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Month: August 2017

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Regional One Health Platform launched in Makeni and Bo

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Regional One Health Platform launched in Makeni and Bo By Kadrie Koroma The Ministries of Health and Sanitation, Agriculture Forestry and Food Security, and Local Government and Rural Development, the […]

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MRU Secretary General urged to make swift progress in restructuring the Union

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson, Communications Expert   The new Secretary General of the Mano River Union, Ambassador Medina Wesseh has been urged by the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, HE […]

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President Koroma receives annual reports from Financial Intelligence Unit

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday 8 August received the 2013 and 2014 Annual Reports from the Financial Intelligence Unit at State House in Freetown. […]

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Sierra Leone offshore petroleum surveys are now available to license by companies wishing to evaluate the exploration prospectivity

August 10, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Press Release 9 August 2017 The Petroleum Directorate is pleased to announce that, following a successful collaboration with TGS Nopec, ownership of a series of 3D seismic surveys acquired by […]

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*APC Government transforms Kono District*

August 8, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  *By Tamba Borbor* The ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) Party which has been in power since 2007 has ensured that Kono District gets its own fair share of development […]

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POLICE HAVE A DUTY NOT TO ALLOW LAWLESSNESS TO TAKE OVER OUR STREETS

August 8, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson   The events over this past weekend has sent shockwaves across most communities and instilled a fear of violence waiting to be unleashed in the coming period of […]

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Diana Konomanyi steals the show at Kono Conference, Washington, DC

August 8, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sahr Musa Yamba lays it bare I am Kono, through and through. I love Kono so dearly that I become prouder every day because even my name, Sahr Musa Yamba, […]

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QCELL Mobile Network is coming to Sierra Leone to compete in a very healthy way”- CEO Mohamed Jah Assures

August 8, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Abdul Malik Bangura Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of QCELL Mobile Network has assured that his mobile company is coming to Sierra Leone to compete in a very healthy manner. […]

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President Koroma receives signed documents for largest energy project in Sierra Leone

August 7, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit The documents for the largest energy project in Sierra Leone were signed on Friday 4 August and presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma at […]

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Minister Gibril Sesay addresses Istanbul Foreign Ministers Open-Ended Extraordinary Meeting.

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

Below is the full statement of the Minister at the Istanbul Foreign Ministers Open-Ended Extraordinary Meeting.   STATEMENT BY H.E. DR MOHAMED GIBRIL SESAY, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS […]

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By KABS KANU : Mr.Jesmed Suma has  resigned from the  Concerned Sierra Leoneans  Group . His shocking resignation was announced yesterday while the group was struggling in New York to […]

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Progress with the Establishment of Collateral Registry with the Bank of Sierra Leone

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By Moses Kargbo : The Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) with support from the World Bank Group (WBG) are continuing their engagement with key Stakeholders and End Users of the […]

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Police injure APC supporters in attack on party headquarters

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