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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...