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By: Hakim Bangura One of the country’s oldest and most consistent youth owned organization, AR-Wilson’s Entertainment, that strives to advocate for the voiceless and thus promote music, volunteerism, education, pageantry, sports, gender responsiveness, good governance, agriculture and other facets for development has over the weekend at the second edition of the Faces of the North entertainment Awards (FaNEA) awards ceremony hosted at Wusum hotel conference hall in Makeni city, Bombali District Northern Sierra Leone received a Prestigious Gold Award as Best Promotional Team of the Year. Receiving the award last Friday, December 13, on behalf of other members of AR-Wilson’s Entertainment was its signed Artist Foday Kargbo alias (Zefab D’Adonis). Upon receiving the award, Zefab lifted up the gong and the crowd went bazaar in cheering him up and his team for their unique contribution to the lives of others most especially in the entertainment sector. He thanked the customer...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Sierra Leone’s staple food is rice and for several years now its production in the country has been limited to small scale and subsistence farming across the country with only few individuals and groups engaging on commercial farming which had cost successive governments to have spent a whooping sum of 200 Billion dollars yearly to import rice from other countries. It is on this backdrop that the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has hosted the first ever Rice Conference in the Northern Region for stakeholders in the Agricultural and Forestry sector on the theme: “Getting Rice Right”. The conference brought together various farmers, heads of ministries, agencies and departments from all districts and major towns in the Northern Region for two days (17 th -18 th December, 2019) to dialogue and contribute positively in the development process of putting together a National document on Rice for the very first time in the his...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh – (Jallomy In loving memory of the late Bishop Augustus F. Azzolini and in recognition of his pioneering leadership in establishing the Catholic Church in the Northern region of Sierra Leone, the current generation of the Catholic Church leadership and membership through the University of Makeni conceptualized and established the late Bishop Augustus F. Azzolini memorial lecture. Among several, this is an initiative that captures the admiration and appreciation of not only the faithful and laity of the Catholic Church in northern Sierra Leone but the mass of direct and indirect beneficiaries of the Catholic Church. This year's lecture series were scheduled and thematically focused on national cohesion. The theme is not only timely and appropriate but bears the hallmarks of putting into context a major national deficit: a cohesive state. The current polarized nature of the state along the narrow lines of tribe, region and political party has constituted ...

By: Abdul Mansaray While some will see journalism as “organized gossip”, the majority will agree that it’s a force for progressive social change that maintains democracy. The role of journalism in any given society is so central that, it is often fondly described as the 4 th Estate. Many see its role as the barometer of society and thermometer of opinion. It occupies the vacuum of alternative opinion to governments and seen as voice of the voiceless and downtrodden people. Although we cannot overemphasize the role of journalism in our society, it is equally nauseating that where an issue of public interest is concerned; there is the temptation of trial by media; even before due process of the law. Guilty as charged. In other cases, it is the pursuance of truth and truth to power, without fear or favours that separate the patriot from the jingoist or nationalist. It is the sacred duty of journalists to inform, educate and entertain. As a call of duty, one of its roles is to ...

Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Sierra Leone striker Suffian Kalokoh is proving to be one of the most prolific strikers in the region after finishing top scorer in the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone-A, Under-20 Championship in Guinea. Kalokoh scored six goals, including a hat-trick against Mauritania in the group stages. His two goals against Guinea sealed Sierra Leone’s passage into the semi-finals in a must win game. Playing in goal after the goalkeeper was sent off against Senegal, Kalokoh scored from the spot as Sierra Leone lost 4-1. He was named man of the match in both games against Mauritania and Guinea respectively scoring a total of six goals for Shooting Stars of Sierra Leone ahead of all strikers from the eight representing countries in this year’s campaign. Kalokoh is due to join his new club Bo Rangers to help in their campaign for the Sierra Leone Premier League title. He is a key member of a star-studded squad including Prince Barrie whic...

By: Sahr J. Bangah A four years old minor is expected to testify today at the Makeni Magistrate court presided over by Peter Gogra on how the accused sexually fidgeted her in an unfinished house that resulted to blood oozing out from her two legs. According to the minor’s grandmother, she revealed in court that on the 27 th November 2019 at Manokoh village in the Bombali Sherry Chiefdom, Bombali District, she left the victim playing in the veranda of the house and went to attend to the call of nature.   On her return, she could not see the victim and immediately she raised an alarm which prompted the neighbors to go in search of the minor who they later discovered by one Abdul Kamara in an unfinished house with the accused sexually fidgeting her. She further revealed that seen the ungodly scene, Abdul Kamara shouted loud that attracted neighbors to come to the scene of crime and immediately the accused Saidu Kamara saw them, he decided to run away but was arrested ...

By: Sahr J. Bangah The persistence absence of the jurors in the high Court trials in Makeni, Northern Judicial District, has potentially undermined the frantic efforts of the presiding High Court Judge, Justice Unisa Kamara including the State Counsel North, Aruna Jalloh, whose determination is to see justice done without delay. According to High Court source, several witnesses have lined up to testify in capital offences against accused persons but unfortunately jurors are not sitting due to the fact that the judiciary has not paid their stipends for closed to a year. One of the displeased jurors intimated this medium that most of their colleagues have to walk distances to attend High Court sittings without having food or water to drink not to talk of providing for the daily sustenance of their families. He concluded that even though they are doing a national service yet they are family heads with legal and moral obligation to provide for their family needs. Governme...