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November 2009

Presently, the name, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is the most pronounced name not only by the lips of several Million Nigerians residing here in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, but also Africans, Europeans, Asians and Americans,

Emmanuel James, a Sierra Leonean student in the Makeni Polytechnic Institution has made a breakthrough in modern technology by inventing a device that charges mobile phones without the use of mainstream electricity current. Speaking in an

The issue of electricity and its indispensable significance cannot be over emphasized. Today, it seems as if Sierra Leoneans have no other things to talk about, except Bumbuna. Whatever might be its hindrance must come to

Dr. Denise Kargbo, head of the Review Committee of the 6-3-3-4 educational system in the country and principal of the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology has told Sierra Express Media that his committee

Keynote address by His Excellency the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, on the occasion of the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Power Plant commissioning – 6 November, 2009 The Hon. Vice PresidentMinisters of GovernmentHon. Members of ParliamentYour Excellencies Members

Officials from the Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone in Moscow have attended a one day roundtable business forum dealing with bilateral economic and cultural cooperation with countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa in Vienna,

Fifty Peace Corps For Salone Fifty Peace Corps from the US Department of State will be coming  to Sierra Leone to help in various sectors. Peace Corps personnel will include teachers, engineers, agriculturists, builders, health workers

State governance involves the ability of a given government to provide the needed services for the electorates upon its election. Now when we elected President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in 1996, it was out of the 

Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and his Foreign and International Relations Minister, Hon. Zainab Hawa Bangura are currently in Istanbul, Turkey to attend the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and

Like other Freetonians, I had looked with great anticipation to Friday’s commissioning of the Bumbuna  project by his Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma. Most, if not all newspapers gave the event great prominence including superlatives on

Attending the largest Africa event organized for Africa by Africare, an organization headquartered in Washington, DC whose mission is to improve the quality of life of the people of Africa, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mines

Many a time I have been wondering about how to unravel this puzzling question in my mind. As Sierra Leoneans, are we patriotic? Our manner of doing things and approach sound unpatriotic and they seem

A call for nursery education to be introduced in all government schools in the country has been made by teachers in various institutions established by government. This was revealed by Madam Mariatu Kamara, deputy head

Popular businessman and socialite Mr. Hamzza Sesay, of Mabella Industries Limited faces a ten count charge, relating to misappropriation of public funds and “making excessive payment from public revenue for sub-standard or defective goods contrary

Sheku Tejan Jalloh and Logus Koroma Out!  President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday sacked Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr. Sheku Tejan-Koroma following a three count indictment contrary to the Anti-Corruption Act, and Mr. Balogun