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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson 30 years ago when the famous Dabor family of lower Bamabara chiefdom in the eastern regional district of Kenema welcomed their last born (Alie Dabor), no one knew he was going to spend all his days in the northeastern city of Makeni and braking barriers. The last born from the family of 5 had since settled, and recently made history when he was awarded the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) ticket as the fittest candidate to contest for the prestigious Bombali District Council Chairmanship in the June 24 polls, becoming the youngest candidate across all political parties to race for such top seat.  Dabor who clocked 30 a few months ago, main contender in the June 24 elections is APC’s Dr. Mohamed Mark Barbah Sisay, but he says he has “no fears” racing with him. I drew my inspiration while growing up and schooling in Bombali and Kenema district which let me see the need to always step up for my peers,” he disclosed. And wen on to say “My bid to become...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Although calm is gradually returning to the Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology (EBKUST) Makeni Campus after hundreds of students went on the rampage on May 30, demanding that “no student must be barred from writing to their examination,” 13 students remain hospitalized. The strike action was ignited by the university administration stands that students must pay  their complete tuition fees including other charges before writing to their final examination, a notion which the university’s Vice Chancellor and Principal Professor Edwin J.J Momoh say is a best practice and a general policy that cut across universities in Sierra Leone, but the students say most of them have paid at least 75% of their fees but they have not received their university attires while the those in the nursing department are  yet to receive their accreditations and uniforms likewise. There was complete standoff on campus and some of the Lecturers had to run for ...

By: Ibrahim Benjamin Brima Kanu brimakhan@gmail.com Ahead of their tour to Senegal, Star Sport Foootball Academy Sierra Leone has on Monday 5th June, 2023 held a press conference at SLAJ regional office at station road Makeni. The conference was atternded by journalists from various media institutions  across the country to help diseminate the plans The team departed the shores of Sierra Leone on the eve of Tuesday 6th June, 2023 with 15 officials and 21 players including 8 players from Sierra Leone National U15 and U17 for the E11 Youth tournament in Senegal and are expected to face off teams from Guinea, Mali  and tSenegal the host nation with the motive of showcasing the boys to international football. The Academy is established to discover talents from various communities accross the country. There are over 30 players altogether in the academy  under all football guiding principles  The boys were recruited from across the country based on their talents devoid of ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Ten Sierra Leonean journalists have been appointed as Brand Ambassadors by leading independent fact-checking agency Dubawa for an upcoming fact checking and non-violence campaign starting on June 5. Based in Bo, Freetown, Kenema, Kono and Makeni, the ten ambassadors included five males and five females working for several electronics, print and online Sierra Leone based media institutions. They will be embarking on a month-long public fact checking and non-violence streets campaigns in their respective locations from June 5 to July 5 this year, according to Dubawa-Sierra Leone Fact-checker and researcher Fayia J. Moseray. The overall rationale of the upcoming campaign in the five different locations is to sensitize locals on the ways to identify, check or report about News or information they are doubtful about to Dubawa through it social media pages to amplify positive changes with the desire to end the spread of Fake News, misinformation and disinformati...

​ By: Abubakarr Buzzo Kargbo in Bo Relatives of midfielder Momadou Saidou Sow's in the eastern city of Kenema in Sierra Leone have confirmed to All out Sport that their brother who plays for CD Fontuna in the Spanish seguda has declined persuasions from friends to represent Guinea over Sierra Leone.  Originally raised at Dalaba where he played with few clubs in Hamdallahi and Dixinn before he moved to Europe, the 23-year-old midfielder with traces from Kenema, Sierra Leone started his youth football at Alcobendas CF in Spain for Leganes C team before moving to CF Fontuna where he’s plying his soccer traced professionally. The physical fit and right footed player plays the number 6 role for his Corey side (CF Fontuna), his  contribution has been described by his close followers as phenomenal for 2022/2923 season. “I’m looking forward to play for Sierra Leone instead of Guinea to fulfill the promise I’ve made to my family in Sierra Leone whose dream is to see me donn the tri-col...

​ By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Across the world, Seizures, strokes, mental confusion and brain damage  to name but a few are the effects of drugs on people. These effects are in no way different from the current situation, caused by a certain dry leaves substance called KUSH. The substance in Sierra Leone is being embraced by mostly youths residing and hanging out at hideouts who're the propellers of the said substance in take which apart from public disgrace which it has caused its consumers is also a root cause to the too many  Lung disease, memory problem, attention and decision-making, which make daily living more difficult for especially, youths in Sierra Leone many of  whom have since took to begging, pickpocketing and armed robbery to raise funds to buy "KUSH." It's on this backdrop that "Sanagbingbin" a celebrated Sierra Leonean skits maker, actor and stand up comedian who focus in recent times have been switched to keeping his fans engaged online throu...

​ By: Martin Wusha Conteh Italian side Udinese, Norway’s Stabaek and Molde, and German club Frankfurt are all interested in signing FC Kallon’s Alie Conteh (Nzonzi), according to closed source. Conteh is among high-profile names linked to these top European clubs.  Stabaek and Molde are keeping a close eye on the young promising Goderich prodigy who is on loan to premier league side, FC Kallon. The Goderich-born was an East End Lions loanee last season and this campaign to FC Kallon, where he has scored 20 goals in 19 games, making him the league’s current top goalscorer. Speaking to this writer, Conteh’s representative, John Godswill Lavalie said it's too early to decide. "I can't tell because we are working on something for him. I hope all goes well. We are hoping for something to happen for him”.  He added: "He is looking forward to playing against the top teams in Europe, and we hope it works well because we all want him to realize his dreams”. FC Kallon CEO, Moha...