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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Executive Members of the Union of Eastern Film Agency-(UEFA), Actors, Actresses and movie Directors from various districts in Sierra Leone on Thursday evening converged in the Northern city of Makeni, enjoined scores of movie makers in the Northern Region for a candle parade in honor the former President of the Northern Region Movie Makers Agency-(NORMMAL) late Elijah Musa Deen.  Between the hours of 20:00 to 21:00 hours, the candle parade started at the Saint Francis Secondary School gate along the Azzolini-Magburaka highway and film makers paraded the some main streets in Makeni such as the Lunsar, Mabanta, Dr. Vincent Kanu and Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Road enroute to the late man’s Grace Land resident where they joined family members, church members from the Winners Chapel and other sympathizers for a night vigil.  Film makers interviewed said they have also staged earlier parades in other parts of the country for two other departed movie makers namely: Idrissa...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Defending Champions of the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity Trophy, Rising Queens Football Club who won the tournament’s last edition in February are busy renouncing their dominance after winning all their group games and are now through to the grand finals which will commence on March 26, 2022 at the Makama Sports Complex.  Rising Queens Football Club started their second search for the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity Women’s Trophy on high not after beating tournament debutants Born and Raised Football Club 3-0 on March, 7 and a week later humbled Konsho Football Club who is also newcomers into the Women’s monthly football champion 2-0 at the Makama Sports complex.  The two successive victories for Rising Queens has earned them a ticket in the grand finals but will now have to wait until Saturday, March, 19 when Konsho Football Club and Born and Raised Football Club will lock horns at 4:30pm local time at the Makama Sports Complex in Makeni city, Northeaster...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Despite losing their tournament’s opener to defending champions Rising Queens Football Club, debutants Konsho Football Club and Born and Raised Football Club hopes are still alive ahead of their 4:30pm clash on Saturday, 19th March, 2022 at the Makama Sports Complex in Makeni city, Northeastern Sierra Leone for the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity 3rd edition’s final spot.  The crunch debutants semi-final encounter will determine the other finalist that will join Rising Queens Football Club for the grand finals of the StarBurst Park Equal Opportunity 3rd edition monthly Women’s championship.  Meanwhile, a barren or 1-1 draw on Saturday will see Born and Raised Football Club that currently sit second on the championship log joining Rising Queens Football Club for the finals while a defeat or 2-1 will see them lose the chance to the finals to current bottom place team Konsho Football Club who needs to avoid a defeat at all cost should they wish to progress to the...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The Vice President of the Northern Region Movie Makers Agency-(NORMMAL) Tyson Conteh who doubles as BBC Eye Production Team in Sierra Leone Director has disclosed to AWE-Media.SL that “Acting and film making is a career and not a space for dropouts.  “Film making and acting are both intertwined but are separately different professions that develop professionals,” he said adding that the mindset that still lingers in the minds of most people that Acting and filmmaking is mere time wasting and a room breeding dropouts is totally the opposite.  “My blanket plea is for persons intending to venture into acting and moving making to develop their passion, be ambitious and be steadfast at the same time allow not themselves to be distracted by the ill motivating statements other people are expressing regarding the processes of acting and film making, by doing so they will excel and archive their dreams in movie industry.”

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Asmaa James the Station Manager of Radio Democracy who doubles as an Executive Member of East End Lions Football Club has been appointed as Board Chairperson of the proposed National Women’s Premier League.  Her appointment by the Sierra Leone Football Association-(SLFA) means she will now join hands with the Competition’s department of the local Football Federation, SLFA among others for the organization of the first ever National Women’s Premier League in the Sierra Leone which according to SLFA’s Head of Competition Sorie Ibrahim Sesay has been scheduled to commence in May this year with a total of twelve-(12) elite Women’s football teams from each of the five regions namely: North, North-West, South, East and Western region competing for the maiden championship title.  The New Sierra Leone Female Premier League Board Chairperson has expressed much zeal to work hand in gloves with related partners to ensure that the proposed Female League commences soon nat...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Gas Stations in Makeni city have since resolved to selling petrol to the public on rotational order leading to artificial scarcity of petrol which has caused hike in commodities, transportation as well as the petrol being hulled by black marketers who bow sells a liter of petrol between the sums of Le 25,000 to Le 30,000. It’s such misnomer that has ignited an unannounced inspection of various gas stations in the city of Makeni by the Resident Minister of the Northeast region Abu Abu Abdulai Koroma, representatives of the trade ministry, the Senior District Officer of Bombali and security personnel. Today’s morning unannounced inspection that was conducted at various gas stations according to the North-East region Resident Minister Abu Abu Abdulai Koroma “is to ascertain whether the said stations have abundant petrol in their stations but have only chosen to cause artificial scarcity. I together with other stakeholders have toured a number of the gas statio...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Forward Mohamed Kofi Sesay and Alimamy Buya Kamara, two regulars of Wusum Stars Football Club, as well as defender Musa Mansaray have all been suspended by the club’s management until further notice. The trio’s are suspended from taking part in the ongoing Sierra Leone Premier League after the technical team discovered that they: Mohamed Kofi Sesay, Alimamy Buya Kamara and Musa Mansaray took part in a community gala in Moyamba town in the Southern region without the knowledge of their Head coach and Executive Members of the club, the club’s Secretary Mohamed Papa Bangura wrote in correspondences received by the three players last Tuesday. Their suspension now means the trio will miss their weekend top of the table tie against current League leaders Bo Rangers Football Club in the ongoing Sierra Leone Premier League. Additionally, the management of the Sierra Leone Premier League returnees says they will deduct fifty percent each from the three players’ sal...