Alpha Abu News Today

By Alpha Abu Influential traditional rulers in Kono District, have thrown their support behind Popular Football Stakeholder and Businessman Babadi Kamara who is vying for the Presidency of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). They converged at the house of Paramount Chief Saquee where they held discussions with Babadi and openly endorsed his candidature and wished him

By Alpha Abu Popular businessman and football promoter Babadi Kamara has decided to throw his hat into the ring for the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Presidency, sparking intense interest over an Election that is two years away. It couldn’t have ignited such hype, had it been left to the incumbent and any other football stakeholder in the country, therefore the

By Alpha Abu An official of the giant oil palm producing company, Socfin, says the new Customary Land Rights Bill which is before Parliament, will make foreign investment in agriculture totally impossible when it becomes fully operational. Speaking to Politico, Garben Harringsman said the process was influenced by NGOs thinking that “overprotecting” people or making the whole

By Alpha Abu Minister of Communication, Technology, and Innovation, Salima Bah has urged the Management of the National Telecommunications Authority (NatCA) to enhance working relationships with other partners, to drive the telecom sector forward. The minister made the call whilst addressing attendees at an event to formally unveil the new Name and Logo of the telecom

By Alpha Abu Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Austin Demby has explained about the developments taking place in the health sector during a gathering of media practitioners and civil society activists in Bo recently. The minister mentioned the recruitment of 4,000 more health workers by the present government and the establishing of a Nursing and Midwifery School in Kenema,

By Alpha Abu The former skipper of the Sierra Leone’s male national football team Leone Stars who was dropped from the side after the AfCON in Cameroon this year, has openly expressed his anger at the way he was treated. Umaru Bangura commonly called Zaingaylay seen in a video being interviewed, clearly criticised the way he felt being stripped of the captaincy and dropped

By Mabinty M. Kamara The other day a colleague returned to the office expressing fascination at the impressive and swift service he received at the National Social Insurance Trust (NASSIT) head office, having gone there to replace his missing Card. Beaming with smiles, Alpha Abu narrated how upon announcing his purpose at the reception, he was given a form to complete which he

By Alpha Abu Leaders of Government and the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) have on Tuesday 21st November taken practical steps in actualising a key resolution both acceded to in their brokered dialogue last month, following the launch by President Julius Maada Bio of a tri-partite Committee that will review Sierra Leone’s electoral systems. Named ‘Committee on

By Alpha Abu Representatives of women’s groups have held a National Public Dialogue on a project that addresses women’s active participation in decision- making at local level that would capacitate them and improve their lot. Search for Common Ground in collaboration with Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) and 50/50 Group organised the event that took place at Brookfields Hotel in

By Alpha Abu Former Guinean Junta Leader Captain Dadis Camara and several of his compatriots have been recaptured after they were freed from a Prison in the capital Conakry early Saturday morning amidst a barrage of gunfire, a reliable source in the city told Politico. The source said Camara and one other prisoner were later cornered during which there was a heavy exchange of