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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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  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
  • Sierra Leone Faces U.S. Travel Ban: Is Drug Trafficking the Hidden Factor ?
  • For APC to succeed and win the elections in 2028, the tribe must die
  • THE CREATION OF NEW DISTRICTS IS USELESS AND UNCALLED FOR
  • Divisive planning : A cabinet out of touch
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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The Parliament of Sierra Leone on July 23, 2020 unanimously approved the new Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act 2020 and repealed Section 5 of the 1965 Public Order Act (POA) that criminalized libel as seditious crime against the […]

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  By ABC Communications Unit The Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat during its nationwideEbola Education and Preventive Measures Enforcement campaign has commended the people of Kambia District for their […]

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Sierra Leoneans must give Dr. Phil Kramer a big hand in Tuesday’s Mayoral elections in Franklin , Somerset, NJ : Councilman was helpful in mobilizing support for Sierra Leone’s Ebola fight

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One of the  Democratic Party candidates for  the Tuesday June 2 Democratic Party Mayoral Primary elections in Franklin Township , Somerset, New Jersey is Dr. Phil Kramer whom  many Sierra […]

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Where are the unbelieving Thomases of President Koroma’s second constitutional term of office ?

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