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May 2013

Former vice president and acting president of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) JS Keifala has received heaps of praise from football stakeholders for organizing the Super League.  (Photo: JS Keifala) Keifala who is presently the

Kent Cricket Club Sierra Leone (formerly Kenemmanjane Cricket Club) beat Police Women’s Cricket Club by 9 wickets at the opening ceremony of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association National T20 Women's Premier League 2013.   (Photo: Ann

The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) concluded a two-day training of fifty police prosecutors at Kingtom Police Barracks on Saturday, held as part of the OTP’s ongoing effort to build capacity in Sierra Leone’s judicial

Sierra Leoneans in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week held a one-day meeting of all their nationals in the commercial city of Dubai. At the end of the meeting, they officially formed what they called

The cardinal function of a journalist, they say, is firstly to inform, but the emphasis here is on accuracy.  The journalist has the sacred responsibility to inform the public accurately, giving due regard to ‘facts’

Charles Margai Esq., actually got the needed media hype;(against him), he had time with police officers, or yes, he was their guest for some 66 hours; he was all over the place and the international

Mayor of Bo City Council, His Lordship Mayor Harold Logic Tucker, has denied beating up Councilor Pastor Senessy, former SLPP Chaplain, as alleged in a local tabloid. Cross checking the allegation that the Mayor beat up

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara on Thursday May 16th 2013 paid a one day working visit to the flour mill factory, commonly known as Seaboard West Africa Company located at

The much awaited Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) tournament will soon commence but in a different style this year. The ARS soccer talent programme aims to focus on identifying and nurturing budding soccer talent from the grassroots

8th May 2013, Freetown - Triangle Emergency Relief Action, (TERA) launched an Anti Disaster Campaign at the Miatta Conference Hall, Freetown. The Managing Director, Mr. Yasser Al–Ghahna of the number one building material store in Sierra

Airtel’s 3x reloaded promotion has ended with an external auditor from KPMG, Albert Randle, winning the grand prize which is a trip to England to watch Manchester United in the field of play. Albert Randle said

18 May, 2013 - Six hundred and forty-eight police personnel passed out from the Police Training School (PTS) at Hastings.  Among the recruits that graduated, 224 were female and 424 were male. 70 of the

The Department for International Development (DFID) UK aid donated ₤4.4 million to the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Wednesday May 15th 2013. The £4.4 million programme will include a number of components covering Market research, sector

The deputy manager of Regent Olympic FC, Madam-Abir Bangura told Sierra Express Sports that the club is well prepared and on the alert to compete in the upcoming WAFA Division I football competition. According to her,

The Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), which is an instrument voluntarily acceded to by member states for self-evaluation to monitor compliance to the NEPAD Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Cooperate Governance on 15th May