Makeni as new head of station is seemingly very welcoming for his determination to thread on successful development strides of Kai Tongai and others is adding a feather to his cap. In an interview with Northern Times, Mr. Fynn, outlined his vision for his new seat. ...

A team of Police officers headed by Assistant Inspector General of Police North-West, AIG Jorwulor Ansumana Gbonnoh including the Resident Minister North-West Honorable HajaIsata Fatmata Abdulai Koroma upon a tip-off information went to Mayorsor Village in the Makonteh Section, Bureh Chiefdom in the Port Loko District wherein they were able to discovered five hundred and seventy six (576) assorted bags of fertilizers stolen from the Sierra Leone Agriculture store at Banthorng in Port Loko District. According to Assistant Inspector General of Police North-West Ansumana Gbonnoh said to this medium that a report was made by chief Bundu Sesay that thieves have successful broken and entered in the Agricultural store and carted away five hundred and seventy six bags of assorted fertilized meant for community farmers. He revealed that police team including forensic analyst immediately went to the scene of crime and took samples of trace for analysis to substantiate liable information in ord...

The rate of early school leavers in Sierra Leone is considerably high, many of the early school leavers falls within the youth’s age brackets of 18-35 years and most of such youths remained unemployed in some parts of the country. Some of these youths on daily basis struggle to make their ends meet, so they take up to doing odd jobs, involving in cliques, arm rubbery groups etc as their means for survival. They are therefore, called names and are mostly referred to as thieves, half baits, Idlers, Gangsters, Drop-outs and more. Munafa-M’Patie Foundation a leading local Non-Governmental Organization with support from Child Fund Child Fund International Sierra Leone has on Friday 15th March, 2019 graduated eighty youths selected from Biriwa, Safroko Limba and Paki Masabong Chiefdom. These 80 male and female youths have successfully gone through various Vocational Training Skills in Agriculture and Survey, Business Management, Construction and Building, Carpentry, Tailoring, ...

Environment Protection Agency and partners on Thursday 14th, March 2019 at the Makeni City Council Multipurpose Hall has engaged Stakeholders in a day’s workshop as part of the Agency’s nationwide tours to Develop a National Action Plan for Mercury Reduction and Sustainable Development for Sierra Leone in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Sector. The day’s dialogue brought together various individuals from mining and non mining areas that all deliberated meaningfully on the subject and thus stated challenges they are facing in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and their communities. According to an EPA staff, who also double as Chairman Implementation and Compliance Committee of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and National Coordinator of the project Mohamed Abdulai Kamara the Stakeholders Engagement Workshop is in line with EPA’s commitment to ensure that Sierra Leoneans go by the recommendations of the Minamata Convention on Mercury that will preven...

Top military Personnel of the Republic of Sierra Leone Arm Forces (RSLAF) and stakeholders within and outside Makeni, have colourfully decorated 11 newly promoted gallant gentlemen officers at the premises of the 4th infantry brigade, situated at Teko road in Makeni Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone. The decoration ceremony was staged few days after correspondences were sent to various brigades in the country informing them about the promotion of certain officers to the rank of Captains and Majors respectively. The promotion cut across regions in the country, with officers promoted from almost all the brigades in the country. According to investigation made by this medium, amongst the eleven officers that were promoted, six were promoted to the rank of Captains and five of them promoted as Majors chronologically as per the military structure. At the ceremony, orderliness and happiness was highly sensed, with motivational statements from the 4th Infantry Brigade Commander, Bri...

Unfinished road projects by successive road contractors, governments, and some road construction companies, and the lack of proper maintenance culture and structures over the years, particularly in the municipality of Makeni and other parts of the country has led to the deplorable conditions of major roads, as it affected all development sectors of a nation. In addressing some of these challenges present and past governments have made tireless attempts to improve the road network system in the country. Youth Build – Sierra Leone, a leading youths transformation and education center based in Makeni, Bombali District as part of its usual services to the community, on Friday, 15th March 2019 taken another lead role in helping out to salvage this problem as they rehabilitates Rogbaneh road, a road that is located at some parts of the heartbeat of the Makeni municipality in it central business area. Speaking to this writer, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed Robinson S...

The dismissal of one amongst the country’s finest Journalist, Analyst, Social commentator and Consultant from the northern region headquarter city Makeni: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy) from the Bombali Development Forum, has left many Patriots wondering. His sudden dismissal from the forum came few hours after a shared piece of his showing piles of waste at the central business Makeni main lorry park had gone viral with accumulate comments and concerns raised by forumites of many whatapp groups. Many attempts to muscle the press and deprived most people from exercising their freedom of expression has been seen and heard of in most places of recent times. Though the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone His Excellency Julius Maada Bio has made commitments to ensure that there is an absolute free press, this promise is seemingly seen as a white elephant that has contribute to the day efforts of anti-press individuals that are working on rendering this phenomenon null and void in t...

Modern School of Science and Business Secondary School - Makeni haven scored a total of 68 points edging other competing schools at the grand final of the inter secondary schools quiz competition, which took place at the Wusum Hotel Multipurpose hall, on Friday, 15th March 2019, emerged  winners of the first ever Dr. Vicent Lamina Kanu Education Trust Fund Inter Secondary Schools Quiz Competition, organized by two of the beneficiaries of the late Dr. Vicent Lamina Kanu, whose name the education trust is named after. The three weeks long Inter Secondary Schools Quiz Competition brought together for the first time in the history of Bombali District 12 secondary schools within and outside the cosmopolitan Makeni city in the Bombali District, in a forum many have described as a very friendly but very competitive atmosphere throughout the stages of the competition. Four schools out of the twelve competing schools qualified to the grand final at a very competitive contest and its final...

©: Northern Times Newspaper👇🏾 👉🏾"The Truth Shall Set You Free" At the Makeni High Court, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Mohamed Koroma, Saidu Kamara of 7 Dauda Sesay Street in Makeni was arraigned on two counts charged ranging from store breaking and larceny. According to Mohamed Bangura, he informed the court that he is a security at Makeni filling station along 26 Azzolini Highway and recalled on the 9th October 2018. The accused Saidu Kamara came and stole away one electric bulb twenty liters of petrol including other property and later went in to thin air only to discovered in one of the business center on the verged of selling the stolen item when he immediately arrested him and later took him to Mena police station in Makeni for investigation. Three witnessed testified against the accused. The accused Saidu Kamara pleaded in court that he committed the offence and immediately asked for mercy. In his ruling, Justice...

©: Northern Times Newspaper👇🏾 👉🏾"The Truth Shall Set You Free" The transferred of Magistrate Peter Gogra from Koinadugu District to Bombali District came as shocked to stakeholders including Civil Society Organizations in the Koinadugu District. All class of people especially the youths and vulnerable people in Koinadugu and Falaba District loved magistrate Peter Gogra because of his doctrine, which he believes and practices in his court “Equality before the law”. Magistrate Gogra is to succeed Magistrate John Manso Fornah from Bombali District, a strict and focus magistrate who also believes in the rule law. Magistrate Fornah in his short-term stay in Makeni waged war against indiscipline, rape including armed robbery and succeed in weeding out these criminals. He may be considered during his stayed in Koinadugu as an architect in the fight against lawlessness in Bombali District. 👉🏾https://arwils...

©: Northern Times Newspaper👇🏾 👉🏾"The Truth Shall Set You Free" An Ibrahim Jalloh -(Jallomy's) Commentary✍🏾 Armed robbery has been a disturbing menace in Makeni city and its immediate environs. Consequently, the unpleasant act has brought the police in the Makeni Division to public scrutiny and harsh criticism. Frantic and coordinated efforts were made by the police, starting with the establishment of an anti robbery unit and now an auxiliary unit dubbed the Crack Squad. The intent and purpose of the Crack Squad are operationally sound as explained by the official mouthpiece of the police in the region. As a matter of fact, stemming the tide of armed robbery is an urgent and compelling need in a largely commercial and administrative center like Makeni. Notwithstanding, the obviously clear security objectives of the Crack Squad, the operations of the Crack Squad have been questioned and doubted by  some membe...