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Mohamed Bah receives two 2015 LANFA Awards

August 24, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Sanpha Sesay After he clinched the Los angles Nollywood Film Award (LANFA) in California on August 15 this year, A Sierra Leonean movie star, Mr. Mohamed Bah went […]

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Warm reception for VP Victor Foh in London

August 24, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Sierra Leone’s Vice President today received a warm reception in Alton in the outskirt of London, where he served as Special Guest at the 49th anniversary of the Ahmadiyya […]

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EXCLUSIVE : Osman T. Conteh gets Sierra Leone Government appointment

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Former Chairman of the All People’s Congress  North America ( APC -NA), Comrade Osman T. Conteh , has received an  appointment in the Sierra Leone Government. He has been appointed […]

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Sierra Leoneans march to protest Lumley Beach gang-rape and murder

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leoneans yesterday showed their outrage towards the gang-rape and murder of a young woman by staging a march  and candlelight vigil in the capital, Freetown , to protest against […]

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Capacity of civil servants key to government service delivery –President Koroma

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

   By State House Communications UnitPresident Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 20 August, 2015 said that government’s service delivery can only be as efficient as the capacity of civil […]

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Grand plan by SLRTC for 100 buses to benefit suffering commuters

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Vidal Bultman, We Yone : The Deputy General Manager Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC), Foday Lansana Suma(FLS) in a press conference held recently in their conference room at […]

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Information Minister Alpha Kanu says fibre optic now has points of presence in all the districts

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Siraju Bah The Minister of Information and Communication Hon. Alhaji Alpha BS Kanu has delivered a comprehensive lecture on ICT in Post Ebola Recovery in a Private Sector Resilience, […]

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APC partisans advised to snob detractors and concentrate on continuing the national good

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Adikali Bai Daramy The Deputy National Publicity Secretary I of the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC), Comrade Cornelius Deveaux has expressed doubt as to why Police had to visit […]

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Information Ministry collaborates with Police to implement West Africa Police Information Systems

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

National Cyber Security Coordinator, Dr. Hamza Bangura has been appointed as chairman of the Technical Working Group(TWG) for the review and regulatory process of the Data Protection Act, according to […]

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GANG RAPE AND MURDER IN SIERRA LEONE : A Statement by Mrs Zainab Hawa Bangura.

August 21, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  The civil war in Sierra Leone during which we witnessed so much abuse and violence against women, ended almost 13 years ago. At the end of the war, the […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown

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The government’s decision to create new districts—without clear legal backing, public consultation, or economic justification—appears politically driven and constitutionally questionable. It threatens: • Domestic democratic stability, • Economic sustainability, and […]

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Beauty Queen Natasha Beckley calls on Sierra Leoneans in the U.S. to host and support Miss Universe (Sierra Leone ) 2017

July 26, 2017 0

*SIERRA LEONEANS IN THE USA* 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 *ARE YOU READY TO HOST AND SUPPORT MISS UNIVERSE SIERRA LEONE 2017* BECAUSE THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT IS RETURNING TO LAS VEGAS 🇸🇱🇸🇱 And the process starts […]

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UN observes International Day of Peacekeepers : Fallen peacekeepers honoured

May 30, 2015 0

More than 3,300 peacekeepers who have lost their lives while serving under the United Nations flag have been honoured at a wreath laying ceremony in New York. The ceremony took […]

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U.S. media snob ‘Concerned Sierra Leoneans’ : No mention of demonstrations in reports or interviews with President Koroma

April 21, 2015 0

As we indicated in an earlier editorial, the demonstrations against President Ernest Koroma at the Lafayette Park, near the White House and   at the World Bank last Friday during […]

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Fifty-Fifty Group of Women concerned about recent arrests of women in Sierra Leone

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