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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...