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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Impressively, Rising Queens Football Club of Makeni pummeled their Konsho Queens Football Club counterparts 2-0 in the grand final of the Starburst Park Equal Opportunity Championship 5th edition to clinch their 3rd title. On the road to lifting their 3rd Starburst Park Equal Opportunity trophy, Rising Queens shared the spoils in a goalless tournament opener, proceeded and dismantled tournament debutants and returnees Area Queens and Malimba Queens 6-0 and 4-0 respectively. The successive victories helped them to book a date with Konsho Queens who they eventually defeated for the second time in the same stage of the monthly female tournament’s grand finals. However, a total of 24 goals were scored by 12 players from the four participating clubs in all eight championship games played. Rising Queens forward Zainab Jalloh clinched the championship’s golden boot award for the second time in a row after netting five goals in four games. Championship runner-up K...

By:  Alusine Rehme Wilson  After last Friday’s Jumah Prayer Muslim worshippers of Masjid Sobereen on OIC Road in Makeni welcomed a new convert from Christianity to Islam. While Introducing the new convert to the Jamaat(worshippers) Sheik Gibril Conteh, the Chief Imam of Masjid Sobereen narrates that the new convert is legally weeded to a Christian man who has backed her wife’s decision to join Islam after she briefed him about how she has been repeatedly  directed in dreams to switch religion. As our Masjid’s name implies “Mosque of Patience” we are happy today to welcome Mrs. Mariama Koroma to the religion of peace as demanded for in the Holy Quraan we are now duty bound to happily recite Quranic songs by way of welcoming her to the religion. Adds that, the Holy book further directs “for Muslims to donate to the new convert as she recites the Khalimatu Shaada to complete her official switch from Christianity to Islam.” After receiving a warm welcome, Mrs. Koroma recited ...