Sheku Turay

The Sierra Leone Boxing Association (SLBA) has officially launched a Level I Technical Coaching Course at the OlympAfrica Centre in Goderich, Freetown, as part of efforts to strengthen the capacity of local coaches and advance the development of boxing in Sierra Leone. The week-long training, which commenced on Thursday, September 10, 2026, is being supported by Olympic Solidarity, the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (NOC-SLE) and World Boxing. The programme has attracted coaches...

Police Sergeant Fredrick (full name withheld), a 29-year-old officer in Freetown, played the Mercury Daily Special Lotto draw on Tuesday, September 8 2026, and won a whopping Nle240,000 (Two Hundred and Forty Million Old Leones). Sergeant Fredrick, who said he has been a loyal Mercury International customer, playing both Lottery and Sports betting games, became the country’s latest millionaire after staking a total of Nle 100 on two tickets (Nle 50 on each ticket). According to Sergeant...

Kazan (UNA) – The President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, received yesterday, Friday, at the Presidential Palace in the city of Kazan, the Director General of the Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA), Mr Mohammed bin Abdrabbuh Al-Yami, on the sidelines of the Fifth Kazan Global Youth Summit. During the meeting, the Director General of UNA awarded President Rustam Minnikhanov the Union’s Medal for Media Diplomacy, making him the first head of state to receive this medal, in...