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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson For performing admirably at the 2021-TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations finals while representing his home country, Sierra Leone’s first choice goalkeeper Mohamed Nbalie Kamara is set to be given a heroic welcome today in his home district Kambia, the Kambia District Football Association has confirmed. According to Morlai Gbla, the Public Relations Officer of the Kambia District Football Association, goalkeeper Mohamed Kamara who is expected to arrive at Bamoi Luma at 10:00am today will be received by the district’s Football family amongst others at the Mange checkpoint which is situated between the boundary areas of Port Loko and Kambia District in the Northwest region of Sierra Leone. “Kamara will be given a heroic welcome from Mange checkpoint to Bamoi Luma, Rokupr Khalizha and finally to his village, Sendugu, a village located a few miles off the Sierra Leone international market Bamoi Luma. There he will stay for a while and in the evening hours will also...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Yvonne Aki Sawyeer, the Mayor of the municipality of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown has been announced as Guest Lecturer for the 65th Public Lecture session of the University of Makeni-(UNIMAK). Scheduled to take place at the University of Makeni multipurpose auditorium, the lecturing session to be delivered by her worship Aki Sawyerr will commence at 5:00pm local time on Friday, 28th January 2022. According to one of the University’s lecturer and lead controller of the event Unisa Patrick Kamara-(UPK), the Freetown City Council Mayor will speak to UNIMAK Students plus other dignitaries on the topic: “Sierra Leone Democracy: Opportunities, Challenges and Way Forward”. Considering the vast experience of the revered Mayor in politics, governance, public networking among other walk of life, Friday event is expected to attract not only students and lectures of the university of Makeni but will also attract many others that will attend the event on site as well as...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson After being on the halt for nearly six weeks due to Leone Stars participation at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, the 2021-2022 Northern Region Men’s Super-10 championship has resumed on high note. A total of six goals have been scored by three different teams from all six matches played so far between January 18 and 24th. The match between Ocean Boys Football Club and Tom Football Club alone accounted for four goals with the Blue and White Boys (Ocean Boys) beating the Boys from the Makama Community (Tom) 3-1 at the Wusum Stadium while current championship leaders Bombali Shebora Football Club nailed the 2021-EBK Men’s Cup defending champions Sahid Conteh-U Football Club 2-0 at the same venue. Dogolia Football Club of Falaba, Makelleh Football Club of Fadugu,  Yoni Shooting Stars Football Club of Mile-91 and Kholifa Stars Football Club of Magburaka are yet to register any goal since the resumption of the Northern Region championship. Currently, Bombali S...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Two of the best ranked teams in Africa, Morocco and Senegal on Tuesday showed their class once again as they respectively overpowered their opponents Malawi and Cape Verde in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations round of sixteen with well deserved victories to confirm their places in the tournament’s quarterfinals after Tunisia and Burkina Faso earned theirs. During the match between Morocco and Malawi which took place at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde, Malawi forward Gabadinho Mhango netted in the seventh minute for the Flames to put his team in front of their Moroccan counterparts whose   goalkeeper Yassine Bounou failed to stop Mhango's strike from entering the goal through the top corner. The Flames of Malawi intensified their campaign after their fast and shocking goal but just two minutes of added time to the end of the first half, The Atlas Lion's striker Yusuf En-Nesyri nodded the ball into the opponent's net f...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Models and Ballers, two amongst the most tending groups of Fashion Designers in Makeni, Northern Sierra Leone on Sunday evening surprisingly converged at the Wusum Stadium for their maiden non-violence football match, organized by Osman Tee Mansaray alias ScanTee, the founder and leader of Team StarBoy Ballers. Mansaray said the rationale behind the one day football match emerged following extensive engagements between himself and nine other members of his Ballers team one of the 15 member Associations of the Makeni Association of Ballers, approached the leaderships of the Makeni Models and Ballers Associations, and shared their vision to promote peace between the two fashion designing groups. “The outcome of our engagements is indeed huge for the progress of careers as fashion designers of Makeni that represents the largest city in the Northern, and I’m particularly happy for such a successful and very peaceful friendly match to mark our readiness to promote p...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Sierra Leone's senior men's team(Leone Stars) aspiration to progress to the round of sixteen of the 2021-TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations came to an abrupt end on Thursday evening at the Omnisports stadium in Limbe after bowing 1-0 to their Group-E opponent Equatorial Guinea in their crunch clash. Sierra Leone needed at least a draw against Equatorial Guinea to book a ticket to the tournament’s round of sixteen but the team guided by John Edward Keister as Head coach easily succumbed to a 1-0 defeat in the hands of Coach Juan Micha Obiang Bicogo’s men. It was in the 38th minute when midfielder Palblo Ganet capitalized from a disorganized Leone Stars defense and slotted the ball past Sierra Leone’s youngster goalkeeper Mohamed Nbalie Kamara to put his side in front. After that goal, the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone Stars picked up their shape and made several attempts to level the score but the Nzalang Nacional endured the pressure and protected their ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson There is growing anxiety in the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone camp for making the final cut to the nation’s 28-man squad that will be representing the sports passionate nation at the delayed 2021-TotalEnegies African Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Key among the players that have paraded their AFCON readiness are strikers Augustus Williams, Alhaji Kamara, Mohamed Buya Turay and ace forward Kei Ansu Kamara as well as winger turned midfielder Kwame Quee and defender Saidu Mansaray. These players since December 28 have been sharing their excitement with their fans and other members of the general public via their various Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp handles. Kwame was first to publicize his excitement as he wrote:  “God, I am so blessed to see another year. Yes, 2021 was tough but I made it! Double champion at Vikingur, an amazing season, the best is yet to come .I am thankful for all my fans, family, and friends not forgetting my brothers of Leone Stars. I...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The West African sports loving nation which has huge love for football putting it above the other 48 registered sporting disciplines with the country's National Sports Authority - (NSA), National Senior Men's football team is nicknamed “Leone Stars”. For the first time since 1994, Leone Stars of Sierra Leone will be taking part in the finals of the TotalEnergies African Cup of Nations-(AFCON) this year for the delayed 2021delayed-2021 African Cup of Nations schedule to take place in Cameroon between January 09 to February 06 where the nation will be looking forward to not spike surprises with their performances, Awoko Newspaper’s Alusine Rehme Wilson opined on the team’s chances and possible starting eleven in their tournament openers against Algeria, one of their three Group-E opponents: Sierra Leone will battle reigning AFCON Champions Algeria at the Jerome Stadium in Cameroon on 11th January, that match is said to be a real cracker and tracing Sierra...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Fuel “Jebu” Sellers and Bike Riders in Makeni have unhealthily increased the prices of fuel per liter and transportation fee blaming Gas stations in Makeni who have been rationing sales while have since closed down their stations for over 72 hours now leading to astute scarcity of gas within the municipality. Of the nearly twelve gas stations in the municipality of Makeni, ten namely NP-stations (5) total-(3) and two privately owned stations have refused to sell fuel to motor owners for the past three days instead they are secretly rationing sales to “Jebu Sellers” at the expense of motor drivers and riders as well as the common man in the municipality. The situation has forced most motor owners to stop using their cars and bikes while few bike riders who have been able to buy petrol from “Jebu Sellers” at various prices between Le 15,000 to Le 20,000 per liter have hiked their transportation fees twice the normal prices.    Some Bike Riders when interviewed, t...

By: Allusine Rehme Wilson Promising Sierra Leonean Female Hardcore Rapper and Performer Fatmata Baddo Kamara who’s famous by her recording name as Faze Ya-Alimamy on Monday dropped thirty-one (31) seconds long teaser of her soon to be released “Lef am na OSE” musical video.  The video which is directed and shot by popular and versatile engineer Muctarr is set to be released soon according to the female performer.  “Lef am na OSE” is composed in an exclusive dancehall style with a blend of Sierra Leonean and Jamaican flavor, said the fastest growing female rapper, Faze who’s at the moment rallying music lovers to relax and wait for her stunning video that will hit the screens of music lovers and her fans across continents in the coming days.  Faze Ya-Alimamy in Brief: Faze Ya-Alimamy as she is nicknamed is signed to a leading music recording firm in her home country Sierra Leone, Wilbert Music since 2015 and has in the last five years premiered fine singles including few joints with hom...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Sahr Morris Jr. the President of the Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone-(SWASAL) said his executive is looking forward to a collaborative and productive future together with all and sundry in the new year-2022.  “On behalf of the National Executive of the Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL) and our Sports Journalism family, we would like to wish you and your beloved families and loved ones a warm, blessed and happy Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2022,” President Morris noted in his end of year remark to his membership, partners and members of the general public.  While reminiscing the past in his New year message, the SWASAL Boss acknowledged all those who have heled to shape and bring new ideas, development initiatives and enhanced co-existential working relationships between and amongst the sports family devoid of the challenges he faces as a young administrator by extension those banes the association he leads has face ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists-(SLAJ) Ahmed Sahid Nasralla in his New Year message said Journalists must ensure to keep up to holding the banners of best practices in the journalism profession higher than ever before.  The SLAJ Boss noted a number of progresses the Association has made in the year 2021 as well as unveiled the series of activities line-up in the New Year-2022. Among the Association’s key proud achievements made in 2021 he says include, the World Press Index 2021 that ranked Sierra Leone at 75 out of 180 countries following the  historic repeal of the criminal and seditious libel laws in 2020, the successful implementation of 17 of the 24 activities for SLAJ’s 50th Anniversary of existence Golden Jubilee celebration, the expansion of the Disciplinary Committee with the training of thirty-two(32) Media together with the establishment of a Media Defense Committee comprising of ten members and recently the  nationwide induc...