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PRESIDENT KOROMA OFF TO NIGERIA TO ATTEND ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT

December 17, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The General public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma departed Freetown this evening for the Federal Republic of Nigeria to attend the 50th Session […]

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PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE MSWGCA ABOUT THE DISCHARGE OF YOUNG GIRL HANDICAPPED BY UNUSUALLY LONG BUST

December 17, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Government of Sierra Leone* Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender & Children’s Affairs (MSWGCA) *PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE MSWGCA ABOUT THE DISCHARGE OF MAMIE SAM ON FRIDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2016.* The […]

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Presidential address by Head of State Ernest Koroma at State Opening of Parliament

December 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Presidential Address delivered by His Excellency the President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on the occasion of the State Opening of the Fifth Session of the Fourth Parliament of the Second […]

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President Koroma launches National Youth Service Scheme

December 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Koroma launches National Youth Service Scheme By State House Communication Unit The National Youth Service (NYS) was launched today (Wednesday December 14, 2016) by His Excellency President Dr Ernest […]

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*Charlotte Hydro Handed Over to Salone Government*‼‼

December 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Chinese Engineers from the Hunan Group has yesterday 14th December 2016 formally handed over the 2.2 Megawatt mini hydro dam to the Government of Sierra Leone. The handing over […]

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President Koroma to change the Freetown skyline with skyscraper-like Freetown City Council Complex.

December 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Another monumental legacy of President Ernest Koroma and the ruling All People’s Congress ( APC )  will be the skyscraper-like new Freetown City Council Complex, which will change the Freetown […]

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WHO Country Representative commends Health Ministry’s IPC current system advocates for sustainable future plan

December 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Jonathan Abass Kamara The World Health Organization Country Representative, Dr. Anders Nordstrom has commended the Ministry of Health and Sanitation for ongoing strides in ensuring that Infection Prevention and […]

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Vice President Foh expresses the need to diversify Nutrition against the occurrence of disease

December 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Jonathan Abass Kamara Freetown, Dec. 13, 016 (MOHS) – Vice President Hon. Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh has expressed the need to diversify nutrition against the occurrence of diseases. […]

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ECOWAS Mission to the Gambia yields no breakthrough

December 15, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 The transition from the outgoing to the incoming president-elect continues as a high-powered delegation of four heads of state and a UN representative met with the […]

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FAMOUS UK- BASED SIERRA LEONEAN GOSPEL SINGER TO ROCK FREETOWN

December 14, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU : The famous UK- based Sierra Leonean gospel-singer , Mrs. Rebecca Arthur , will rock Freetown in January with her anointed and soul-stirring gospel music and ministry. […]

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