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​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Wigan Athletics' new acquisition and Sierra Leone’s National Men’s  A-Team skipper Steven Caulker has been named among SkyBet’s Team of the Week following his extraordinary outing against Cardiff United over the weekend. When handed his debut appearance on Saturday, 14th January 2023, against his former club in the SkyBet Championship, the experienced Caulker who was among the three changes from coach Kolo Toure’s starting-xi from their earlier Emirate FA Cup tie against Luton Town, showed no mercy against his former Cardiff United teammates as he overruled the the Wigan defense on that day to share spoils as they ended the match on 1-1. Just 48hours after Caulker's interesting performance on his debut, SkyBet named him and 10 others in the team of the week. Steven is being named alongside Blackpool’s gloveman Maxwell, Sheffield United’s defender Bogle, Helik of Huddersfiled, Albion WBA’s Townsend, Albion WBA’s midfielder Yokuslu, Norwich City’s Sarge...

By Paul Kamara paulkamara772@gmail.com Zion Assemblies of God Church, Coronation Field Road in Bo on Sunday 8 January 2023 officially opened and dedicated its new church edifice. The ceremony brought together senior ministers from the Assemblies of God Mission including the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Mission Sierra Leone Rev Sahr Christian Fayia, Southern District Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Mission Sierra Leone Rev Theophilus Sowa, Representatives from the Ministers Prayer Network, Traditional and Local leaders, Church members, the Body of Christ, Journalists, to name but a few. Giving a brief background of the church Rev Michael Kelfala Kanu Senior Pastor-in-charge of the Zion Assemblies of God Church underscored, the church came into being in the late 60's in Jai Town, before moving to Hardup Lane and later to Red Cross at Coronation Field in Bo City.  He said the church has since then expanded with branches within the municipality of Bo and its ...

By: Paul Kamara paulkamara772@gmail.com Bo Rangers Football Club have today Monday 16 January 2023 appointed Alhaji 'Abedi' Foray as Head Coach to replace foreign coach José Miguel Salomon Cortés.  The former Kamboi Eagles Head Coach have been serving as the Assistant Coach 1 for the defending champions after resigning from his post at Kamboi Eagles on 22nd June 2021. Coach Cortés who was appointed in September 2021 led Bo Rangers to its first ever premier league title last season and a CAF Champions League appearance last year September. He however could not stand in the dugout for his side during the CAF competition due to qualification criteria. As a result his assistant Alhaji 'Abedi' Foray who had met the required coaching qualification was on the touchline in Liberia and Algeria against Algerian counterparts CR Belouizdad, securing a 1-1 draw in Liberia before a humiliating 3-0 defeat in Algeria in the return leg which confirmed their exit. Coach Cortés signed a t...

​ By; Alusine Rehme Wilson  As over five hundred delegates gear up to cast their votes for other executive members of the Old Makeni Franciscan Association-(OMFA), Paramount Chief Kandeh “Gbetgbo” Bangura,  the new OMFA returning officer has called on voters to drop all differences and see themselves as friends together. “Our upcoming elections are not about me or anyone, it’s about entrusting our Association’s hope on a few individuals to lead the road towards making our school forever great," he said. Stressing that, all OMFA members who have the school’s progress at heart must put behind them all the differences that have occurred in the past especially the most recent once that happened in December last year which led to stepping down of the two OMFA Presidential Aspirants Mr. Abdul Topo Bundu and Mr. Musa Timothy Kabba as well as Mr. Milton A. Koroma one of the two aspiring Vice Presidents. On this note, I want to seek calm from all OMFA members leading into Saturday’s el...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  In collaboration with Umbro, the Confederation of Africa Football-(CAF) have unveiled “Marhaba” as the official match ball of the delayed 2022, TotalEnergies African Nations Championship.   “Marhaba” means welcome and CAF say its design,  is inspired by the CHAN and Algerian colours, and it will be used during the opening act of the tournament’s which is underway in the Algerian city of SAL tonight, between hosts Algeria and Libya at Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers.  However, it’s crystal clear now that within and beyond the African continent, sports pundits believed that the name of the ball “Marhaba” which means ‘Welcome’ perfectly suits the growing momentum of the inter-home based national football teams championship.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Africa is set to make a huge limp on the global digital landscape with the continent’s football governing body CAF announcement of heavy investments on Television (TV) for the delayed 2022-CHAN tourney underway this Friday in Algeria. Specifically, more investment is being made by CAF in the production of the product. While in the past a standard 10 to 14- camera plan has been used, CAF is now doubling the number of cameras including the use of a spider cam for all the matches in the Nelson Mandela Stadium. In addition, CAF has also confirmed the introduction of colour-commentary using legends at the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2022 for the first time – in July 2022. “At least 66 countries will watch the opening acts plus the encounter live from the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers on Friday, 13 January at 20h00 (19h00 GMT) where over 24 cameras will be used including extra ENG crews around the stadium that will be giving more cove...

By: Sallu Kamuskay 20-Year-Old Sierra Leonean model and winner of the Miss Best Model Sierra Leone,  Matina Elizabeth Doherty is set to represent Sierra Leone at this year's Miss Supermodel worldwide 2023 to be held in India. proud of her major achievement. Matina Elizabeth Doherty was crowned as the Miss Best Model Sierra Leone after competing with top models in a tight race. The organizer of the Miss Supermodel worldwide 2023 took to their official social media handles to share photo of the winner of the Miss Best model Sierra Leone who is to represent Sierra Leone.  Hailing all the way from the Lumley community, Matina Elizabeth Doherty competed against several eager models from all around the country and won this renowned distinction. She was crowned after several events, including a preliminary judging portion of the pageant where participants had to show off their skills. Her three-year pageantry experience began in 2019. She was previously crowned Miss Krootown road in ...

By: Paul Kamara paulkamara772@gmail.com Ahead of this year's General Elections, Paramount Chief of Kakua Chiefdom PC Prince Lappia BOIMA IV has on Friday 6 January 2023 engaged media stakeholders in Bo on the role of the media in creating a peaceful and non-violent elections.  He recognized the significant role played by the media in terms of information dissemination, but however noted that the media also play a crucial role in influencing the behavior of citizens either positively or negatively due to the type of messages they send out to the public.  Bringing into context the media and the Rwanda genocide, PC Boima catalogued the crucial role played by the media in the 1994 Rwanda genocide as local media fuelled the killing of many innocent citizens.  This he noted should serve as an example to learn from. PC Boima therefore called on media practitioners to carry out  their job professionally, serve as gatekeepers of peace and portray the good image of the country...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Mohamed Wulladeh, the captain of Makeni based Papaya Athletics Camp, owned by Famous Athletics Coach Alpha Papaya and consisting of young and promising sprinters and other athletics in the Northern Region, say their camp is sticking to winning ways across regional, national and international athletics contest to let everybody know that “Freetown is not Sierra Leone. Wulladeh’s justification comes just a week after himself and other athletics had shown class at the 97th edition of the Annual National Athletics Boxing Day Competition that was hosted on Boxing Day, at the Bo City Stadium in the Southern province of Sierra Leone. He described their success in Bo as “a landmark achievement” noting that 97th edition of the national athletics contest “was incredible. It was a double plus for us as provincial based athletics with limited training facilities and support to outshine our Freetown based counterparts belonging to 22 traditional athletics groups but tea...

By: Joseph Momoh Conteh in Magburaka    In the existence of human being, someone cannot expect to go through life without meeting challenges. Weither  the treatment of the portion of knowledge lies within the province of pure reason, advances with understanding certainty. Problems, perplexities and frustration are inevitable part of human existence. By accepting this, the idea of inevitability of challenges will help someone to appreciate them in a robust framework of mind. Rather thinking that, you are a culprit specially singled out by a malignant fate.  Though there are some after elaborate preparations, invariably bought to a stan and challenges may compelled them to retrace  their steps and strick into new direction.  When situations escalated into this point,  people may think someone is far from attaining to the certainty of progress and may be said the person is groping about in the dark. Oh yes. In that case, it is good to confront challenges ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sierra Leone innovator and Inaugural Global Student prize Laureate winner Jeremiah Thoronka says “2023 is going to be a great experience, adding that “I'm looking forward to all the great leaps Sierra Leone, colleagues, friends, family and myself will make in the new year." His statement comes a few hours after he had honored an invitation from the Vatican to spend a day with Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. According to Jeremiah, his meeting with Pope Francis saw them conclude a high-level discussion in relation to “climate change, youths and education on Saturday, 31st January 2022. Saying: “It was truly a great conversation and opportunity to hold a conversation with the Pope, standing on platforms, and sitting in rooms with other great minds while visiting many great places across the world.” After his meeting with the Pope, Jeremiah, an Innov...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Magburaka born vocalist Oliver Musa who's famous by his recording name as "Yankie Baby" has gifted his followers and other lovers of good music with three new melodies. Incredibly, Yankie Baby has respectively titled his melodies as "New Generation, Juliet and Stress Away" which he had composed in three different singing styles namely exclusive hip-hop, afro-pop and an amapiano, with each melody having an astonishing musical flow. The three songs were first premiered on the promising vocalist's YouTube channel but in less than a week links of all of the songs are now available across his social media handles. Since the melodies premiering of the Knox Empire signed Afro-hip-hop performer was alarmed a week ago by his management Dreams Record, the songs have been blasting disco speakers in some of the most famous nightclubs in Makeni, Kambia and Freetown including Country House and the Makeni City Plaza. Additionally, the songs have b...

By: Joseph Momoh Conteh in Magburaka  It is no longer news that majority, if not all communication companies are out of guard. I am sure they are aware of the poor network services provided to customers. And it is obvious that the services provided by these communication companies in Sierra Leone are poor. And there is little to write about home 🏡 as compared to International Communication companies standards.  I'm of the belief that, several complains have been made through Consumer Protection Agency, but nothing seems to have been done to remedy the situation. The situation is getting worse every day. This is really sad.  This situation needs immediate NATCOM's intervention. Customers are aware of the fact that, local communication companies cannot match  up to international standards but at least let there be some improvements. To NATCOM, it is really sad. 😭😭 I think one of the reasons that leeds to the delay of fixing the issue is, poor regulation from NATCOM ...

By: Paul Kamara paulkamara772@gmail.com Team Peace Makers organize victory dinner in Bo Last week, Team Peace Makers, the reigning  champions of the maiden edition of the President Bio Inter-Community Trophy which climaxed in Bo on 5th November last year,  organized a victory dinner to further celebrate their milestone achievement. The dinner was hosted at the Wizard Complex, Dambala Road in Bo with representation from the various communities that formed the  "Team Peace Makers" such as: Hangha Town, Kortugbuma, Reservation, Old Barracks, Nikibu and Brima Town that teamed up in few months ago to clinch the President Bio Inter-Community Trophy for communities in the Southern Region city of Bo, after defeating Njagboima Community 1-0 in the finals. Other imminent personalities that attendees the victory dinner were: the Bo City Mayoral hopeful Mr Paul Duwai Sowa, former Internal Affairs Minister Hon. Soluku alias Solution, parliamentary aspirant Mr. Shakana Sheriff,...