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By: Abdul Aziz Samura  Hopeful National Secretary-General aspirant of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, Lansana Dumbuya Esq, has wrapped up his provincial tour after visiting  bye-election places and urged his party’s stakeholders, grassroots, and sympathizers to stand firm, united and reserve their energy to make gains in the upcoming general elections. He commended his visit from Sunday, 19 th  Friday to 24 th  June 2022, in Bo, Kenema, Port Loko, Bombali, Tonkolili, and Karene districts. What is noticeable to all his outreach tours around the country is the over-enthusiasm of senior party supporters who are undoubtedly convinced that Lawyer Lansana Dumbuya is the National Secretary-General in waiting. As former Youth Minister and Ambassador to the Iran Republic, Almammy Kamara puts it “he is the right man for that seat, and it is now an establish phenomenon that his popularity is systematic”.    In his statement, Lawyer Lansana Dumbu...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  At the Kambia Sports Complex, the North West Region Football Association-(NWRFA), last Sunday made history as the first-ever region nationwide to decorate its team of the season. The new administrative football region uniquely dressed all eleven players from eight of the ten football clubs that took part in the just concluded Men’s Super-10 Football Champion in customized white and blue jerseys with green stockings. The historic event was done in the watchful eyes of Thomas Daddy Brima, President of the Sierra Leone Football Association and a barrage of other sports administrators few minutes after the last game of the season in the region, in which the reigning Men’s Super-10 champions Great Scarcies United Football Club defeated 5th place finishers Marampa Stars Football Club 1-0. Players who made the cut to the NWRFA Men’s Super-10 Best-XI and eventually being dressed are: Goalkeeper Ibrahim Sesay(Great Scarcies United FC), Defenders: Mohamed Bai Kamara...

​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  The anticipated preliminary for the proposed Bombali District Football Association-(BDFA) U-15 Men’s Championship begins on Friday, 24th June, 2020 with all matches scheduled to take place at the Wusum Stadium. The matches are already lined up to be played on the opening day in  a knockout format. On match day one, Kin Football Club, BWB Academy and AZ-Foundation football Club will respectively battle Iron Metal Football Club, Fothal and Mena Stars Football Club at 8:00am, 10:30am and 4:30pm local time at the same venue while Rogbaneh Strikers, Sektars United and Sierra Avengers will respectively battle their Santino Football Club, Young Moon Light and Korombo Football Club opponents at 8:30am, 10:30am and 10:30am in match day 2 and 3 during the weekend days of Saturday and Sunday. According to the Bombali District Football Association, the six winners from the preliminary matches will progress to the district’s round of six where new fixtures will ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone, the nation’s senior men’s team have dropped five places downwards from 108th to 113th place in the World, and now ranked as the 25th Best team in Africa, according to the FIFA/Coca Cola latest Men’s National Teams Ranking. As of last March, John Edward Keister’s side slipped one place downwards from 107th to 108th with a total points of 1173.89 but have scored 5.68 points less to drop five place downwards and currently occupy 113th place globally with a total point of 1168.21. The ranking did not come as a surprise as many sports pundits had since predicted a drop for the side guided by the former East End Lions and FC Johansen technician following the nation’s 2-1 defeat to Nigeria and its 2-2 draw against Guinea Bissau in their Group-A qualifier matches for the 2023-TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted in Ivory Coast. Meanwhile, Brazil still remains the number one-(1st) Men’s National team in the world followe...

By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl On Saturday, June 18, 2022, Alhaji Manika Kamara, the newly elected Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists–(SLAJ) told pressmen during an interview in Makeni that his election triumph is “a win for SLAJ.” “My election triumph is the making of God and the general membership of SLAJ, I mean all those who voted for me and my colleague aspirant, so it’s a win for SLAJ as a whole, '' he noted with excitement. “I’m indeed happy that I emerged victorious over my senior colleague Mr. Asmiru Bah, who to me is not considered an opponent but a brother and I look forward to working with him hands in glove as and when necessary in the dispense of my duties while tapping on my two years and one year past experience respectively as Assistant and Acting Secretary General of SLAJ to position our secretariat the best way nationally and internationally.” He went on to thank delegates for their unprecedented show of love and suppo...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Despite votes being counted, the winner of the Nieni Chiefdom in Koinadugu District long awaited Paramount Chieftaincy Election is yet to be declared by  the election’s returning officer Simenon Fatoma, who doubles as the Provincial Secretary of the Northeast Region. This follows sudden misbehaviors of some supporters of the three other candidates that secured the list number of votes took to pelting stones on the roof of the Yifin town court barray where the elections took place. The pelting of stone was so intense that the Sierra Leone Police in the Northeast region intervened by firing tear gases as a remedy to halt the standoff which they eventually succeeded on, and thus paved the way for the continuation of the counting of the individual votes being casted in favor of each of the four candidates. Out of the total number of five hundred and six – (506) votes casted by Tribal Authorities from all nine sections in the Nieni Chiefdom, the four candidates ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  As part of its annual engagement plan, the ROFUTHA Development Organization has successfully wrapped up a day’s dialogue with Personnel of the Sierra Leone Police in the Northeast  Region attached to the Family Support Unit and other Heads of Departments on the topic: HIV and AIDS, Human Rights and Law. The day-long session which is desired to examine successes and challenges on the fight against, domestic violence, gender issues and other sexual offences related offenses was facilitated by Mrs. William Bah, Mr. Amara Lebbie, Mr. Idriss Songo and Mr. Isaac Ahemesah. All four facilitators ensured healthy dialogues during their respective presentations at the semi-annual partners meeting, told the participants that the meeting is not only held to discuss their work related success and challenges but to also strengthen collaboration between ROFUTHA and its partners, and at the end be able to map out a joint guide that will be useful for improving their c...