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Infighting worsens at SLRSA, as FBC Dean accused of wading into the imbroglio

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul Rahman Bedori Kamara The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sierra Leone Roads Safety Authority (SLRSA), Rev. Michael Samura, furiously complained yesterday that he was insulted […]

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France – Sierra Leone to strengthen relations

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The French Ambassador to Sierra Leone resident in Conakry, Guinea, Jean-Marc Grosgurin, last Thursday 1st June expressed firm commitment to further consolidate bilateral relations with Sierra Leone. He made the […]

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The legacy, a duty to sustain

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

There are uncountable legacies to point at, in dissecting the successes of President Koroma and his government. Much to the joy of people, we have seen the huge transformation we […]

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Zuliatu Cooper bids farewell to Chinese Medical Team

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*_By Ranger_*   Zuliatu Cooper, Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 2, on Friday 2nd June 2017 bade farewell to Batch 18 of the Chinese Medical Team which had been […]

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Vice President launches MCH Week and Bed Net Distribution Campaign in Makeni

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Kadrie Koroma Vice President, Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh has officially launched the Maternal and Child Health Week (MCHW) known as the “Mami En Pikin Welbodi Week” and the […]

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Minister Sylvia Blyden lauds gender parity and women’s leadership empowerment at MRU

June 6, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

June 5, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU COMMENTARY, Uncategorized 0   The Secretariat of the Mano River Union (MRU) will next Friday June 9th 2017 see a […]

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Time for scrambled eggs : The APC criteria

June 5, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson The issue of succession has always been problematic, cumbersome and contentious because it goes directly to the management of political authority and power. The All Peoples Congress Party […]

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First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma visits GULF Hospital in New Delhi, India

June 5, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The First Lady of Sierra Leone, Sia Nyama Koroma has paid a visit to the INDO GULF Hospital and Diagnostics in Nodia, New Delhi, India. Her visit is to gain […]

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Deputy Information Minister Cornelius Deveaux belittles New Storm newspaper report

June 5, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS RELEASE Date: Monday 5th June 2017 The attention of the Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Hon. Cornelius O M Deveaux has been drawn to an article in The […]

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Judgement in SLPP Court case : ‘PaOPas’ lose, as Appeal Court overturns lower level executive elections in 39 consituencies

June 5, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Appeal Court presided over by Honourable Justice Reginald Sydney Fynn,  Hon. Justice Alusine Sani Sesay and Hon. Justice Allan Baami Halloway today declared  all Sierra Leone People’s Party ( […]

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By Minkailu Turay, Global Times newspaper, Sierra Leone– The World Bank has allocated US$50,000 to Sierra Leone for its Open Government Programme (OGP) and from that amount US$25,000 has already […]

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  By Bockarie Kukuku Musa The Minister of Political and Public Affairs, Hon. Nanette Thomas and the Head of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mr. Sanusi Savage are in […]

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