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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Eight players were crushed to death while returning from a rural football match at Batkanu town in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The incident took place between Makoth and Makarie axis along the Makeni-Freetown in the evening hours of Sunday February 28, 2021 when the vehicle carrying the players collided with a truck carrying timber logs.    A total number of sixteen players returning from a football assignment for Makarie community were involved in the fatal accident, eight died on the spot, one more has passed on at 17:05GMT on Monday, 1st March, 2021, five out of the sixteen have been referred to the Emergency Hospital in Freetown while the remaining three are still admitted at the Northern Regional Hospital in Makeni, a medic attached at the hospital told AWE Media Sierra Leone. Six out of the nine departed players have already been buried but all football activities in the region including the ongoing Second Division League in Bombali District ha...

The reckless exploitation of fuel dealers and "Jebu traders": By: Ibrahim Jalloh -(Jallomy) Fuel and its price have sky rocket today in the North Eastern Capital of Makeni City. Today, February 1, and days to come will be economic burden and social discomfort to residents of Makeni City and her immediate environs and, of course, the territorial communities of North East Region. A liter of fuel today in Makeni is costing between le 12,000.00 and 15,000.00.  The reason is hopelessly hopeless: Tanker drivers and mates heading up to Makeni from Freetown refused to take the test, the result of which is a major and absolute requirement to enter and exit the Western Area who has epidemiologically graduated as epi center!  Those violaters were refused entry and hence the shortage of fuel. The reckless situation is now being exploited by fuel dealers on the ground by facilitating a parallel market.  No action from any quarters: the police is complacently absent and a field day is comm...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy) Like in most chiefdoms with an awakened citizenry, the local governance transitional moment (chieftaincy elections) in Sanda Tendaren Chiefdom has triggered endless debate and massive show of interest in a transition process that is yet to unfold.  As democrats and Political protagonists calling for urgent and compelling reforms in the institution of paramount chieftaincy, we welcome the debate and massive interest shown in the process. This is indicative of growth in democracy and citizens participation in the governance process of the state at the local level Paramount chieftaincy was a colonial creation for the expressed purpose of administrative oversight and convenience. The Colonial masters judged that a permanent grip on the predatory provincial people, especially those revolutionary elements, can be achieved by creating a dictatorial suprintending structure labelled paramount chieftaincy. From inception, paramount chieftaincy was designed to be a co...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy) Like in most chiefdoms with an awakened citizenry, the local governance transitional moment (chieftaincy elections) in Sanda Tendaren Chiefdom has triggered endless debate and massive show of interest in a transition process that is yet to unfold.  As democrats and Political protagonists calling for urgent and compelling reforms in the institution of paramount chieftaincy, we welcome the debate and massive interest shown in the process. This is indicative of growth in democracy and citizens participation in the governance process of the state at the local level Paramount chieftaincy was a colonial creation for the expressed purpose of administrative oversight and convenience. The Colonial masters judged that a permanent grip on the predatory provincial people, especially those revolutionary elements, can be achieved by creating a dictatorial suprintending structure labelled paramount chieftaincy. From inception, paramount chieftaincy was designed to be a co...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy) akempi@yahoo.com Yenya is a patch of land on the eastern fringes of Sierra Leone in the historic district of Kailahun. The district of Kailahun poignantly shares boundary lines with the neighbouring republics of Guinea and Liberia.  These are two countries that have long standing diplomatic ties with Sierra Leone. Particularly Guinea, history has cemented a perfect bond, anthropological connect and an undisputable sociological mix with the country and people of Sierra Leone. Inter marriages, trade links and political maneuverings have characterized the compact and relational identity of the two sister republics. Yenga is a border community between Sierra Leone and Guinea but geographically Yenga falls in the map of Sierra Leone and as such an integral part of the sovereign territorial space of Sierra Leone, an independent country, a member of the ECOWAS, African Union and an effective player in the Mano River Basin. The sovereign right of Sierra Leone over ...

By; Amadu Wurie Timbo Youth Activist, Researcher and Multimedia Journalist working with Northern Times Newspaper has bagged a prestigious gold customized Award as the Best Print Sport Journalist of the year 2020, setting the new record of being the first ever Provincial Nominee in the sports category to win the award which is annually organized by the National Entertainment Award in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and other partners. The young, result oriented and promising Journalist was nominated alongside experienced Sports Journalists: Alpha Barrie Alpha, Alie Bittar, Bernard Turay, Sahr Morris Jr. and Bockarie Alieu in the Best Print Sports Journalist category of the 4th edition of the National Entertainment Award. Rehme’s nomination was well embraced and supported by his colleagues in the media, fans and followers within and across Sierra Leone who widely shared his nomination flyer in multiple social media platforms, no wonder he won the title...

Statement by President of SLAJ, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, as Distinguished Guest Speaker at the Inauguration Ceremony of St. Augustine Old Students Association (SAOSA) in Lungi Date: Saturday, 23rd January, 2021 Time: 2pm Venue: St. Augustine Secondary School compound, Lungi. Good afternoon everyone, I am honoured and excited to be here with you as your Guest Speaker for the induction of St. Augustine Old Students Association new executive members. It is wonderful to see a mix of many ex-students of the school, current students, teachers, principals and parents gathered at this important event and I want to commend the pioneers for a wonderful work in putting this together. Ladies and Gentlemen, life is a journey. It starts from birth and ends with death. In between that period, we go through many phases and acquire skills and experiences. The road is never smooth; it is always by the grace of God that we find ourselves where we are. Today you see me as the President of SLAJ, but I did not...