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​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Ishmael M. Kargbo and Moses M. Kamara, both SSS-II Science pupils attending the Saint Francis Secondary School in Makeni city, Bombali District , Northeastern Sierra Leone recently showcased at the school premises their newly developed electric Lamborghini prototype from scrap materials. The prototype they've developed is rechargeable and is regulated by a Play station-3 like keypad connected to the car through a long black cable which allows an operator to move the toy car back and forth with a flood of lights in the front on the middle top and back of the prototype car all shining bright immediately, the power button is being pressed to switch it on. The lads told AWE-Media.SL that “it took us two weeks and three days to develop this prototype to show what we can do as prospective Engineers, adding, we can also develop a larger electronic Lamborghini car that can carry up to five people if only were supported financially to be able to buy the items nee...

By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl    For the third time since August, the Senior Women’s National Team of Sierra Leone nicknamed “Sierra Queens” has failed to make any improvements in the global  ranking of the FIFA/Coca Cola Women’s National Football Teams, the team has been ranked 136th out of 185th Nations according to a December 9 ranking.  The top five Nations are USA, Germany, Sweden, England and France while Madagascar, Angulilla, Turks and Caicos Islands, South Sudan and Mauritius are rock bottom on 181, 182, 183, 184 and 185 places respectively. From being ranked 136th in respectively in March and June this year, the Sierra Queens of Sierra Leone are still stuck at 138th globally but 22nd in the African continent behind Guinea, Gabon, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and their Gambian Counterparts with Nigeria(45), South Africa(54), Cameroon(58) Ghana(59) and Cote d’Ivoire(65) leading the continental ranking as the top best Senior National Women’s Football Teams. ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Mr. Ibrahim Jalloh, the North East Region Coordinator of the newly transformed National Commission for Civic Education and Development – (NaCCED) has revealed that the commission's primary aim at the moment is “to partner to address the elements of ignorance in the country because we need to have a sense of responsibility as Sierra Leoneans.” He says the Commission is using multiple approaches to addressing the underlying problem, ranging from entering into partnerships for the reintroduction of Civics as a general subject to be taught at schools, investing in human capital development through capacity trainings for specifically Teachers across all levels as well as other key players in the education sector at community, chiefdom, district, regional and national level plus embarking on continued  sensitization. "You know Sierra Leone was glorified as the Anthems of West Africa but that glory today has been reduced to a bag of memory based on the sad o...

​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Tournament debutants and Masombrie village based soccer outfit Hadit FC 's hope of reaching this year's semi finals for the very first time was cut short on Friday after bowing 2-0 to former Sierra Leone Premier League side Golden Dragons of Magburaka at its mini stadium on Friday. The host who suffered a 1-0 defeat to Hadit FC in  the first leg encounter of the ongoing 13th edition of the EBK-Trophy, regrouped for and proved too strong for the visitors in the return leg, as they wasted no time to take the lead just five minutes on in the first half, and resisted all pressure from Hadit FC whose late defensive mistake saw them to conceive a second goal that was just enough for Golden Dragons Football Club to advance to the last four of the competition on a 2-1 aggregate. Three more teams out of six will be joining the former Sierra Leone Premier League side when the quarter finals matches round-up by Wednesday, a media representative of the organizi...