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WHAT THE SIERRA LEONE NEWSPAPERS SAY: Volume 1, No. 1

April 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WHAT THE SIERRA LEONE NEWSPAPERS SAY—–A COCORIOKO WEEKLY FEATURE MINISTER SLAPS RESTAURANT OWNER ? EDITOR’S NOTE : Recently , there was information on Facebook that the Deputy Minister of Trade […]

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Baba Tunkara of East End Lions fame and NDMC dies in Philadelphia

April 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Alhaji Baba Tunkara , one-time patron and  Council of Elders member of the East End Lions Football team, died on Wednesday April 26, 2017 in Philadelphia. He was also […]

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Professor Alpha Bah : The death of a celebrated historian and intellectual

April 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU An eminent Sierra Leonean intellectual living and working in the U.S , Professor Mohammed Alpha Bah , has passed away . Professor Bah served the College of […]

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INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL : How Sierra Leone gained Independence –And some views

April 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

From the archive, 27 April 1961: Sierra Leone celebrates independence Originally published in the Guardian on 27 April 1961 The Duke of Kent yesterday opened the new Parliament Building of […]

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History at Independence Anniversary celebrations in Philadelphia as Sierra Leone national flag raised for the first time in Pennsylvania

April 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Carol Labor-Bangura Happy Independence Day Sierra Leone! History was made when after lobbying for it for years individually, then including community members after the initial approval, Sierra Leone’s flag […]

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President Koroma issues rallying call to nation in Independence Anniversary message

April 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Independence Message – 27 April, 2017 Fellow citizens, today, once again, we celebrate the great event marking the decision of those before us to take charge of our destiny; to […]

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56th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT : 1961 Independence Day Message by Sir Milton Margai April 27, 2017

April 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

As part of our 56th Independence Anniversary Supplement, we bring you the first Independence Message ever made in our nation on April 27, 1961 , by the country’s first indigenous […]

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Nigeria High Commissioner pays Farewell Courtesy Call on President Koroma

April 28, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit The outgoing Nigerian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Her Excellency Mrs. Gladys Modupe Quist-Adebiyi Friday, 28 April 2017, paid a farewell courtesy call on President […]

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President Ernest Koroma hosts Gambian counterpart President Adama Barrow

April 27, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit Gambian President Adama Barrow arrived in Freetown last evening for a two-day working visit from Wednesday 26 April to Thursday, 27 April, 2017. This is […]

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Presidential Spokesman to hold Town Meeting at Sierra Leone Embassy, Washington DC on Saturday April 29, 2017

April 27, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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  COCORIOKO CERTAINLY THE MOST WIDELY READ SIERRA LEONE NEWSPAPER —SEE OUR IMPRESSIVE STATISTICS BELOW IS THE LOG OF DAILY READERS OF THE NEWSPAPER FOR THIS WEEK.. THIS NUMBER DOES […]

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ACC recovers over Le 300 Million in the last three months

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By: Abubakarr Turay The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has in the last three months recovered three hundred and thirty-three million Leones (Le 333,000,000) of public funds and revenue, which otherwise would […]

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