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Ahead of OMFA Elections, CEC urges voters to "see themselves as friends together"

​ 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...

“Marhaba” unveiled as official match ball for CHAN Tourney

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.