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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson 30 years ago when the famous Dabor family of lower Bamabara chiefdom in the eastern regional district of Kenema welcomed their last born (Alie Dabor), no one knew he was going to spend all his days in the northeastern city of Makeni and braking barriers. The last born from the family of 5 had since settled, and recently made history when he was awarded the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) ticket as the fittest candidate to contest for the prestigious Bombali District Council Chairmanship in the June 24 polls, becoming the youngest candidate across all political parties to race for such top seat.  Dabor who clocked 30 a few months ago, main contender in the June 24 elections is APC’s Dr. Mohamed Mark Barbah Sisay, but he says he has “no fears” racing with him. I drew my inspiration while growing up and schooling in Bombali and Kenema district which let me see the need to always step up for my peers,” he disclosed. And wen on to say “My bid to become...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Although calm is gradually returning to the Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology (EBKUST) Makeni Campus after hundreds of students went on the rampage on May 30, demanding that “no student must be barred from writing to their examination,” 13 students remain hospitalized. The strike action was ignited by the university administration stands that students must pay  their complete tuition fees including other charges before writing to their final examination, a notion which the university’s Vice Chancellor and Principal Professor Edwin J.J Momoh say is a best practice and a general policy that cut across universities in Sierra Leone, but the students say most of them have paid at least 75% of their fees but they have not received their university attires while the those in the nursing department are  yet to receive their accreditations and uniforms likewise. There was complete standoff on campus and some of the Lecturers had to run for ...

By: Ibrahim Benjamin Brima Kanu brimakhan@gmail.com Ahead of their tour to Senegal, Star Sport Foootball Academy Sierra Leone has on Monday 5th June, 2023 held a press conference at SLAJ regional office at station road Makeni. The conference was atternded by journalists from various media institutions  across the country to help diseminate the plans The team departed the shores of Sierra Leone on the eve of Tuesday 6th June, 2023 with 15 officials and 21 players including 8 players from Sierra Leone National U15 and U17 for the E11 Youth tournament in Senegal and are expected to face off teams from Guinea, Mali  and tSenegal the host nation with the motive of showcasing the boys to international football. The Academy is established to discover talents from various communities accross the country. There are over 30 players altogether in the academy  under all football guiding principles  The boys were recruited from across the country based on their talents devoid of ...