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CHARLES MARGAI GETS BAD RAP FOR ‘SON-OF-FOUNDING FATHER’ OBSESSION

May 30, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Monday May 30, 2005 Many Sierra Leonean activists in discussion forums and the diaspora have advised Mr. Charles Margai to discuss what he will do for Sierra Leone if […]

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Grand SLPP Convention the arbiter of Sierra Leone’s destiny

May 30, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Monday May 30, 2005  The long-awaited SLPP Convention , where President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah’s successor as Standard Bearer of the ruling party will be decided, looks like the arbiter […]

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PROFESSOR LAMENTS DRIFT TO ONE-PARTY STATE IN SIERRA LEONE

May 30, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Monday May 30 , 2005 A professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia  in the United States  , Dr. Jimmy Kandeh,  has lamented the  gradual drift to One-Party state in Sierra […]

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AROUND AND ABOUT : Of ostentation and ill-gotten wealth

May 17, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  with Kabs Kanu The other day at a social function at New Jersey , I listened keenly to  an altercation over a woman between two young Sierra Leoneans. The interesting […]

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GENERATIONS YET UNBORN WILL BLAME PRESIDENT KABBAH FOR THIS UNCONTROLLED CORRUPTION

May 16, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

COCORIOKO EDITORIAL   Monday May 16, 2005 Just a few years to go to the end of his rule, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah will find his rightful place in the […]

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Police Brutality at Lumley Beach Roundabout

May 15, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

In the early hours of this morning, the Sierra Police raided the Lumley Roundabout where Lumley Beach Dot Com is situated and in an attempt to arrest alleged loiterers and […]

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MOMOH PUJEH IN THE HOT SOUP AGAIN : ANTI-CORRUPTION INDICTS HIM AND 5 OTHERS

May 12, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Thursday May 12, 2005 Former Minister of Transport and Communication, Momoh Pujeh was among six people indicted in Freetown today by the Anti-Corruption Commission ( ACC).They were indicted for purchasing a substandard […]

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President Kabbah intervention is timely but not commendable

May 12, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

First_Name:  Joseph Seidu Last_Name:  Sherman Email_Address:  jsherman68@hotmail.com Address:  3500 14th Street, NW City:  Washington State:  DC Zip_Code:  20010 Comments:  PRESIDENT KABBAH INTERVENTION IS TIMELY BUT NOT COMMENDABLE. The intervention of […]

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If V-P Solomon Berewa meant what he said, it is good news for Sierra Leone

May 11, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday May 11, 2005 Vice -President  Solomon Berewa  recently told a delegation of journalists a message that should ring out loud and clear through all the four  corners of Sierra […]

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Kabbah’s Government shows how much it prizes the lives of Sierra Leoneans

May 8, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

KABBAH’S GOVERNMENT SHOWS HOW MUCH IT PRIZES THE LIVES OF SIERRA LEONEANS   No serious government will allow , let alone orchestrate , the carting off of hundreds of her precious citizens […]

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  Reports from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank have intimated The Times SL that an amount of Le 1.5 Billion Leones was approved as impress to cover […]

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