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Who says childish and petty SLPP do not know who Dr. Samura Matthew Kamara is ?

October 19, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By KABS KANU The first angle that the opposition SLPP took to approach the presidential candidature of Dr. Samura Kamara, which is to feign that nobody knows the APC […]

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NO DOUBT IN PRESIDENT KOROMA’S POLITICAL SAVVY TO NOW UNITE THE PARTY FOR VICTORY IN 2018

October 19, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU I was saying at Facebook that only those who do not know him in truth will DOUBT President KOROMA’S political savvy and think that he will sit […]

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IF DEN ASK YOU SAY YOU SABI AM? TELL DEM SAY

October 19, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  IF DEN ASK YOU SAY YOU SABI AM? TELL DEM SAY ——————————– 1. Yes he is Dr Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara 2. Yes is is born of a Temne […]

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Africa holds the key for feeding 9 billion people by 2050, Adesina says during Norman Borlaug Lecture

October 19, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  PRESS RELEASE Africa holds the key for feeding 9 billion people by 2050, Adesina says during Norman Borlaug Lecture Calls for land tax for unused agricultural land or underutilized […]

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World Food Day: African Development Bank (AfDB) urges African leaders to make agriculture attractive to young Africans and stem migration

October 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  PRESS RELEASE World Food Day: African Development Bank (AfDB) urges African leaders to make agriculture attractive to young Africans and stem migration “We must get youths into agriculture and […]

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55.64 million Chinese lifted out of poverty…five years of President Xi’s leadership

October 18, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Shifu Fadda    Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)   China continues to score major successes in its poverty reduction drive. The country, […]

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Digital reporting : A new frontier for newsrooms in Sierra Leone

October 17, 2017 Kabs Kanu 0

Digital reporting: A new frontier for newsrooms in Sierra Leone BY IDT LABS /  MONDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2017 /  PUBLISHED IN ARTICLES, NEWS How iDT Labs incubated civic tech organization Code for Sierra Leone is working to […]

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After Makeni, APC FLAGBEARER AND RUNNING MATE MAKE TRIUMPHANT ENTRY INTO FREETOWN

October 17, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : Riding an open car, standing on both sides of President Ernest Bai Koroma , the newly-selected Presidential candidate of the ruling All People’s Congress ( APC) […]

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Acceptance Statement By Dr. Samura Kamara; APC Presidential Nominee

October 17, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Makeni -16th October, 2017 – Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so very much! Thank you for making history! Thank you for putting party and country first. Thank you for choosing me […]

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AWOL congratulates Dr. Samura Kamara and Hon. Chernor Bah

October 17, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

      PRESS RELEASE   AWOL Congratulates Dr. Samura Kamara & Hon. Chernor Bah   AWOL heartily congratulates our two members, Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation-  Dr. […]

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