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By Amin Kef Sesay - Ranger ✍️ As part of its commitment in response to the fight against COVID-19 in Koinadugu and Falaba Districts, Pavi Fort Construction Company has donated forty million Leones, five thousand Face masks, fifty gallons of hand sanitizers to the Koinadugu and Falaba District Emergency Operations Centers and ten million Leones for both the Paramount Chiefs of both districts at a ceremony held at the Koinadugu District Youth Council Hall in Kabala. Presenting the items, the Chief Executive Officer of Pavi Fort, Alimou Barrie , noted that the donation is to complement the efforts of Government and the People of Koinadugu and Falaba Districts in the fight against the Coronavirus. He described COVID-19 as a killer disease that requires a collective effort to defeat. The CEO promised that Pavi Fort will provide one hundred bags of rice any time there is a lockdown in Koinadugu and Falaba districts. Mr Yirah Thoronka while receiving the items on behalf of the two Districts...

By Amin Kef Sesay - Ranger✍️ During a short but impressive donation on the 30th May 2020 on the Fourah Bay College Campus in Freetown, marking the third donation since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Community handed over food items and Personal Protection Equipment to members of staff of the Isolation Centre stationed in that part of the country. Present at the donation ceremony were Harish Agnani, Rajesh Hemnani, Manoj Rajwani, Coordinator of the Isolation Centre Major Patricia .S.Briama, Tamba W Ansumana –IPC Environmentalist/Public Health Officer-FBC, Matron of the Centre Josephine Sellu, Staff of the Centre and journalists. The items that were donated include 120 Kavita Handwash, 120 Kavita Handwash Sanitizers, 6 Dustbin 300 Lt with wheel, 6 Handwash Device 200 ltr with accessories & 50 ltr dustbin, 20 Mgl 369- buckets 30ltr, 1 basin 50ltr in Dozen,1 basin 70ltr in dozen,10 plastic tables, 40 classic chairs,2 5000 ltr Milla Water tank,10 bags(25kg)Sonia R...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ True to history, Makeni City suffered close to two decades of non distribution of electricity from any power source. In those years, partly I was in Secondary School, we pride on the use of Chinese lanterns fueled by kerosene. Candles were a luxury and generators a solid indicator of profound status. The first attempt at the reversal of Makeni city's electricity misfortune was during the late president Kabba's reign. His Vice President, the late Solomon Ekuma Berewa, was heir apparent to the presidency and he was desperately opening corridors of support in Makeni. He brought from Bo a heavy duty thermal plant called Caterpillar that was supplying electricity on rationed basis to less that a third of Makeni city. It was a well appreciated gesture that never translated to votes, regrettably. In the second term of his presidency, former President Koroma actually concluded a reduced capacity portion of Bumbuna Hydro project that was started in the 7...

🏃By Ranger✍️ Journalists have been recognized for playing instrumental roles during critical moments as it is with the COVID-19 pandemic. They serve as critical conduits for the provision of needed public health education and information that help people to stay healthy and safe. At the same time, they help hold Governments accountable on how they respond to the crises and how they utilise resources meant for tackling the crises. Despite their crucial role, journalists have often been the subjects of threats, attacks, arbitrary arrests and detention in some cases even murder. The COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the plight of journalists. Besides dealing with the trauma of putting themselves at risk of contracting the virus, acts of COVID-19 related violence against journalists across West Africa have been on the rise. In Nigeria alone, more than 20 journalists have been victims of COVID-19 related abuses in the last 10 weeks. Similar forms of violations have been recorded in ne...

By Ranger✍️ In his address during the State Opening of the Third Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone on the 28th May 2020, President Julius Maada Bio, who is also Commander-In-Chief of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, spoke on a wide range of issues. The President stated that his Government has identified tourism as one of the clusters for increasing national revenue and job creation, and for achieving economic diversification highlighting that to compete as a unique and attractive Tourist destination, they have proclaimed new National Heritage Sites, restored existing sites, constructed jetties at riverine natural/cultural sites and declared several natural and cultural assets as protected areas, sites and property.  He said an Ultra-Modern entertainment complex will soon be constructed to showcase the talent of artists.  The President furthered that the recent “finish line” for the Budapest- Bamako-Freetown Rally coupled with increased tou...

By: Ranger✍️ Right on top of the petroleum marketing companies operating in the country is the National Petroleum (NP) SL Limited which has been commended for exceedingly doing well and positively contributing towards the socio-economic development of the nation in diverse ways. Blessed with a result- oriented managerial team, guided by an efficient Board, the company keeps growing from strength to strength amidst teething challenges it had been and is still facing. Owned mainly by Sierra Leoneans, originally thirty five (35) of them who were the founding fathers, the company started from a humble beginning to become one of the towering successful business ventures that now has Filling Stations in different parts of the country and branches in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and The Gambia where it is efficiently marketing petroleum products and at the same time offering various services all geared towards satisfying the petroleum needs of individuals and ins...

A Commentary By Ranger✍️ Our country is in a national State of Emergency over COVID-19. We noticed that even though the President, in announcing the emergency in March categorically stated that constitutional rights are not revoked or restricted, we see some of these been eroded by some State institutions - For example, the fiat being prepared by the Attorney General to make COVID-19 spending non-accountable. The people maintain that an emergency does not allow either the Government or State institutions to grant themselves any new powers. The Government is still one of enumerated powers, and the State cannot act arbitrarily. The Constitution provides that no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Procedural due process requires certain procedures before a law is applied, such as notice or the opportunity to be heard. Substantive due process looks at the validity of the law being applied. Whether a specific Governmental action is constitutiona...

           THE ROARING LION 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓: 𝑨𝑳𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑬 𝑲𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑻𝑼 𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑨𝒀✍️ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥  𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝  𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥  𝐁𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝  𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧  𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭  𝐀𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞  𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭  𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤! 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞  𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬  𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐑 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞  𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐔𝐁𝐒 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞  𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐡! 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫 ...

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By: Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk)✍️ Born on the 9th of May 1960, Johnny Paul Koroma (also known as the Angel, and shortly as JPK) rose to become a leading figure in the Sierra Leone Army.  He was among the best cadet officers to graduate from the Sandhurst Military Academy in England. (Other graduates from this Academy included the late King Hussein of Jordan, the late Sani Abachi of Nigeria, half the former Nigerian and Gambian cabinet, and the late Idi Amin of “what is good for the goose is good for the people of Uganda” fame).  JPK’s contemporaries at the military academy’s New College- where foreign students were trained- included Princess Basma of Jordan, Prince Turki of Saudi Arabia and Khadi Ahmed al-Thani, a former minister in the Qatari government. (Rumour has it that all foreign students trained at Sandhurst were used to further British influence abroad).  JPK was among the first batch of officers to defend Sierra Leone against the maiden edition of the RUF rebellion in Boma...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson - (AR-Wilson)✍🏽 Six-decendant from Rokupr Khalizha with support from friends based in the United States of America through the Sulku Foundation-Special Sunakatie Project have provided financial assistance to forty-eight (48) vulnerable residents in Rokupr, Magbema Chiefdom of Kambia District, Northern-Sierra Leone on Thursday May 21, 2020. The Beneficiaries comprises of aged male and female above age 60, Widows, Imams, persons with disabilities among other vulnerable class from different areas within the Rokupr township which includes Limba Corner, Makali, Makatic, Rogbalane, Rogbonko, Royanka, and  Waterloo community where they were evenly selected by home based coordinators of the S.F-Special Sunakatie Project have all duly received each the sum of Le. 50,000 equal to $6 dollars respectively from the Sulku Foundation. The distribution was done by few Sulku Foundation members from Makeni and Freetown alongside five home based coordinators of the project in th...

5 Years ago DJ Clef was Murdered By Ranger✍️ Photo of the late DJ Clef Family members, musical artists and friends will on Saturday 23rd May 2020 commemorate the fifth remembrance anniversary of the death of Sydney David Buckle who was cold bloodedly murdered and sadly missed by a cross section of the citizenry of this country here and abroad. This date has gone down the annals of history of the murdering of one of the country’s most adored Disc Jockeys and musician who was mourned many. Sydney David Buckle was widely known as DJ Clef and he was allegedly murdered by Baimba Moi Foray (alias LA Chocolate) and Foday Amara Kamara (alias G-Fag). The corpse of the deceased was discovered at the Murray Town cemetery. Both accused persons were tried and found guilty on two counts because of circumstantial evidences and the statements of witnesses of conspiracy and murder by the High Court of Sierra Leone Presided over by Justice Alusine Sesay and twelve (12) Panel of Jurors who on Thursday ...

Press Release: 23rd May, 2020 Makeni-Sierra Leone In difficult and challenging times we had sailed through as a nation, Ebola was a typical example. And again, we face another tragedy, COVID19. Like all others, this too shall come to pass. We will triumph over this challenge. You have been among the best people in my circle that has supported and impacted me and my ventures in one way or the other. And today, I want to celebrate and thank you for all you are and have been to me. Again, I want to inform you, like I always do about anything new in my career path. Our company, Global Multimedia, will soon launch it online Tv series captioned: "Global Multimedia Online TV" I need your support in this like you've always done. Please 🙏share the attached flyer on your status, and with all your network to help the company reach a greater audience. Thanks. Humbly Yours, Idrissa Jerry Kargbo.

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ Photo of the late Minkailu Bah The tragic news came in disbelief : the late Dr. Minkailu Bah passed on in the early hours of Monday, May 18, 2020. As the morning grows old, it became a confirmed reality that Dr. Minkailu Bah was no more, totally consumed by death. History has it that the late Dr. Minkailu Bah was born to extremely humble and lowly parents in Magburaka town in the Tonkolili district in Northern Sierra Leone. He had his secondary school education in the Government owned Magburaka Secondary School for Boys and, upon completion of his secondary school education, he proceeded to Fourah Bay College, the University college of the University of Sierra Leone where he read Engineering. He was an excellent student as reflected by his first degree. He returned home from further studies in the UK and settled for the job of lecturer in the electrical engineering department for a protracted period of time. The late Dr. Minkailu Bah branched out into p...

Press Release 13 May 2020 ******************************** We have received very worrying reports about the arbitrary arrest and detention by the Sierra Leone Police of a prominent child rights activist Ambassador Hussain Muckson Sesay, a current student of FBC and former Secretary-General of the Children’s Forum Network (CFN) - a child led organisation.  The report is that Muckson was arrested and detained on the 3rd May 2020 because he allegedly shared a message with a picture on social media, taken during police investigation of an unrelated case at the CID. According to his lawyer Mr Melron Nicol-Wilson, Muckson has vehemently denied the allegation. The presumption of innocence is the legal principle that Muckson is considered innocent until proven guilty by a competent court of law.  The Sierra Leone Police have not provided any credible information for Muckson’s arrest and  detention to his family, friends or the general public. We note that Muckson has been held in very difficu...

https://arwilsonsentertainment.blogspot.com/2020/05/117-hot-line-accused-of-neglecting.html👇🏽 After 11 hours of persistent calls to the 117 call center, citizens reports made at Rogbaneh Police Station in Makeni, follow ups made to district stakeholders and Journalists, this medium can reliably confirm that the corps of the female who collapsed yesterday along the Rogbalene market road has been picked up by medics at around 9pm (12/05/2020). Stay connected to Northern Times as we continue to dig deeper into the acquisitions and will bring you the lastest development on this story subsequently. ©: AR-Wilson✍️ 👉🏾 Northern Times Newspaper🙌🏽

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson- (AR-WILSON)✍️ Residents of Market Road around Rogbalene police station in Makeni have accused the 117 hot line of neglecting their calls. A neighbor of a said family who's girl child passed away this morning has disclosed to Northern Times that all efforts from the girl's parents and neighbors to the 117 call center for respond to the sudden death have proved futile. In a distressed call a caller from the area said: "Hello I'm calling to kindly inform your medium that for over 10hours now,  117 call center have failed to respond to our calls after we have informed them about a sudden death that happened in our area several hours ago but since this morning we have not heard nor have we seen them even after we have made repeated calls made to them. "Sir this neglect has really left us worried and it has also mounted fear amongst us here in this Covid19 era as we continue to obey health warnings not to bury the dead at this moment without dr...

In the context of discipline, it is not only about moral etiquette but it is also about quality, the packaging, rebranding, posture and the looks, said Executive Director of Campaign for Good Governance (CGG) Marcella Samba Sesay. She said: “When we talk about media discipline, I think this is what it entails and so it is not only about mediating conflict but also about ensuring that the media present itself as a force to reckon with.” Marcella was speaking as the Vice Chairperson of the newly constituted SLAJ Disciplinary Committee during a complaint hearing and meeting with Regional Executives of the Association and representatives of national media groups at the SLAJ Headquarters in Freetown on 1st May, 2020. The meeting was organised by the Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) with funding from NED. The CGG head reminded journalists about the change in dynamics in the media landscape and the need to understand that it is only important that within this change context, they are ab...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ The situation is critically difficult and the best Intentions of government to lower the price of fuel per pump price are undermined and supplanted. The rumours are encouraging, sweet and rice that the government Intends lowering the pump price of petroleum products from 7000.000 to 4000.00 per litre. Apparently, this has triggered the nefarious act of hoarding the fuel. Yesterday, only Total on St. Francis Secondary School road was opened to the public but the long queue and aggressive stampede made it practically impossible to secure fuel. Today, only Malado Filling Station is opened up to this late morning hours. As I write, a litre goes for 25,000.000 through the Jebu system, a black market trade largely engineered by fuel dealers in the municipality. The suspicion is fuel is pumped into Jerry cans at night to be sold as Jebu day and night times. This is done with reckless impunity and in the glare of the public.  What is happening? Who should take ...