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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  On Sunday, Apex Multimedia, a growing Makeni based Multimedia company in collaboration with Kivas Pub on the Azzolini high-way unveiled a free film screening partnership with record attendance at the premises of Pivas. The deal according to Apex Multimedia’s Film Expert and Trainer Nick Sanderson was inspired by the desire of their management to reactivate the culture of movie screening on cinemas by way of increasing accessibility of film knowledge to the residents of Makeni and beyond which will help them become key players in the movie industry in the country eventually. He said: “Our company-(Apex Multimedia) believes education is a basic necessity and a right for everyone hence must be made accessible, which is why we’re offering free movie education to the people of Makeni and its surrounding for a start as part of fulfilling our cooperate social responsibility and we’re super proud of the management of Kivas Pub for partnering with us to revive the ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Mena Queens Football Club secured their first home win in the ongoing first-ever National Women’s League, as they dislodged visitors Koya Queens from Mile 38 at the Wusum Stadium in Makeni 2-1 over the weekend. It was gifted forward Sarah Turay who opened the scoring for the host in the first half and 10 minutes on her teammate Marian doubles the lead but Koya Queens forward Gbassay Kamara stamped a perfect finish before the quarter hour mark to end the match played on Saturday on high. The win is Mena Queens second in the ongoing maiden National Women’s in a row since they collected all three points away from Albitaya Queens FC of Kabala on October 29.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Members of the Old Makeni Franciscan Association-(OMFA) across the country on Friday converged at the University of Makeni-(UNIMAK) Mass Communications building for the inauguration of the university’s first ever OMFA President in the person of Margai John Sebeh Conteh. Mr. Conteh who’s a final year student at the said University studying a  Mass Communication Honors Degree, inauguration came after he was officially elected unopposed as the UNIMAK Chapter of the Alumni Association of the Saint Francis Secondary School in Makeni in September this year. The historic event was also graced by UNIMAK Lecturers, Staff and Pupils of Saint Francis Secondary School, journalists among other guests invited from all walks of life. On the day, President Conteh expressed gratitude to the OMFA membership at home and abroad for trusting him to lead, he said his immediate ambition is to increase the membership of the newly established UNIMAK chapter and to make visibl...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  The Sierra Leone Police in the North East Region on Thursday were applauded by spectators for keeping their 2022 Inter-Divisional Sport Meeting 100% apolitical. Of all the four houses in the Police sport meet, the traditional Green and Red colors that are commonly been attributed to the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party-(SLPP) and the main oppositions All People’s Congress-(APC) parties were missing. Some of the spectators that witnessed the sports meetings said the decision by the Sierra Leone Police in the region was exemplary and urged heads of academic and other institutions to copy the Police model in a bid to end the  unhealthy contests that is normally mounted over the politicization of the green and red colors at most sport meetings. Meanwhile, the Athletics challenge organized to celebrate the 2022 Police week was competed by eight Police units in the Northeast region placed into four house colors consisting of two units each, was won by the...

By: alusinerehme.wilson@awokonewspaper.sl Nearly 24 hours to the long awaited grand finals of the maiden President Bio Trophy underway in the southern regional district of Bo, this Saturday, the tournament’s organizers “Sons & Daughters of Bo” in collaboration with the local football federation-(BDFA) are set to gift the two finalists with a whooping sum of 120,000 Leones. According to Radio Newsong Sport Journalist David Lebbie, the winner of the competition’s final encounter to be played at the Bo Coronation field between Hanga Town Community and Njagboma Community Football Clubs is tipped to take home the sum of 70,000 Leones while the Runner-up will bag 50,000 Leones. Lebbie added that the sum of  10,000 Leones also awaits the team that will win the 3rd place encounter between Coronation Field and Kandeh Town Community Football Teams. With plans already sealed by the organizers for the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone His Excellency Retired Brigadier Julius Maada B...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Freetown based elite football club Ports Authority nicknamed as “The Waterfront Boys” has announced the signing of seven players including Joseph “Techno” Cleveland who has sealed a three year contract with the club where he had played for two consecutive seasons on loan. The other recruits are: forwarding Midfielder Abdulai B. Kamara from FC Johansen, midfielder Ibrahim Tiago Kamara from Kamboi Eagles, goalkeeper Yusuf Mbayoh from Anti Drugs, forward Melvin Davis from FC Johansen, midfielder Kassimu Kallon from Central Parade, forward Musa Kamara from Diamond Stars. All seven players according to Ports Authority officials have each sealed a three years agreement “The Waterfront Boys” for undisclosed fees, and will be duly unveiled before donning the club’s colors until 2025.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson A group of descendants from the Southern Regional District of Bo named Sons & Daughters of Bo have teamed up to positively engage various communities in what is now the first ever inter-community football tournament of its kind organized in collaboration with the local Football Federation-(BDFA). Their membership comprised of both government and non-governmental parastaters including the Chief Minister Jacob Jusu Saffa, and the Lead Way, Bo Rangers Executive Chairman Babadi Kamara that have team-up to honor and celebrate the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone His Excellency Retired Brigadier Julius Madda Bio by naming the district’s most expensive football tournament after him. With the maiden edition already wrapping up this weekend in Bo, after various communities had mobilized to form 16 community teams that were placed in 4 groups (A-D) consisting of four teams each namely: Messima, New Barracks, Sammie town, Shellmingo, Samamie, Kissy Town, New ...