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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Africa is set to make a huge limp on the global digital landscape with the continent’s football governing body CAF announcement of heavy investments on Television (TV) for the delayed 2022-CHAN tourney underway this Friday in Algeria. Specifically, more investment is being made by CAF in the production of the product. While in the past a standard 10 to 14- camera plan has been used, CAF is now doubling the number of cameras including the use of a spider cam for all the matches in the Nelson Mandela Stadium. In addition, CAF has also confirmed the introduction of colour-commentary using legends at the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2022 for the first time – in July 2022. “At least 66 countries will watch the opening acts plus the encounter live from the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers on Friday, 13 January at 20h00 (19h00 GMT) where over 24 cameras will be used including extra ENG crews around the stadium that will be giving more cove...

By: Sallu Kamuskay 20-Year-Old Sierra Leonean model and winner of the Miss Best Model Sierra Leone,  Matina Elizabeth Doherty is set to represent Sierra Leone at this year's Miss Supermodel worldwide 2023 to be held in India. proud of her major achievement. Matina Elizabeth Doherty was crowned as the Miss Best Model Sierra Leone after competing with top models in a tight race. The organizer of the Miss Supermodel worldwide 2023 took to their official social media handles to share photo of the winner of the Miss Best model Sierra Leone who is to represent Sierra Leone.  Hailing all the way from the Lumley community, Matina Elizabeth Doherty competed against several eager models from all around the country and won this renowned distinction. She was crowned after several events, including a preliminary judging portion of the pageant where participants had to show off their skills. Her three-year pageantry experience began in 2019. She was previously crowned Miss Krootown road in ...

By: Paul Kamara paulkamara772@gmail.com Ahead of this year's General Elections, Paramount Chief of Kakua Chiefdom PC Prince Lappia BOIMA IV has on Friday 6 January 2023 engaged media stakeholders in Bo on the role of the media in creating a peaceful and non-violent elections.  He recognized the significant role played by the media in terms of information dissemination, but however noted that the media also play a crucial role in influencing the behavior of citizens either positively or negatively due to the type of messages they send out to the public.  Bringing into context the media and the Rwanda genocide, PC Boima catalogued the crucial role played by the media in the 1994 Rwanda genocide as local media fuelled the killing of many innocent citizens.  This he noted should serve as an example to learn from. PC Boima therefore called on media practitioners to carry out  their job professionally, serve as gatekeepers of peace and portray the good image of the country...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Mohamed Wulladeh, the captain of Makeni based Papaya Athletics Camp, owned by Famous Athletics Coach Alpha Papaya and consisting of young and promising sprinters and other athletics in the Northern Region, say their camp is sticking to winning ways across regional, national and international athletics contest to let everybody know that “Freetown is not Sierra Leone. Wulladeh’s justification comes just a week after himself and other athletics had shown class at the 97th edition of the Annual National Athletics Boxing Day Competition that was hosted on Boxing Day, at the Bo City Stadium in the Southern province of Sierra Leone. He described their success in Bo as “a landmark achievement” noting that 97th edition of the national athletics contest “was incredible. It was a double plus for us as provincial based athletics with limited training facilities and support to outshine our Freetown based counterparts belonging to 22 traditional athletics groups but tea...

By: Joseph Momoh Conteh in Magburaka    In the existence of human being, someone cannot expect to go through life without meeting challenges. Weither  the treatment of the portion of knowledge lies within the province of pure reason, advances with understanding certainty. Problems, perplexities and frustration are inevitable part of human existence. By accepting this, the idea of inevitability of challenges will help someone to appreciate them in a robust framework of mind. Rather thinking that, you are a culprit specially singled out by a malignant fate.  Though there are some after elaborate preparations, invariably bought to a stan and challenges may compelled them to retrace  their steps and strick into new direction.  When situations escalated into this point,  people may think someone is far from attaining to the certainty of progress and may be said the person is groping about in the dark. Oh yes. In that case, it is good to confront challenges ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Sierra Leone innovator and Inaugural Global Student prize Laureate winner Jeremiah Thoronka says “2023 is going to be a great experience, adding that “I'm looking forward to all the great leaps Sierra Leone, colleagues, friends, family and myself will make in the new year." His statement comes a few hours after he had honored an invitation from the Vatican to spend a day with Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. According to Jeremiah, his meeting with Pope Francis saw them conclude a high-level discussion in relation to “climate change, youths and education on Saturday, 31st January 2022. Saying: “It was truly a great conversation and opportunity to hold a conversation with the Pope, standing on platforms, and sitting in rooms with other great minds while visiting many great places across the world.” After his meeting with the Pope, Jeremiah, an Innov...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Magburaka born vocalist Oliver Musa who's famous by his recording name as "Yankie Baby" has gifted his followers and other lovers of good music with three new melodies. Incredibly, Yankie Baby has respectively titled his melodies as "New Generation, Juliet and Stress Away" which he had composed in three different singing styles namely exclusive hip-hop, afro-pop and an amapiano, with each melody having an astonishing musical flow. The three songs were first premiered on the promising vocalist's YouTube channel but in less than a week links of all of the songs are now available across his social media handles. Since the melodies premiering of the Knox Empire signed Afro-hip-hop performer was alarmed a week ago by his management Dreams Record, the songs have been blasting disco speakers in some of the most famous nightclubs in Makeni, Kambia and Freetown including Country House and the Makeni City Plaza. Additionally, the songs have b...