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We kidnapped Sierra Leonean envoy to raise money for Sallah – Suspects

August 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Tunde Ajaja On June 30, 2016, the Deputy High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Maj.-Gen. Alfred Claude-Nelson and his driver were travelling along the Kaduna-Abuja Road with no idea […]

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Cocorioko CEO wins yet another award for outstanding Journalism

August 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The owner, publisher and Editor-In-Chief of the Cocorioko Newspaper, Rev. Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu, has won yet another award for outstanding Journalism. The ruling All People’s Congress ( APC ) Georgia […]

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China certifies 21 Sierra Leoneans on Agricultural Products Processing and Seed Breeding Technology

August 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By John Baimba Sesay : District Agriculture Officer for Koinadugu, has said, there is need for stronger partnership with China in a bid to help strengthen the agriculture sector in […]

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BREXIT AND THE SIERRA LEONE CONUNDRUM

August 2, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Expert It was Francis Fukuyama (1989) who predicted that the advance of neo-liberalism, the dominance of markets and the receding influence of governments in infrastructure and utilities […]

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  • God’s judgement will fall on Maada Bio more than those he is swearing for insulting his mother
  • The reality facing our nation : The lies, propaganda and deceit from the President’s wife and the SLPP Government
  • SLPP, Sierra Leone Bar Association : The monster they created in Kenema can no longer be silenced
  • In Maada Bio’s Sierra Leone, Public Trust in Institutions Hits Breaking Point
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