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Kabbah calls for sanity in SLPP

August 31, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday August 31, 2005 COCORIOKO’S TAMBA BORBOR REPORTS FROM FREETOWN President Tejan Kabbah, also Leader of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party has Monday called on all Party members to […]

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*SLAJ orders news blackout for Editor’s death

August 31, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   HARRY YANSANEH The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) in concert with the Sierra Leone Reporters Union (SLRU) has endorsed an indefinite news blackout on all matters relating to […]

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THE SLPP IS A DISGRACE TO THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SIERRA LEONE

August 31, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Wednesday August 31, 2005 First_Name: Lawrence Last_Name: Sandi Email_Address: lawlawde80@yahoo.com Address: 17 Rector Road City: Mattapan State: MA Zip_Code: 02126 Comments: So for the past week or so, i […]

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” LIBERIANS ARE NOT STUPID”

August 31, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Emmanuel Abalo When the now erstwhile Sun Times newspaper, in the 1980’s, under the then editorship of the late Rufus Darpoh, during the Doe Administration, carried the front page […]

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HINGA NORMAN VERDICT TOMORROW

August 31, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Wednesday August 31, 2005   We are reliably informed that the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, in the matter Samuel Hinga Norman (Plaintiff) versus Sama Banya, Prince Harding and the […]

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LIBERIA’S ‘IRON LADY ‘ TURNS ON HEAT TO BECOME AFRICA’S FIRST ELECTED WOMAN  PRESIDENT

August 29, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

LIBERIA’S ‘IRON LADY ‘ TURNS ON HEAT TO BECOME AFRICA’S FIRST ELECTED WOMAN  PRESIDENT Monday August 29, 2005 She has come a long way. She has survived the ravages of […]

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LIBERIA’S ‘IRON LADY ‘ TURNS ON THE HEAT TO BECOME AFRICA’S FIRST ELECTED WOMAN PRESIDENT

August 29, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  LIBERIA’S ‘IRON LADY ‘ TURNS ON THE HEAT TO  BECOME AFRICA’S FIRST ELECTED WOMAN  PRESIDENT Monday August 29, 2005 She has come a long way. She has survived the […]

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MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT BY INQUEST ! ! ! ! ….Fatmata Hassan , Olu Campbell arrested

August 27, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Saturday August 27, 2005The Coroner’s Inquest into the death of FOR DI PEOPLE’S Acting Editor, Harry Yansaneh, ended in Freetown yesterday with the jury returning a verdict of Manslaughter. According […]

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Rejoinder: “Maada Bio Taken out of Context”-The Illusions of E.P.J Vandy

August 25, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   By Saidu Daphay Turay Thursday August 25, 2005   The people of this planet are short sighted and full of falsity because society have made them this way.  Ideas that […]

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SLPP IN DISARRAY-BEREWA WALKS OUT

August 25, 2005 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  We are receiving further information on the apparent disarray at the SLPP “Lawyers Convention” and the walkout by aspirant, Vice President Solomon Berewa.  According to our sources, the drama […]

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