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February 2011

Sierra Leone representatives in the World Youth Tournament in Italy, FC Kallon, will be packing their bags to return home after two straight defeats in the world famous Viareggio Cup for Youth football. They were defeated

FREETOWN: The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) delegation has briefed President Koroma on its capacity building training of Public Servants in West Africa. The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) started

Namibia FA president John Muinjo has accused "football leaders" of manipulating the election process that saw him fail to get a seat on the Confederation of African Football's executive committee. Muinjo was contesting the southern African

Nightmares took over meditations of viewers of SLBC shortly after President Koroma’s Germany visit went ‘off screen’ in place of SLPP’s Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara .  (Photo: SLPP aspirant Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara) At exactly 7

The leader of the Libyan Jamahiriya and founder of the Third Universal theory referred to as the Green Book Movement, Colonel Mohamad Al-Gadaffi, who also doubles as Sierra Leone’s Member of Parliament, is said to

30 pupils attending respective secondary schools in Freetown have had their names on the list of persons sentenced to 9 months imprisonment. At Court 3, Magistrate Shyllon yesterday slammed judgment on 30 pupils brought before his

Behold a police Superintendent attached to the office of the President as Aide de Camp (ADC) recklessly spreads fake news, castigating one of President Koroma’s trusted security, Idrissa Kamara aka Leather Boot. Our reporter recently caught

According to one Nigerian film, this too-young banker is ecstatically dancing the dance of death (Jakporo Iku, in Nigerian Language).  The popular Nigerian drama shown on TV last week portrays a dying man, using his

His Excellency Jongopie Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and Permanent Representative to all United Nations Agencies and other International Organisations based in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday 23rd February 2011

FC Kallon from Sierra Leone lost their first encounter in the world famous tournament called Viareggio Cup against Napoli 2-1 in Italy the world famous tournament for youth football.  (Photo: Dumitru, Napoli ) Napoli passes

Below are the fixtures for the Africell Premier League, 2011   NO DATE TEAMS VENUE 1 26/02 PORTS VS BLACKPOOL FREETOWN 2 27/02 FREETWON CITY F.C. VS EDWARDS FREETOWN 3 04/03 KAMBOI EAGLES VS DIAMOND STARS KENEMA 4 04/03 CENTRAL PARADE VS KISSY ALL STARS FREETOWN 5 05/03 WUSUM STARS VS AREA BEST MAKENI 6 05/03 EDWARDS VS PORTS AUTHORITY FREETOWN 7 06/03 BLACKPOOL VS FREETOWN CITY F.C. FREETOWN 8 07/03 NEPEAN STARS

It was in the afternoon on a Monday and I was very very busy reading the stories that have been brought in by my reporters for the next day publication. That of course meant I

MANKATO — A year ago, Sheka Mansaray was asking for money so he could return to his native Sierra Leone and help his mother get out of an impoverished existence.  (Photo: Sheka Mansaray (right), a

VIENNA, February 23, 2011 - The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and four African countries (Ethiopia, the Gambia, Niger and Sierra Leone) today signed loan agreements totalling to US$62.4 million to finance projects in

Former Nigeria FA boss, Ibrahim Galadima, and South Africa’s Danny Jordan have failed in their quest for FIFA executive position.  (Photo:  A disappointed Danny Jordan) In the Wednesday’s elections conducted at the CAF 33rd