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Former CDF Spokesman Alfred Sam Foray breaks his silence…Calls on Kandeh Yumkella to quit SLPP and “let the dead bury their dead”

June 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU A man never short of colorful expressions, the former Spokesman of the Sierra Leone Civil Defence Force ( CDF ) and one-time outspoken stalwart of the opposition […]

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Sierra Leone Pre-Hajj Delegation Arrives in Saudi Arabia

June 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia A pre-Hajj delegation headed by the Special Assistant to His Excellency the President on Social Affairs has arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi […]

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Sierra Leone participates at the G7 Friends of the Gulf of Guinea to address illegal activities at sea

June 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Umaru S. Jah, Information Attaché – Germany Sierra Leone has participated at the G7 ++ Friends of the Gulf of Guinea in Rome, Italy on Monday 26 and […]

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Hon. Minister Isata Kabia Speaks on Role of International Cooperation in Strengthening Partnership and Capacity in Implementing Agenda 2030

June 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Minister of State II, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Isata Kabia on Friday, 30th June, 2017, said strengthening of capacity is crucial in the actualization of […]

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*VP FOH ADDRESSES A HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON DATA DEVELOPMENT*

June 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*VP FOH ADDRESSES A HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON DATA DEVELOPMENT* Nairobi: Thursday 29th June, 2017. Hon. Vice President, Ambassador Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh today addressed a high-level meeting in Nairobi, […]

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PICTURE STORY : President Ernest Koroma back home after trip to Germany

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

President Ernest Bai Koroma returned home yesterday after his private 11 -day vacation trip to the Federal Republic of Germany. WE BRING YOU SOME PICTURES OF THE PRESIDENT’S ARRIVAL IN […]

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FOREIGN MINISTER SAMURA KAMARA DEMONSTRATES REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY

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

  By KABS KANU One of the ministers most trusted and relied upon by party and government functionaries , and I am sure, even President Ernest Bai Koroma, to lift […]

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PRINCE THORPE FOR FREETOWN MAYORSHIP*

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

A Mayor is a leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries like sierra Leone, A Mayor is elected […]

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KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS ON VP. FOH*

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

  The Foreign Affairs Minister of Kenya, Hon. Madam Amina Abdallah today 28th June, 2017 paid a courtesy call on the Hon. Vice President of Sierra Leone, Ambassador Dr. Victor […]

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Leslie Allen Champions Community Cleaning

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

  Former Sierra Leone footballer, Leslie Allen has emerged as a local champion of community cleaning in Fourah Bay and it’s environs.   Allen has mobilized scores of youths to […]

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  • Sierra Leone’s Justice Minister accused of interfering in the affairs of the Bar Association, as fallouts continue after Bintumani Police blockage
  • A dawn interrupted : The battle for the soul of the Sierra Leone Bar Association
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