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Chapter One to Host Official Launch of Housemates Salone Season 4
Sierraloaded
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July 9, 2025
Housemates Salone Reality TV show season 4 is set to officially launch on July 18, 2025, at the prestigious Chapter One Nightclub and Restaurant in Freetown. According to a report, the announcement came earlier today, Wednesday, 9th July 2025,...
Mohamed Kallon Presents Prizes to Grafton Springs Water Challenge Winners
Sierraloaded
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July 10, 2025
Mohamed Kallon, former Leone Stars player and current Head Coach of the national football team, recently took part in the Grafton Springs Water Challenge, where he officially presented gifts to all the winners. This event was organized by Grafton...
Plan International Supports Information Ministry With Laptops
Sierraloaded
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July 8, 2025
Plan International Sierra Leone, in response to a special request from Minister Chernor Bah aimed at enhancing the Ministry’s operational and technical capacity, has donated a set of high-performance laptops to the Ministry of Information and...
Fifty years since Gowon’s overthrow
Tribune Online
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July 10, 2025
TUESDAY, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region....
Which country’s jollof rice is best? Cast your vote at this Oakland event
Berkeleyside - California
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July 9, 2025
In West African communities, few dishes spark as much pride and argument as jollof rice. It’s a dish that has tested friendships, fueled heated social media debates and served as a muse for chefs and food lovers. But, for many, one question...
Moo Deng: Why is the internet obsessed with a viral baby hippo?
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Wole Soyinka at 90: writer and activist for justice
Patriotic Vanguard
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July 5, 2025
Abayomi Awelewa, Lecturer in African and African Diasporan Literature, University of Lagos Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (pictured), the legendary African author and activist, is proof of what words and acts can achieve in the struggle for justice and...
English is Liberia's official language from a history of US slavery and colonization
Politifact
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July 10, 2025
During a meeting with several African leaders, President Donald Trump made news with a compliment to the Liberian president, Joseph Boakai. "In such good English, it's beautiful. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully? Where were you...
Ashland to close two facilities as part of $60 million optimization
Rubber World
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July 10, 2025
Note to readers, this article was corrected to reflect that it is the Parlin, New Jersey plant closure and not Calvert City, KY facility. Wilmington, DE – Ashland Inc. provided an update on its $60 million manufacturing network optimization plan,...
Argentina, Haiti, Lebanon, 11 others send new envoys to Washington
The Washington Diplomat
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July 10, 2025
The latest crop of 14 new ambassadors in Washington includes diplomats from two former Soviet republics, two Caribbean nations, three African countries and three Arab ones. The biggest of these 14 countries by size is Argentina, the world’s...
Larry Magid: Internet Governance Forum focuses on protecting kids
The Mercury News - California
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July 10, 2025
I traveled to Lillestrøm, Norway, in late June for the annual United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Unlike many UN gatherings that primarily involve government officials, the IGF is a multistakeholder event, bringing together...
BREAKING: GTCO targets East Asia expansion, no plans for US
Nairametrics
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July 10, 2025
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) is turning its gaze eastward and not toward Wall Street. Fresh off its dual listing on the London Stock Exchange, the Nigerian financial group said it is quietly laying the groundwork for a broader...
Trump is throwing a wrench in group travel this summer
Business Insider
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One of my best friends keeps joking that if he comes to the United States he's going to be killed. It's a joke in that he knows he's not actually going to die. But it's also a little serious in the sense that he's worried about coming into the...
Yumkella Stands by ‘Alhassan and Alusine’ Comment, Says He Has No Regrets Joining SLPP
Sierraloaded
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July 10, 2025
Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, Energy Sector Lead under President Julius Maada Bio, says he has no regrets joining the SLPP even after his strong public remarks during the 2018 elections where he used Alhassan and Alusine to describe APC and SLPP...
Parliament Clears Up False Reports About New Child Rights Act And FGM Penalties
Sierraloaded
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July 7, 2025
The Parliament of Sierra Leone has issued a clear statement to correct false information circulating about the new Child Rights Act, 2025. Some reports, including one from Radio Democracy 98.1FM, claimed the law criminalizes Female Genital...
Pre-Season: Eko Int’l Cup Gets Boost As Rivers United Confirm Participation
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
One of Nigeria’s representatives in the CAF Champions League, Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt have confirmed participation in the forthcoming Eko International Cup. SKI-Hi Entertainment in collaboration with the Lagos State government...
Abu Kamara lands on Rangers transfer wanted list as as Martin and Thelwell covet multiple wingers
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 10, 2025
11:13, 10 Jul 2025Updated 11:14, 10 Jul 2025 Hull City winger Abu Kamara is reportedly a transfer target for Rangers - with Ibrox chiefs hopeful of agreeing a bargain deal for the England youth international. New manager Russell Martin has...
SLFA Voids Falaba Districts FA Election Over Procedural irregularities
Sierraloaded
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July 7, 2025
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Electoral Appeals Committee has annulled the Falaba District Football Association (FDFA) executive elections, initially scheduled for June 2025, citing serious procedural breaches. The decision follows...
Did President Bio Ask Captain Ibrahim Traoré to Step Down as Burkina Faso’s Leader?
Sierraloaded
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July 7, 2025
In recent days, social media platforms have been awash with unverified and misleading claims alleging that His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio of the Republic of Sierra Leone demanded the resignation of Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the...