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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Following the release of his new single titled: “Say no to Tribalism,” Awoko Newspaper interviewed Abubakarr Kargbo alias “Anderson,” the Footballer turned Musician and Comedian, about what inspired his song’s title and more? In his response, the former Katara football club midfielder who is now signed to growing musical brand Rokupr Borbor Entertainment says his new song’s title is inspired by the growing rate of hate speeches, nepotism, sectionalism, regionalism, as well as the wide spread of misinformation, misconception and mainly tribalism on party lines. “As a musician, I’m equally concern like many other Sierra Leoneans over the alarming rate of tribalism which in some way is causing some amount of instability and to a large extent igniting hatred among countrymen which to me are all deterrents to national cohesion which will also prevent lasting development in the country. “This is why I took my time to rhythmically sensitize countrymen in my two m...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sulaiman Sillah Sesay, the Founder and Leader of Augu-B’s Advocacy Entertainment Network-(ABEN), on Friday told Awoko Newspaper that his brand’s signed multiple award-winning soloist and actress Augusta Kabia alias “Augu-B” will officially premier three new singles this weekend. According to CEO Sillah, of the three singles underway, Augu-B featured two other performers namely Favour and Yayo respectively in “Tori Mi” and Ka Chay Kom” while she single-handedly outshined the beat in the other single titled: “Tholon Pepeh Reply”. He went on to reveal Saturday, 22 October 2022, mid day, as the date and time when the singles which have been produced by Heziko, “will firstly be officially premiered on Amzas  Radio Top-Six weekend show. “Afterwards, the songs will be available for steaming on YouTube and multiple online streaming platforms, and on local broadcasting networks in Makeni, nationwide and beyond, as part our plan to further trade her craft acros...

​ By: Emmanuel Jim  In what is called an on the spot monitoring , the National Coordinator for Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme, UNDP, Abdul Rahman A. Sannoh has on the 21st October, 2022 visited the eWomen SLC Play Ground in Makeni.  The visit which is to monitor and evaluate how far the project which is also funded by UNDP is going, has created an impressive impact after taking some snap shots of the project site which is on the verge of completion and set to be handed over to the school administration.  In his address to a few staff and authorities of the school namely, Mrs. Kafiatu T. S. Bangura, Head Teacher senior section, Mr. Brina Kargbo,  Teacher and Elizabeth E. Bangura, Head Teacher, Nursery Section, Mr. Sannoh stressed on the need for a formation of a committee to manage the Playground. He said one of the responsibilities is to source out funds from the little charges as access to the facility. This he said would create an opportunity fo...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Following their successive representations in the WAFU-A U15 and U17 tournaments in Liberia and Monrovia, the National Male U15 and U17 teams will today play two friendly matches in Makeni against the Makeni U15 and U17 All Stars football teams. According to the coordinator of the said friendly matches Mohamed K-Plus Conteh, “both matches will be played at the Wusum Stadium with the respective kickoff times set for 8:00am and 10:00am (local times). He also said that “no entrance fee will be required at the gate for spectators to watch both matches which are exclusively organized for the purpose of scouting for players from Makeni to join the current players already enlisted to the National Male U15 and U17 teams of Sierra Leone.”

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  An astonishing achievement was made on Saturday by the football family in Sierra Leone as the West African sports loving nation officially kick-off its maiden national Women’s Top-tier at the Wusum Stadium in the northeastern city of Makeni with a record number of attendance. Spectators from all six regions nationwide including former players of both female and male national teams including former Sierra Queens Skipper Musu “Pele” Bangura and Leone Stars former captain Abubakarr “Tastao” Kamara,  made up the huge crowd. Other dignitaries in attendance were regional and districts football executive members, club managers, Journalists, the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Lisa Chesney among others, joined the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone His Excellency Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, and his wife Mrs. Fatima Bio for the official launching of the nation’s first ever national top-tier. 
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​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Information and Communications has reaffirmed it commitments to a peaceful, stable and tranquil nation.  The assurance was stated in a Sunday presser, in which MIC had announced a state burial for unidentifiable corpes that lost their lives to the dreadful August 10 citizens protests in Makeni, Kamakwie and the eastern part of the country.  According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, the corpses whose total number they’ve refused to disclose, will be buried on Monday, 17th October, 2022 at Bolima in the Western Area Rural District of Waterloo in  collaboration with the bereaved families. MIC also stated that the bereaved family members have duly received from the Government the sum of NLE 20,000 each, as funeral rites assistance as it pleases the President of the Republic His Excellency Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  As part of the Association’s decentralization ambition, Madam Hawa Dauda, the female representative of the Sierra Leone Swimming Diving and Water-polo Association–(SLSDWA) on Saturday schooled ten female swimmers in the Northern Region on Menstrual Hygiene, sexual harassments safety and related swimming best practices. Held at the Country house pool premises on the Makeni-Magburaka Highway, over the weekend, the training was called to order by the Northern Region Secretary, followed by brief statements from the Female Swimmers Coach AhmedMuctarr Koroma and the SLSDWA President in the Northern Region both encouraged the trainees to be attentive throughout the training, saying “this training is very important and will help to polish the future for you all to become professional and healthily swimmers the region and the nation would be proud of.” In her opening remarks, the trainer Madam Hawa Dauda who’s also a female journalist working with Mercury Radio in ...