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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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  • UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions
  • Guinea expands illegal occupation of Yenga, opens fire on residents and forces everybody to flee
  • True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing what is right
  • Video : Sierra Leone gains Independence from Britain and the 1961 Royal Visit
  • Reflections on Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary : A nation still in waiting
  • There will never be world peace until imperialism is dead : Hands off Ibrahim Traore
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Government and Koidu Holdings in stalemate over workers’ better wages and good working conditions

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*GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE, KOIDU LIMITED, KOIDU LIMITED WORKERS, ACTIVISTS AND THE COMUNITY IN A STALEMATE OVER BETTER WAGES AND GOOD WORKING  CONDITIONS IN KONO*   By Karamoh Kabba A […]

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UPDATE!!! Uneasy Calm Returns to Central Freetown After Ojeh-Linked Tensions

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Urgent Appeal for Security Intervention We are urgently calling on the Central Police Division to intervene in a violent situation unfolding in the Horton Street and Frederick Street area of […]

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Former Freetown goes around city sympathizing with families of victims of yesterday’s rainstorm disasters

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The former Mayor of Freetown , Yvonne Aki- Sawyer,  is troubled by yesterday’s rainstorm disasters in Sierra Leone. She posted the following in her Facebook page today ———////////// Today I […]

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Harry Yansaneh murder : Justice Minister meets Journalists on Monday

November 7, 2005 0

Justice Minister meets Journalists on Monday By Chernor Ojuku Sesay Cocorioko Correpondent in Freetown Monday November 7, 2005 The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Frederick Carew would meet journalists […]

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Palo Conteh freed from prison

January 1, 2021 0

Former Defence Minister Alfred Palo Conteh has been pardoned by President Julius Maada Bio. This comes after several pleas were made for him be released after the court exonerated him […]

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“While SLPP busy chasing APC, their Ministers and officials are swimming in corruption– kangaroo ACC doing nothing” : Commentator

April 8, 2021 0

In life it is important to note that people are entitled to their various individual opinions and should be free to express them as long as they do not infringe […]

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Ambassador Henry Macauley signs joint declaration with the EU for energy support to Sierra Leone

May 21, 2015 0

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy and Power , Ambassador Henry O. Macauley, yesterday  signed an epic Joint Declaration with the European Union  for the Union’s  support to the Energy Sector […]

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