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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson - (AR-Wilson)✍️ My attention has been drawn to some group of  individuals parading social media with post bearing the name of our elite Association, on the pretext of flexing their fingers into an affair they are not entitled to. Let me remind such individuals that SLAJ is a  professional body Endowed with like-minded and Multifaceted Personalities with the sole aim of elevating it's membership capacities and matching it's association to modern ones for the good of It's Members, and the voiceless fellow countrymen. Inline with the above, as one amongst the barrage of the like-minded Members of our dearest Association, who is well grounded with the codes and ethics of practices of this noble profession of ours, I am on behalf of colleagues warning non-members of the Association to stop mimicking and poking into SLAJ related issues for we have reliable and legitimate leadership as lead regulators of our affairs. Any non-member who may be found...

By : Ibrahim Jallloh - ( Jalllomy )✍️ Death swopped in the royal dynasty of the Sesay ruling clan and brought to an abrupt end the rule and reign of the late PC and Hon. Member of Parliament the late Hon. Kandeh Wusu Sesay. It was dramatic, shocking and gripped his family members, friends and subjects in utter disbelief and awe. The late Paramount Chief has been sick but on intermittent bases for a while until lately when he was flown to India on account of our collapsed medical regime in Sierra Leone. The late Paramount Chief was a combination of a cluster of things that typified or characterized the good life, the cheerfulness of humanity and the humourous nature of man mostly lacking in traditional African leaders. He was down to earth, unassuming, over consultative, compassionate, philanthropic, and a master of the art of lowliness and humility. Not suprisinly, he inherited these traits and identity symbols from his late father, PC Kandeh Wusu Sesay 1. His father w...

👉Health Newspaper, Investigation team Reveals: What a Disrespectful MD At Keystone Bank? The Sierra Leone print media have often been bashed by officials in both the public and private sectors for not crosschecking stories that affect their institutions before going to press. This is the general perception of most of these public and private sector officials, especially those who, for whatever reason(s), loathe the media through and through. Despite conscious efforts by journalists to crosscheck their information on professional grounds before going to press, their efforts are being frustrated by some arrogant, loud and aggressive executive officials who become jittery over the press because they have skeletons in their cupboards which they always hide from the general public. In this edition, we carried a story on Keystone Bank with regards its treatment of eight members of staff it accused of conniving to defraud the Bank. The Bank Management consequently reported the matte...

By : Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ Unfinished and sub standard projects were frowned at and are being frowned at. The former president Koroma was emphatically serious about correcting that anomaly but forces around him supplanted that. The manner in which development projects are being implemented is outrageous and deceiving. Most projects implemented are either unfinished or sub standard. One such example is the Conteh Street Culvert. This Culvert is a good example of excellent waste. The Conteh Street Culvert ruptures few months after it was commissioned. Why: Sub standard work. Why Sub standard work: monitoring was either lacking or compromised. Why: the construction company, Polly Construction, takes ownership identity from a known stakeholder and then power broker. Just few weeks ago, Makeni City Council tendered for the reconstruction of the ruptured culvert. This is outrightly wrong. Those responsible must answer few questions. This is an era of accountability....

By : Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson)✍🏾 One of the oldest mini stadium in the country: Wusum Stadium that has been up and running since the 1990s fence has on the 14th May 2019 suffered a second collapse due to it age long dilapidated status. The Prestigious Wusum Mini Stadium that is situated in the heartbeat of the northeast region and district headquarters: Makeni City, in the Bombali District for over two and half decades now, has been of immense use to the people of the North and the entire country by extension. Sources indicates that Wusum mini stadium, since the 1990 in the notable days of President Joseph Saidu Momoh, has benefited from successive interventions of huge financial and moral support from well wishers, Politicians, sports followers and other Philanthropists in the country but its current state seem worrisome as voiced by journalists, sports followers and other Sierra Leoneans. It is also clear that on successive occasions the stadium raises...

By : Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍🏾 "The Catholic Archbishop of Freetown says it is unacceptable to engage in post-communion fundraising activities "that go on for an unduly long time than it prescribed by the liturgical norms." In a letter to priests in charge of Catholic communities and chaplains, Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles has urged them to stop fundraising activities like "pin a friend, person of the year competitions accompanied by  collection", describing them as an abuse for Mass." The outspoken Archbishop said "we have imported those practices from elsewhere and introduce them into the celebration of the mass , especially at annual thanksgiving celebrations, without proper reflection on their effect on the Eucharist or authorization by the diocesan authorities."  He said the church was not against fundraising activities, the proceeds of which are used to support development projects which is why the " Catholic Church In Sier...

By : Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍🏾 The Bintumani 3 national conference is upon us. A situation that was largely speculative and incredibly controversial is now a reality. The reason and reasoning for Bintumani 3 is predictably sound and informed by historic and contemporary happenings. Admittedly, the small West African State of Sierra Leone is on the brink. What brought a seemingly innocent and resilient nation to this unpardonable state can be found in a confounding contradiction of deflated mindset and a classic awkward attitude. A handful Civil Society groups, some private citizens and the main opposition party were and still in denial of the urgent and compelling need for a national dialogue. Their reasons are not only narrow but shallow and run the risk of being dismissed as interested based and institutional specific. Mercilla Samba of the Campaign for Good Governance (CGG) was deceitfully off tune and in complete disconnect with the reality of Bintumani 3. H...

By : Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson)✍🏾 As part of its yearly activity of giving Zakat to the Muslim Jamats and deprived persons in the Holy Month of Ramadan, Direct Aid through Africa Muslim Agency has donated over 500 bags of Rice weight at 25kgs, five liters of Oil and Sugar to over 500 Muslims including Staff of the Africa Muslim Agency, deprived persons and stakeholders of Makeni in the Bombali District. The entire donation ceremony, which was staged, at the Africa Muslim Agency Center in Makeni along Magburaka Highway on Sunday May 19, 2019 attracted mass attention of Residents of Makeni, Journalists, and Stakeholders within the Bombali District and it was spearheaded by the Bombali District Chief Imam assisted by the Medical Doctor of the Makeni Arab Hospital. The Sole Custodian of the Sacred Properties of Bombali Shebora Chiefdom, Pa. Masim Conteh, among other stakeholders thanked Direct Aid for such a donation at a time like this when the country’...

By : Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson)✍🏾 Entertainment has added value to investments, encouraged foreign collaborations, boost the GDPs and Economies of many nations unlike a nation like Sierra Leone which is full of untapped talents and multi-talented personalities, where Entertainment is on a glamorous increase, but for so many reasons ranging from personal to extra personal reasons, most Entertainers especially Musicians of the developing West African Nation has realized little or no benefit of its enormous Entertainment gains despite efforts made by liberally minded few to help add value to the country’s music sector for several decades now have proved futile. Seemingly, the newest strides from the Sierra Leone Musicians Union – (SLMU) Interim Executive is on a revamp of a robust and forever strategically placed union for the country’s music sector to have a nationally recognized and legally backed democratic steering committed to run its a...

By : Sahr J. Bangah✍🏾 As a result of the clarion call of the Provincial Security Committee (PROSEC) in the fight against Armed robbery wherein Paramount Chiefs were summoned and charged with the responsibility to form community safety volunteers (CSVS) in their respective chiefdom to curb out criminal activities in the North East region, on the 18th May 2019, the paramount Chief of Bombali Sebore PC Bai Sebora Kansanga 11 including his traditional leaders presented screened youth to the Assistant Inspector General of Police North East Ambrose Sovula in order to compliment the police in combating criminal activities within the Makeni municipality. On behalf of the chiefdom elders, Paramount Chief PC Kansanga 11 said he has consulted with his chiefdom elders in the fight against armed robbery and they all feel delighted to actively participate to combat armed robbery activities in their respective locality and therefore they have constituted a bye law with immediate effect...

By: Sahr J. Bangah✍🏾 The head of the Provincial and District Security Committees for North West Region Honorable Haja Isata Fatmata Abdulai Koroma, Resident Minister North West Region and team comprises of the Sierra Leone Police headed by Assistant Inspector General of Police, Ansumana Jorwulor Gbonnoh, Office of National Security and Civil Society on 18th May 2019 went to Kenema Trade center in the Konimaka Chiefdom, Kambia District  to embarked on mediation between the Paramount Chief PC Kanneh Kaba Seidu and his subjects. According to report from PROSEC and DISEC the citizen of Konimaka Chiefdom in the Kambia District, alleged that their Paramount Chief PC Kanneh Kaba Seidu is notorious in the habit of using abusive language in public, disregarding the traditions and norms in the chiefdom and sometimes summoned his subjects to magistrate court if he is challenge by any individuals instead of going through the District Officer or Local Council chain as expected....

By : Sahr J. Bangah✍🏾 As the name implied “COMMONERS” they were like chief minister to former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and were highly respected. It’s interesting to note that most of the so-called commoners came during the political harvest time and succeeded to pave their way in the political lime light of the Ernest Bai Koroma government under the name of childhood connectivity. Some of the commoners (chief advisers) were political prostitutes during the early days of president Koroma struggled for presidency but resurfaced immediately when President Koroma took an oath of office as President of the republic of Sierra Leone. The commoners succeeded to win the heart of President Koroma during his second term of office because the president too believed in the doctrine of “connectivity” the concept of connectivity was misunderstood by the average commoners who later became more of a contractors than an advisers to the President Ko...

 2019 World Press Freedom Day Salutations🙌 Mr Chairman, Dr Francis Sowa The Minister of Information, Your excellencies the EU and Irish ambassadors, President Bar Association, Senior Mass Communications Lecturer Tonya Musa,  Honourable Members of Parliament, Ministers of Government here present Your excellency the British High Commissioner, other ambassadors and members of the Diplomatic Corps, other dignitaries colleagues and members of SLAJ all other protocols respectfully observed. Good morning. let me thank you all for coming. Mr Chairman with your permission let me ask all of us to stand and observe a minute of silence for our departed colleagues, prominent among whom is the renowned broadcaster Gipu Felix George, and not forgetting journalist Ibrahim Samura for whom we still continue to ask for justice. May the Souls of all the faithful departed rest in Peace. You can now take your seats Mr Chairman the global theme for the World Press Freedom D...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) ✍️ Below is an interesting piece copied verbatim from the Poliitico Newspaper edition of Tuesday, May 14 2919 as titled above. " The Catholic Archbishop of Freetown says it is unacceptable to engage in post-commumion fundraising activities "that go on for an unduly long time than it prescribed by the liturgical norms." In a letter to priests in charge of Catholic communities and chaplains, Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles has urged them to stop fundraising activities like "pin a friend, person of the year competitions accompanied by  collection", describing them as an abuse for Mass." The outspoken Archbishop said "we have imported those practices from elsewhere and introduce them into the  celebration of the mass , especially at annual thanksgiving celebrations, without proper reflection on their effect on the Eucharist or authorization by the diocesan authorities."  He said the church was not against fundraisi...

Cross section of Male and Female Rugby Players   By: Alusine Rehme Wilson (AR-Wilson) Rugby a contact team sport game that originates from England in the first half of 19 th  remains to be one of the most expensive sporting disciplines in the world. This game has in recent times reached the shores of Sierra Leone in the early 20’s. Since 2010, Rugby has been a house hold sporting game in the country precisely in the Northern Region where a team of Teenagers has once represented the Green, White and Blue and duly bagged home the maiden Champion’s trophy from an International Rugby Championship that was hosted in England. The Northern Region Rugby Association since then to date has been working tirelessly to popularize the game in Makeni, its surrounding and beyond with regular training sessions and participating at both National and International Rugby Tournaments. Undoubtedly, the Northern Region from comparative assessments is second to none as per R...

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By Sahr J. Bangah The Regional Commander in charged of North East region, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Ambrose Sovula has engaged community stakeholders comprises of Paramount Chiefs, tribal chiefs, bike riders, bar owners and youth for their cooperation to curbed out pocket of Armed robbers who are bent to causing mayhem in his region. This action came about when few armed robbers from unknown destination summarized in Makeni and attacked a dwelling house between Talent town and Timbo area where the successful carted away million of Leones and in the process discharged gun shot at one businessman and a military officer and immediately went in to thin air. AIG Sovula stated that it is unfortunately but already he has put measures in place for any eventuality and on that note he has engaged with all Local Units Commanders to embarked on mobile checkpoint in all prone areas of police concern. He further disclosed that police are not going to work in isolatio...

By: Sahr J. Bangah Three years old minor is said to have encountered sexual penetration in the hands of a twenty-five years old man Mohamed Bangura, a farmer by profession at Rosint village in the Bombali Shairay, Bombali District. According to an eye witness in court, She informed the jam-pack court presided over by Justice Unisa Kamara that the accused Mohamed Bangura is her neighbor who reside at Rosint village and recalled on the 19 th November 2018, she left both the three years old minor playing in an open place with her son only to return home without seen her and immediately she went in search of her. She disclosed that during the searched for the minor, she saw the accused door permanently closed which prompted her to become curious and straightly went and knocked until the accused open, after a while she saw the minor coming from the room holding his pants by her knees and later she saw a slippery whitish substance on the victim under wear which urged her to raised...

By Sahr J. Bangah It’s no more a secret that the eleven years reign of former President Ernest Bai Koroma was engulf by closest friends commonly known as “COMMONERS”. The commoners where comprises of APC and SLPP members but sad to note that immediately when president Koroma took oath of office in 2007, all the commoners declared their support to APC in the name of coming to support their “brother” president Koroma with out realizing that these so-called group have their different agenda. President Koroma entrusted them so much and make them as his “blue eye’s boys” but little did he knows that most of the “Commoners” were contractors seeking for government contracts in his name to an extend establishing a diaspora office in Freetown in order to create connectivity with the presidency but in return, this group was extorting monies in dollars from the pockets of the diaspora people who may wish to see the president both for national and personal. At one point, the “COMMONN...

By Sahr J. Bangah 45 Years Old Madam Kadiatu Tabeh Conteh & Her  Grand Children It was a shocked moment at the St Francis Secondary School in Makeni when a forty-five years old woman Madam Kadiatu Tabeh Conteh of Alhadi Primary School materialized in her primary school uniform together with her two grand children including her biological daughter to take the National Primary School Examination (NPSE). In an exclusive interview with Madam Kadiatu Tabeh Conteh, she said she is happy to be given the golden opportunity to take the National Primary School Examination, as she believes education is the only collateral security that cannot divorce women in society. She revealed that she is a marriage woman and she has given birth to eight children, noting out that she went in to early marriage because she was not opportune to go t o school. She added that she was motivated whenever she sees women of substance addressing National and International issues on television, a...

👉Proclaimed October 1st as International Music Day, a day when all nations of the world would be given the opportunity to recognize their God given art as musicians. Let's use this day to lunch our Musicians Union, coz  with one voice we can advocate for our rights as musician's. Let use this day so the world will hear SL musicians speakers with one voice. Your  supports are highly needed. We cannot do this with out us coming together. ©: Sierra Leone Entertainment Laboratory🎶

CSPHRS Press Release on the Attack on the Person of Mrs. Marcella Samba-Sesay.                    It has come to the attention of Center for Strategic, Peace and Human Rights Studies (CSPHRS) that a social media post attacking the personality of Mrs. Samba-Sesay of the Campaign for Good Governance (CGG) for expressing her views in a radio show program hosted by 98.1 Radio Democracy has received wide circulation. We are concerned that no attempt has been made by the government and the SLPP to dissociate from such post. The content of the post is not only primordial but also contradicts efforts by the SLPP led government of Sierra Leone to rebrand Sierra Leone and curb Gender and Sexual Based Violence.                            One of the tenets of democracy is free ...