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By Isaac Massaquoi

How come nobody is talking about the incident at King Jimmy anymore? If you are wondering what I am talking about, here it is: In the early hours of Thursday 8th August, a portion of Wallace Johnson Street close to a very popular market called King Jimmy in central Freetown, was washed away by heavy rain. The road collapsed killing at least six Sierra Leoneans who had built what they called home in very squalid conditions under the bridge.

By Isaac Massaquoi

So where does Sierra Leone Football go from here? It’s no secret anymore that President Ernest Bai Koroma has tried and failed to get some kind of a compromise between the controversially elected president of the FA, Isha Johansen and the Rodney Michael campaign team that was disqualified from contesting. A compromise that would have brought at least a semblance of peace to the so-called football family and opened the way for the national league to resume.

By Isaac Massaquoi

The last leadership transition process that culminated in Isha Johansen being declared President of the Sierra Leone Football Association taught many lessons. It also destroyed the character and reputation of individuals and institutions and indeed long-standing friendships. For a very long time to come, many of the key players will be unable to recover from their self-inflicted injuries.

By Isaac Massaquoi

By Isaac Massaquoi

It was in 2007 that the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave the media an unbelievable kicking in a speech at the Reuters Institute. He probably timed his extraordinary attack to coincide with his last days in office. But in the speech he explained that he was neither complaining nor using his departure as safe ground on which to attack the media. I believe him.

I however note the timing of that speech and the frankness with which he spoke knowing very well that the media would have the last laugh.

By Isaac Massaquoi

Last week a friend who feels very strongly about events of the last two weeks in the North African country of Egypt poured his frustration down on his Facebook wall. Essentially, he was very angry with the military in that country for ousting the Islamist president Mohamed Morsi from power.

By Isaac Massaquoi

I was listening to Culture Radio about a week ago, as I do every morning, when my attention was drawn to a rather bizarre story about anincident at a high school in the Freetown Peninsular.

The strength of Culture Radio’s Morning Ride program is that they do extensive coverage on events in the Western Rural areas of Freetown which, for many people in the capital is only about the acquisition of prime lands for estate development and tourism.