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Minister debunks false press reports

July 8, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MAFFS COMMUNICATIONS UNIT Fresh from a meeting with potential investors in agriculture at Abuja in Nigeria, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security Prof. Patrick Monty Jones met with Press […]

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INDEED, SIERRA LEONEANS ARE PATRIOTIC

July 8, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY IBRAHIM SOURIE MANSARAY PHILADELPHIA As the world prepares for the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan, news filtering from Nigeria indicates that the kidnapped Deputy Sierra Leonean High […]

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5 Police officers slain in America

July 8, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Five police officers have been killed and six more injured after shots were fired during an anti-violence protest in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday evening. One of the dead officers has […]

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The faces of noiseless, tactful, cautious and effective diplomacy that paid dividends

July 6, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU: The successful release of Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, Major General Alfred Nelson Williams by the unknown persons who had kidnapped him a week ago,  […]

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Sierra Leone Government announces that kidnapped diplomat is safely back

July 5, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE PRESS RELEASE GOVERNMENT IS PLEASED TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT FOLLOWING THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AND […]

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HE IS FREE ! ! ! THANK GOD FOR MAJOR GENERAL NELSON WILLIAMS

July 5, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Major General Alfred Nelson Williams, the  kidnapped Sierra Leonean diplomat who was nabbed by unknown persons almost a week ago , has been freed. Presidential Spokesman, Abdulai Bayraytay, confirmed the […]

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He is free

July 5, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS STATEMENT COMING: Major General Alfred Nelson Williams has been freed by his kidnappers.

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Nigerian Police Force and helicopter deployed to search for kidnapped Sierra Leone diplomat

July 5, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Nigeria Police Force has deployed its officers in search of Maj. Gen, Alfred Nelson- Williams, the Deputy High Commissioner of Sierra Leone in Nigeria who was kidnapped along Abuja-Kaduna […]

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Sierra Leone Government assures all that working with competent Nigerian authorities to seek release of kidnapped Deputy High Commissioner

July 5, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Following confirmed reports of the kidnapping of Sierra Leones deputy high commissioner to the federal republic of Nigeria, major general (rtd) Alfred Claude Nelson-Williams on 1st July, 2016, the government […]

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GAVI, WORLD BANK, GLOBAL FUND, AND CO ISSUE ANOTHER REPORT CARD ON THE HEALTH MINISTRY

July 5, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 By Jonathan Kamara– Many would recall that the name Ministry of Health and Sanitation was synonymous to corruption, and embezzlement of donor’s tax payers’ money. The last straw that breaks […]

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