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By Zainab Joaque

A group of football managers and administrators opposed to the administration of the current SLFA president Isha Johansen has spoken out about issues of corruption engulfing world football by calling on the world governing body of football "to mount a rigorous investigation into the allegations and ensure that the culprits are brought to book and the credibility of the Association which has come into question in recent weeks fully..."

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

The Social Mobilisation and Respectful Burials Through faith-based Alliance (SMART) consortium has won the prestigious Bond International Award for its effort in stemming the spread of the Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone.

At the height of the epidemic, controlling the spread of the virus became difficult largely due several reasons, but mainly through unsafe burials. This had to do with lack of training and proper coordination.

By Mustapha Sesay 

The chairman of parliamentary oversight committee on Works, Housing and Infrastructure, Kombor Kamara, said in parliament on Wednesday that the Sierra Leone Road Authority (SLRA) was not doing its job properly as it wasn’t correctly supervising ongoing road projects.

The long wait for the long planned biometric passport maybe about to be over but the cost of acquiring one has generated a heated debate.

The past few weeks have witnessed sustained criticism of the Le 500, 000 (US$100) price tag the Immigration Department placed on it and those opposing it say it is expensive and will be out of reach for most Sierra Leoneans. But the authorities say the price has been reached with consideration of what is involved in preparing the document.

By Mohamed T Massaquoi

The Pujehun District Descendants Association, America Branch, through the District Council, has donated assorted drugs to the maternity hospital in Pujehun.

Presenting the donations to the Pujehun district health management team, the chairman of the district council Sadiq Silla said the gifts was as a result of the hard work of the health workers in the entire district, especially as demonstrated throughout the fight against the Ebola epidemic.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

As the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) prepares for its annual general meeting, its Secretary-Genaral Moses Kargbo has reiterated the media`s role in national development, a point he said will be at the heart of the next two days` gathering in Kenema in the east of the country.

The meeting proper commences on Friday but journalists from other parts of the country, including Freetown, will begin traveling to the venue today.

By Joseph Lamin Kamara

The Freetown City Council (FCC) has allocated the sum of Le 735, 000 to all councilors of the Freetown municipality for development projects in their different wards but there are concerns as to how these funds are being utilized. The municipality has 49 wards in total, and Le15, 000000 has been disbursed to each councilor.

According to an anonymous source, the disbursal was done more than a month ago, almost two months now, and the media was not invited, prompting concerns over the motive.