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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson - (AR-Wilson)🇸🇱 👉🏾The fact that different guys pick you up every Wednesday & friday night does not make you the deal. 👉🏾The fact that you wear all the latest clothes in the market, does not make you a big girl. Of course the fact that you uses the latest phone and different guys pay money into your account does not make you a top class girl. 👉🏾t does not even make you sharper! 👉🏾You are only messing up with your FUTURE! THE REAL DEAL👇🏾 THAT LADY, GIRL OR WOMAN with enough brain in her. 👉🏾NOT THOSE with more money. 👉🏾Not the ones that flirts with all the men around her. 👉🏾She is that who respects her relationship and marriage. 👉🏾Who is never heard much but seen frequently. 👉🏾The ones kno...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) With effect from January 2020, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will become a core subject for all school going pupils ranging from class 1 to SSS3 attending various schools in Sierra Leone. The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Schools Education (MBSSE) has confirmed. “The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Schools Education (MBSSE) has now adopted Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into the entire basic and senior secondary education in Sierra Leone as a core subject from class one through SSS3, and as electives from SSS1 through SSS3.”  An official statement dated 13 November, 2019 States. The reason for the adoption and integration of this subject into the teaching and learning environment, the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), says is to provide more opportunities for teachers and students to match the globalized digital age since Information and Communicati...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Actions in the 2019/2020 academic year schools league have started in Makeni and there is much excitement from school pupils, old students and teachers of various Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in Makeni, Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone. The competition which has began on Friday, 16th November, 2019 saw hundreds of school pupils and other lovers of football storming both the 4th Infantry Brigade Head Quarter, Teko Barracks mini stadium and the Wusum sports complex to cheer up their school teams. This year’s school will come to an end in December and we have a little over 100 junior and senior secondary government, government assisted and private schools participating in this year’s volleyball and football leagues within Makeni and the whole of Bombali district, Bai Sheika Wurie, the Physical and Health Education division head confirmed to this writer. In Makeni, it was all good for Makeni Compressive Academy and...

By: Sahr James Bangah The Local Unit Commander, Chief Superintendent of Police Francis Joe Songu, over the weekend informed this medium that his men have embarked on rapid deployment and patrol in all crime zones within the Makeni municipality ahead of Christmas and New Year festival. He disclosed that the patrol team comprises police and military officers noting that under his leadership no criminal will take Makeni City as a criminal hub. He revealed that all those arrested in crime areas will be charged to court. He recalled that their primary role is to protect lives and properties and therefore he has instructed his police officers to be alert in fighting criminal activities in the municipality.  He therefore called on community members to support the night patrol team with relevant information to weed out criminals in their hideouts. The head of the night patrol team, Assistance Superintendent of Police M.S Gaya, said the night patrol team is well organized and has the...

The political marriage between Paopa and the Alpha Timbo squad in Bombali District is at low ebb with a very obvious risk of disintegration if immediate corrective measures are not taken by the overall leadership of the party. Supporters of Alpha Timbo are accusing the Resident Minister North East, Hon. Abu Abu Koroma, of sidelining them in most governance activities and at the same time abandoned them in the wilderness. It was also revealed to this medium that the Resident Minister has deliberately refused to visit the party office because he perceived the office as being over populated by Alpha Timbo sympathizers. Attempted efforts at resolving this politically undesirable state has proven futile. In an interview with the Sierra Leone People’s Party Chairman Bombali District, Alhaji Mohamed Mugamgbo Saffa, confirmed that the party is trying to resolve all political hiccups before going to the party convention because the heads of these groups are brothers who are willing to s...

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By: Alex Bangura After ten minutes argument between Mr. Amara Alpha, teacher of Gbomsamba Rural Academy Secondary School and Mr. Foday Osman Bangura, the proprietor and principle of the said school engaged in a fist battle that resulted to the proprietor being slapped by the aggrieved teacher. This act prompted three teachers leaving the school as protest. According to an eye witness, on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, both teachers at the Rural Academy Secondary School situated at Gbomsamba village along the Makeni-Lunsar Highway he explained that the conflict emerged after the Proprietor, Mr. Foday Osman Bangura, who doubles as the Principal of the said school terminated the service of Mr. Amara Alpha from the school and later asked him to vacate from the premises of the school which was seen as an impromptu and gross embarrassment to Mr. Alpha one of the founding staff of the school that has voluntarily been rendering his services to the school for almost 8 years refused to go by the ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Popular Journalist Salieu Tejan Jalloh who doubles as the Managing Editor of The Times SL Newspaper will today give a comprehensive account on the matter between himself and the Chief Minister of the Government of Sierra Leone, Professor David Francis a Legal Link media advisory circulated yesterday has confirmed. Journalist Salieu was recently ambushed around Circular road by some unknown persons that were later identified as Police Officers who arrested him after verbal interrogation on the eve of Sunday and was detained until November 12 when he was granted bail from police custody. According findings, Journalist Salieu Tejan Jalloh was arrested after he (Salieu Tejan Jalloh) sent an SMS to the Chief Minister, Professor David Francis on request to enquire about an alleged payment from Sierra Leone Mining into his (Chief Minister) private account. This enquire latest response was a police ambushed arrest on me that was fueled by orders...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Last week’s results from various games played within and across the Northern regions have clearly measured the huge amount of rivalry between teams that were grouped to play each other in a home and away knock out round. Yoni Shooting Stars of Tonkolili District was the only team to win it home game by a goal to nil against Bai Bureh Warriors of Port Loko while all three visitors: Marampa Stars, Urban Stars and Makelleh picked valuable points away to Cheltenham, Area Best and Wusum Stars respectively. Elsewhere, Bumbuna Hydro Stars now seats comfortably after defeating Sky Eagles 2-0 at home while Rokupr based newly promoted first division side, FC Katara shared points at home with Lungi visitors, Bullum Stars after both teams failed to scored throughout the match. Actions in the EBK-league resumes this weekend on Sunday in Kambia, Makeni, Kono, Port-Loko, Lungai and Fadugu where teams will have to travel to the home of opponents ...

By: Sahr James Bangah The Sierra Leone High Court session is expected to close today for the September session as prescribed by law or high court tradition. The high court session will resume within two weeks for November session to continue with the remaining trials while accused persons without bail will continue to wait at the various correctional centers until the November high court sessions resume. Prison Officers at the correctional centers in the Northern region are impressed with the frantic efforts of the presiding judge, Justice Unisa Kamara for his commitments to speedily trial accused persons whenever they before him which makes the correctional centers not overloaded. Justice Kamara short stay in Makeni as a presiding judge for Northern region has able to address long standing trial before the high because of his believes that justice delay is justice denied.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson - (AR-Wilson) The Minister of Information and Communications (MIC), Hon. Mohamed Rado Swarray, officially visited the Northern Regional office of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday after presiding over the first weekly provincial Press Conference held at the Makeni City hall. In recognition of the very deliberate and intentional efforts of the Minister in broadening the scope of press freedom, especially, with regards the elimination of the seditious libel law, the leadership and membership of SLAJ North accorded him the honour to unveil the solidly erected signpost of the Association in the region. The Minister was visibly and audibly happy. He commended the leadership of Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) North for the leadership displayed by supporting the Press Conference and the honour accorded him to unveil the signpost erected on the frontage of their newly established office premises on 18 Teko Road, Makeni Cit...

By High Commission of Sierra Leone in Nairobi  As this year marks the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) which took place in Cairo 1994, where 179 governments adopted a landmark Programme of Action which set out to empower women and girls for their sake, and for the benefit of their families, communities and nations; Sierra Leone has shown dedication by joining several others at the ICPD25 Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit is held from 12th -14th November 2019, at the Kenyetta International Conference Centre, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, and the Sierra Leonean delegation which is drawn from various sectors including Government officials, youth groups, UNFPA, UN Women,  Members of Parliament and Sierra Leone High Commission in Nairobi officials, is headed by Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr Francis Kai-Kai. The Minister is expected to deliver a statement during the ICPD25 Conference where he wil...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh – ( Jallomy ) National development does not exist in a vacuum. As a matter of fact, development is an absolute outcome of a set of activities and clearly defined objectives. Good roads are a catalyst to visible and sustainable development. The previous government of former president Koroma noted the absolute need for revamping the urban road infrastructure and with the tax proceeds from the defunct African Minerals Limited, a near fair spread of allocation of roads for reconstruction across the country was made. The Makeni City allocation was nationally judged to be on the upper limit for obvious and understandable reasons but the reality of the implementation and completion of allocated roads to Makeni city is painful and outrightly regrettable. The reasons were intriguing and heavily questioned the integrity of purpose.  The roaring beast of selfishness eclipsed the expected push for the common good. The story is not behind the arras. For the Makeni ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) In their quest to support the clarion call and vision of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Julius Maada Bio Boosting Agriculture and Food Security (BAFs) with support from the European Union has yesterday in Makeni ended a five-day validation meeting with various stakeholders in the Education, Agriculture, ventnary, Food and Security sector from various parts of the country. The five-day intensive assessments of the new Para-vets curriculum took place at the Makeni campus of the Ernest Bai Koroma of Science and Technology with attendees from the National Farmers’ Association, Sierra Leone Animal Welfare Society, Pig and Poultry, representatives from all districts in the country, EBK-University, Milton Margai College of Science and Technology, Njala university among others who all cross examined the document and made various imputes and adopted the document to be presented to Parliament for necessary a...

Sierra Leone Association of Journalists 1st Floor, 56 Campbell Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone P.M.B. 724, Website: www.slajsl.org; Email: slaj.salone@gmail.com President:+232 76 470288 / +232 30 470288, Secretary-General:+232 78 445300 __________________________________________ PRESS RELEASE Freetown: 13th November, 2019 The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) is pleased to officially inform its membership and the general public that the journalist who was detained on Monday, 11th November 2019, by the Sierra Leone Police has been released on bail through the intervention of the Association and the Ministry of Information and Communications. The journalist, Salieu Tejan Jalloh, Manging Editor of The Times SL Newspaper, spent almost 24 hours in detention at the Criminal Investigations Department without any official charge or reason for his arrest. While his release was our priority as we engaged with the Police throughout yesterday (Tuesday, 12th November, 2019), ...

By: Abu Bakarr Kamara (De Sierra Phoenix) I returned home, lying down on my bed to take a nap. But my eyes were dried and my mind was awake like energized electrons. I was ruminating on Madam Tessy's actions. Not too long, she hemmed and hawed me with a call. "Do you know what you stand to loose or gain? I want to change your life and make you shine among colleagues of your age. You're such a handsome man. All I need is you. I want that manly hot blood in your veins to stabilize and melt my frozen-emotions. Are you bright upstairs? Do you want to live a piteous life? No! I guess you don't want to. Because you are a brilliant guy and you must be sharp up there. Think about it!" She said to me and cut the call. Being at home, made my situation worse everyday. I evaluated the situation. Here's my family that had started appreciating me for the first time. I also had daily needs to do away with. For the four to five months, life was so good rendering service to ...

By: Amin Kef - (Ranger) In the bid to complement government’s effort in providing free health services to less privileged persons in the country, the Choithram Memorial Hospital is poised to undertake two days free Diabetes screening and treatment from the 7th to the 8th November, 2019 at the Choithram Memorial Hospital, Hill Station in Freetown. Speaking to this medium in an interview, Dr. Gowrinath M. George, Medical Superintendent of Choithram Memorial Hospital said this is part of their corporate social responsibility as an institution, adding that the two days free Diabetes screening and treatment from the 7th to the 8th November, 2019 is geared towards providing quality and free treatment for people with Diabetes across the country. He went on to say that during the process of Diabetes screening and treatment, medicines will be also given to patients free of cost. He maintained that consultation is free and that the time the free service starts is 9:00am and ends at 3:00p...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Renowned man of God, Philanthropist and Author of popular book: “Under the Mango Tree” and partners: Concord Community Church (CCC) from South Carolina in the United States of America has on Monday 28 th October donated school bags, assorted cloths including other learning materials to one hundred and ninety – (190) vulnerable children   and have commissioned two newly constructed and well furnished buildings for thirty-eight – (38) Orphans and other vulnerable children at the Frank Vogenitz Children’s Home in Makeni, Bombali District, Northern part of Sierra Leone. The two building are both self contained consisting of six rooms and two rooms each which was funded by South Carolinian,   based Christian Family: Concord Community Church through Makeni based Man of God and sports personality: Bambay Sawaneh. The dedication ceremony of the two new building for Frank Vogenitz Children’s Home attracted and brought toget...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Various Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the North including the NCPD Regional Coordinator North, Beatrice Koroma at the Polio Persons Development Association (PoPDA) camp premises situated in Magbenteh, along the Makeni-Freetown Highway on Friday October 18 ,  2019 ushered a rousing welcome to a high powered delegation comprising of officials from the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) including the commission’s Executive Secretary, Saa Lamin Kortequee and the Chairman, James  Taiwo  Cullen who later simultaneously presented various amounts in Cheque worth about twenty five million Leones (Le 25,000,000) to three Disable Persons Organizations (DPOs):  Vision for the Blind, Polio Persons Development Association and Disability Institute for Dignity and Development (DIDDA)  based and operational in the Bombali and Tonkolili District. NCPD outreach officer chaired the event and he invited...

Episode One : By: Abu Bakarr Kamara (De Luminary Sierra Phoenix) I had just completed my Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication. Roaming around the street with no job to lean on for survival. As a young grad, from typical African home, the family now look forward to my support. This is without even considering the booby trap in society to gaining control of a lucrative job. I was pissed off. The atmosphere in my house couldn't favor my stay even for an hour during daytime. Imagine father had to call me a lazy boy, with not much meat on my bones. Momma will shout at me with insults, saying I'm a disappointment to the family. So being a songwriter, a poet and a guitarist, I had to hit the studio everyday from 8am to 9pm. That's the only way I was earning pocket money to meet my immediate needs; until when the studio manager sent me to deliver a letter to a nearby bar and restaurant. I took the letter along with my guitar. In my fresh looks and well curled dreadlocks,...

By: Francis Sowa A bill entitled ‘The Public Order (Amendment) Act, 2019’ has been gazetted. It seeks to “amend the Public Order Act, 1965 (Act No. 46 of 1965) by repealing Part V which deals with defamatory and seditious libel and to provide for other related matters.’ This followed Cabinet’s approval to repeal same. The next destination in the repeal process is Parliament. A bit of history: The Public Order Bill was introduced in Parliament in 1965 by Sir Albert Margai, the second Prime Minister of Sierra Leone. He apparently influenced parliament to enact a law that would serve as a sledge hammer to silent his critics and members of the opposition. Parliament, nonetheless, enacted the Bill despite the serious opposition (Kamara, J, 2007). The 1965 Public Order Act (a substantial extraction from the U.K Libel Act 1843 when it existed) is widely considered to be draconian and out of tune with the tenets of fundamental human rights. The fact that journal...