Sierra Leone – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:30:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Sierra Leone – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Salah Wasn’t Assaulted In Sierra Leone – Mohamed Ghoraba https://www.theinfostride.com/salah-wasnt-assaulted-in-sierra-leone-mohamed-ghoraba/ https://www.theinfostride.com/salah-wasnt-assaulted-in-sierra-leone-mohamed-ghoraba/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:40:45 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=361409 Egypt’s management team has come out to address the issue of Mohamed Salah’s safety. This is coming after he was targeted by pitch invaders in Sierra Leone, and fans have been reacting. According to Mohamed Ghoraba, there was no physical assault on Salah in Sierra Leone after the game because most of people in the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/salah-wasnt-assaulted-in-sierra-leone-mohamed-ghoraba/feed/ 0 Nigerians Should Expect Victory Vs Sierra Leone – Taiwo Awoniyi https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-should-expect-victory-vs-sierra-leone-taiwo-awoniyi/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-should-expect-victory-vs-sierra-leone-taiwo-awoniyi/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:43:50 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=348796 Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi has come out to say that the club success enjoyed by his Nigeria teammates will be vital in their Afcon qualifier against Sierra Leone. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, the game vs Sierra Leone is very important [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-should-expect-victory-vs-sierra-leone-taiwo-awoniyi/feed/ 0 I Want Sierra Leone To Win AFCON 2021 – Rudiger https://www.theinfostride.com/i-want-sierra-leone-to-win-afcon-2021-rudiger/ https://www.theinfostride.com/i-want-sierra-leone-to-win-afcon-2021-rudiger/#respond Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:30:55 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=316647 Chelsea defender, Antonio Rudiger has come out to say that he is supporting Sierra Leone to win AFCON 2021. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, Sierra Leone is his personal favourite at the tournament because he wants to remain connected to his parents’ [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/i-want-sierra-leone-to-win-afcon-2021-rudiger/feed/ 0 Sierra Leone Was Brave Against Algeria – Djamel Belmadi https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-was-brave-against-algeria-djamel-belmadi/ https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-was-brave-against-algeria-djamel-belmadi/#respond Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:07:09 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=316475 Algeria manager, Djamel Belmadi has come out to hail the performance by Sierra Leone in the 0-0 draw registered at AFCON 2021. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, he cannot say he is satisfied with how his players played in the opening game, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-was-brave-against-algeria-djamel-belmadi/feed/ 0 Sierra Leone Will Take It One Game At A Time – John Keister https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-will-take-it-one-game-at-a-time-john-keister/ https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-will-take-it-one-game-at-a-time-john-keister/#respond Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:56:39 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=316478 Sierra Leone manager, John Keister has come out to say that his players will need to fight in their group. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, even if everyone knows they are in a very tough group, his boys will take it one [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-will-take-it-one-game-at-a-time-john-keister/feed/ 0 Super Eagles Will Return To Winning Ways Vs Sierra Leone – Genort Rohr https://www.theinfostride.com/super-eagles-will-return-to-winning-ways-vs-sierra-leone-genort-rohr/ https://www.theinfostride.com/super-eagles-will-return-to-winning-ways-vs-sierra-leone-genort-rohr/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:46:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=271181 Super Eagles coach, Genort Rohr has come out to say that he is looking forward to a selection headache ahead of the AFCON qualification game vs Sierra Leone. He recently revealed that the friendly games vs Algeria and Tunisia were needed as they gave his boys competitive matches to be a part of during the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/super-eagles-will-return-to-winning-ways-vs-sierra-leone-genort-rohr/feed/ 0 I Love Sierra Leone – Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde https://www.theinfostride.com/i-love-sierra-leone-omotola-jalade-ekeinde/ Sun, 27 May 2018 00:10:48 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=207418 Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has been invited back to Sierra Leone to witness the inauguration of the new President, Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio. She was received by an entourage led by the First Lady Mrs Fatima Jabbe-Bio, an actress herself. The leading African actress who is one of Times 100 most influential people in the world [...]

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]]> Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Visits Sierra Leone For Presidential Inauguration https://www.theinfostride.com/omotola-jalade-ekeinde-visits-sierra-leone-for-presidential-inauguration/ Sat, 12 May 2018 23:00:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=206574 Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has been invited back to Sierra Leone to witness the inauguration of the new President, Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio. She was received by an entourage led by the First Lady Mrs Fatima Jabbe-Bio, an actress herself. The leading African actress who is one of Times 100 most influential people in the world [...]

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]]> Mrs Sia Koroma Thanks Aisha Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/mrs-sia-koroma-thanks-aisha-buhari/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:02:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=178780 Mrs Aisha Buhari, has commiserated with the first lady of Sierra Leone, Mrs Sia Koroma over the unfortunate mudslide that killed over 300 people in Sierra Leone. “As we mourn those that lost their lives, we also continue to pray to Almighty God to give the families the fortitude to bear the loss” she said. [...]

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]]> Almighty God Will Comfort Sierra Leone – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/almighty-god-will-comfort-sierra-leone-buhari/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:02:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=178499 President Buhari has sympathised with the President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma over the recent mudslide that killed over 300 in the country. Buhari was said to have called Koroma on the telephone from London to express his deepest condolences. The tragic incident reportedly left over 2,000 Sierra Leoneans homeless. “In a Tuesday telephone [...]

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]]> Super Eagles To Face Sierra Leone In WAFU Cup https://www.theinfostride.com/super-eagles-to-face-sierra-leone-in-wafu-cup/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:41:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=176008 The Super Eagles of Nigeria will battle Sierra Leone in the qualifiers for the group stage of WAFU Cup. The WAFU Cup which is contested by representative teams of the West African Football Union is returning with the 2017 edition set to begin in September. Draw for the tournament for home-based players was held on [...]

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]]> Nigeria Army Sets to Deploy 230 Troops to Liberia Again https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-army-sets-to-deploy-230-troops-to-liberia-again/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 15:55:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=175984 Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai disclosed that the Nigerian Army is to deploy 230 personnel, including 19 officers and 211 soldiers to Liberia. Buratai charged the officers to shun acts that could tarnished Nigeria’s image. He gave the advice while speaking in Kaduna at the end of a a four-week intensive training on [...]

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]]> Happy 39th Birthday Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde https://www.theinfostride.com/happy-39th-birthday-omotola-jalade-ekeinde/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:04:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=155932 Today February 7, 2017, marks a special day for Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde as she celebrates her 39th birthday. The mother of four children endowed with ageless beauty is one of the most successful Nollywood actresses, singers, models and philanthropists. Omotola was born in Lagos on February 7, 1978, to a family of five who hails from [...]

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]]> Ike Ekweremadu Warns Against Military Action In Gambia https://www.theinfostride.com/ike-ekweremadu-warns-against-military-action-in-gambia/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:30:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=153098 Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country’s presidential election, saying such action could threaten the security of the entire sub-region. The warning is in a statement issued by the Senate deputy president’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Uche Anichukwu on Tuesday in Abuja. Ekweremadu [...]

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]]> Nigeria Loses 90 Out Of 1000 Children Under 5yrs – Study https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-loses-90-out-of-1000-children-under-5yrs-study/ Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:01:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147735 Sixty percent of the 5.9 million children under five who died last year were in just 10 countries in Africa and Asia, an evaluation of global infant health revealed Friday. Pneumonia was the leading killer in five of them, all in Africa: Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania, said a study [...]

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]]> Wizkid Meet President Of Sierra Leone https://www.theinfostride.com/wizkid-meet-president-of-sierra-leone/ Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:07:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=127134 Music sensation, Wizkid is currently in Sierra Leone for his world tour. The singer who is in Sierra Leone for a sold out concert was welcomed by the President, Ernest Bai Koroma. He arrived the country last night, Thursday, April 28 by private jet and shared a photo of himself with the President of Sierra [...]

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]]> Africa Finance Corporation invests up to US$ 140 million in Gabon’s Special Economic Zone https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-finance-corporation-invests-up-to-us-140-million-in-gabons-special-economic-zone/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:03:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=125120 [LAGOS, April 8]: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is pleased to announce it is to invest up to US $140 million in the Gabon Special Economic Zone (GSEZ). The GSEZ was created in 2010 to accelerate Gabon’s economic diversification and development and is a joint venture vehicle between Olam International, a leading agricultural business, and the [...]

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]]> Guinea Finally Declared Free From Ebola https://www.theinfostride.com/guinea-finally-declared-free-from-ebola/ Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:23:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=115801 West African nation of Guinea has been declared Ebola free after more than 2,500 people died from the virus, leaving Liberia the only country still counting down for an end to the ruinous epidemic. People in the capital, Conakry, on Tuesday greeted the declaration by authorities and the UN World Health Organization with mixed emotions [...]

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]]> Ebola Epidemic: The Case of Sierra Leone’s missing Ambulances https://www.theinfostride.com/ebola-epidemic-the-case-of-sierra-leones-missing-ambulances/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:47:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109020 Freetown, Sierra Leone – Mariam Momoh was already unconscious when the taxi pulled up in front of her house. She was pregnant and had been vomiting all morning, unable to keep anything down. Her husband, Moinina, had tried calling for an ambulance, but gave up after several hours of being told that there wasn’t one [...]

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]]> New Ebola case emerged in Liberia https://www.theinfostride.com/new-ebola-case-emerged-in-liberia/ Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:13:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107969 A new case of Ebola has been identified in Liberia, a country declared free of the deadly disease in September, health officials have said. The patient, a 10-year-old boy in Paynesville, a suburb east of the capital Monrovia, felt sick on November 14 and was hospitalised three days later, Bruce Aylward, the head of the [...]

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]]> Sierra Leone is Ebola free but a Legacy of Fear remains – Al Jazeera https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-is-ebola-free-but-a-legacy-of-fear-remains-al-jazeera/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:13:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106695 Twenty-nine-year-old Song strolls through the streets of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, as loud music blares out from the stalls of street vendors. “The war is over,” he says. “We’ve been liberated.” After 42 days with no new cases, the World Health Organization on Saturday officially declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola. “This time last year [...]

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]]> Sierra Leone declared Ebola-free https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-declared-ebola-free/ Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:05:22 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106427 Residents of Freetown in Sierra Leone have celebrated the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people since it began last year. Following 42 days with no new cases, the West African nation’s epidemic was declared over on Saturday at a ceremony attended by President Ernest Bai Koroma and United Nations World [...]

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]]> Waconzy’s Media Rep Alleges Sierra Leonean Artiste Heyden Adama Of Robbery https://www.theinfostride.com/waconzys-media-rep-alleges-sierra-leonean-artiste-heyden-adama-of-robbery/ Fri, 06 Nov 2015 21:14:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106031 Waconzy’s media rep has come out claiming that he was recently robbed by Sierra Leonean singer Heyden Adama in California. According to the representatives Waconzy was robbed of his cash and valuables worth over half a million Naira. The statement read: – “They were both in California for a photoshoot with an all-expense paid by Waconzy [...]

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]]> How Traditional Healers helped defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone https://www.theinfostride.com/how-traditional-healers-helped-defeat-ebola-in-sierra-leone/ Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:51:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=105750 Freetown, Sierra Leone – A year and a half after the Ebola outbreak began there is at last good news for Sierra Leone. On Saturday it is expected the country will reach 42 days since the last recorded case, meaning it will be officially declared Ebola free. Many of the almost 4,000 Sierra Leoneans killed [...]

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]]> Sierra Leone faces setback in Ebola fight – Al Jazeera https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leone-faces-setback-in-ebola-fight-al-jazeera/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:11:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100340 More than 1,500 people have been quarantined in Sierra Leone to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. The West African country recently began a 42-day countdown to being Ebola-free. But two recent deaths have caused a setback. It has led to a renewed emphasis on increasing awareness of the virus. Nina Devries reports from [...]

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]]> #Film > The Flying Stars https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-the-flying-stars/ Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:56:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/africa-the-flying-stars/ Team captain Bornor is an amputee who plays football in Sierra Leone to cope with the horrors of war he suffered a decade ago. As he dreams of playing internationally, he wrestles with nightmares that haunt his daily life and threaten the very family he is trying to feed. Can Bornor overcome his postwar trauma [...]

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]]> Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola Patient leaves Hospital https://www.theinfostride.com/sierra-leones-last-known-ebola-patient-leaves-hospital/ Wed, 26 Aug 2015 02:05:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/sierra-leones-last-known-ebola-patient-leaves-hospital/ Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola patient has been released from hospital, raising hopes the west African nation may finally have beaten the devastating epidemic. President Ernest Bai Koroma hailed “the beginning of the end of Ebola in Sierra Leone” pn Tuesday as Adama Sankoh, 34, was released from hospital in Makeni, the country’s third-largest city, [...]

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]]> Nigeria Provide Alternative Venue for Sierra Leone-Ivory Coast Afcon Qualifier | #Sports https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-provide-alternative-venue-for-sierra-leone-ivory-coast-afcon-qualifier-sports/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:40:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/nigeria-provide-alternative-venue-for-sierra-leone-ivory-coast-afcon-qualifier-sports/ The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that the country will entertain Sierra Leone’s qualifying matches for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). The Leone Stars hosts African champions Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday, 6 September, and the NFF said in a statement on Wednesday that either the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos or the [...]

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]]> #Health: A Sierra Leone hospital battles Ebola https://www.theinfostride.com/a-sierra-leone-hospital-battles-ebola/ Mon, 14 Jul 2014 02:20:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/a-sierra-leone-hospital-battles-ebola/ Your views are important to us. IRIN is currently reviewing its work and we need to understand your views and priorities. Follow @{0} [embedded content] A health worker checks a blood sample for Ebola at Kenema government hospital, Sierra Leone KENEMA, 9 July 2014 (IRIN) – Hasan Kamara patiently labels blood samples at the government [...]

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]]> No Ebola Virus In Nigeria – Maku https://www.theinfostride.com/no-ebola-virus-in-nigeria-maku/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:15:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/04/no-ebola-virus-in-nigeria-maku/ The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday described as false reports in some quarters that Ebola fever had been detected in Nigeria. Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who spoke to State House correspondents after the weekly FEC meeting, said Ministry of Health during the week undertook quick checks to verify these reports, adding that so [...]

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]]> Don Jazzy Signs New Act, Di’ja https://www.theinfostride.com/don-jazzy-signs-new-act-dija/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:37:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=21163 After months of preparation and planning, Don Jazzy has unveiled a new artiste who will join Dr. SID, Tiwa Savage and D’Prince to fly the Mavin Records flag. . The Nigerian-Sierra Leonean beauty Di’Ja (Real name: Hadiza Blell) is an upcoming singer formerly based in Canada. Her mother is from Northern Nigeria while her father [...]

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