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“THE GODFATHER OF APC-NEW JERSEY” : 3 Awards and 2 medals on APC Awards Night

January 11, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Minister Plenipotentiary and also  Owner and publisher of the COCORIOKO , Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu was last Saturday honored during the APC-New Jersey Chapter Awards Night , where he was described […]

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There Was An SLPP

January 11, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Avid readers of the “One Drop” column may recall that my One Drop of 2 November 2016, titled “A Comedy Called SLPP: Season 1”, was […]

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PHOTO OF THE YEAR : The spiritual significance of President Koroma’s prayer at the Western Wall

January 11, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  President Koroma at the Holy Land of Israel. where he received a tantalizing welcome, prays for the nation. And let me tell you something, one of the best persons […]

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SLPP thugs , supporters and officials go to blows in mass brawl outside Law Courts building : FEMALE SUPPORTER SHOT

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

The crisis in the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP)  reached an all-time low yesterday when party thugs, supporters and officials went to blows in a mass brawl before […]

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Pictorial : The APC-NJ Awards Night

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

By KABS KANU — The All People’s Congress ( APC ) New Jersey Chapter staged a huge Awards Night on Saturday January 7, 2017. Though the relentless snow that fell […]

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President Ernest Bai Koroma leaves for the State of Israel

January 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The general public is hereby informed that on the kind invitation of his colleague, the Prime Minister, His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has left Freetown today on […]

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Sierra Leone makes an unprecedented history at the African Union Peace and Security Council

January 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Republic of Sierra Leone has been given the vote of confidence by the African Union (AU) to continue the Chairmanship of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) for […]

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One- on- One with Ambassador Timbo in the UAE

January 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States   H.E Siray Alpha Timbo is Sierra Leone’s first resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates […]

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COMMEMORATING JANUARY 6 WAR IN SIERRA LEONE

January 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY FATMATA KAMARA Sierra Leone, a small country on the West Coast of Africa, boasting of natural resources of innumerable quality and quantity, was originally supposed to be the shining […]

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PLEASE HELP ME SAY THANKS TO THE YEAR 2016

January 9, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Tony Bee, Sydney, Australia   My fellow Sierra Leoneans and none Sierra Leoneans, please I would like you to join me in saying  goodbye to 2016 and  to […]

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By Kabs Kanu The ceremony was grand, auspicious and colorful. It was the induction into office last weekend of Madam Mary Metzger , who has been appointed Chief of Staff […]

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  TODAY’S CHANGED POLITICAL DYNAMICS AND REALITIES —VERY DEMANDING ! EITHER THE BEST OR NOTHING Mediocre politics will no longer benefit any party By Kabs Kanu Dynamics are not static. […]

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Sierra Leone and China seek closer and deeper bilateral relations and partnership

November 28, 2016 0

By KABS KANU : China has become one of Sierra Leone’s most trusted and valued development partner. In the words of President Ernest Koroma , while Speaking at the commissioning […]

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Translate The Messages Into Action – President Koroma Insists

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  By State House Communications Unit As a way of engendering effective coordination in the fight to end Ebola, President Ernest Bai Koroma Thursday 11th December launched the ‘Ebola Resistant […]

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Samura Kamara re-energises the APC support base in the Western Rural Area

October 27, 2017 0

  Sheriff Mahmud Ismail Freetown – 26th October, 2017 They lined up the streets from Regent, all the way up to Waterloo and onto Newton; waving, singing and dancing in […]

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Sierra Leonean soul star Azania to spend equal time between Geneva and New York in 2017

January 15, 2017 0

 By Dennis Kabatto :Despite the heavy rain, Sierra Leonean soul queen Azania braved the wet and cold weather last Tuesday just to keep a scheduled interview appointment at Lido Restaurant […]

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MAGBELE BRIDGE REMAINS A DEATH TRAP❗❗ Shall We Wait for More Deaths❓❓

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MAGBELE BRIDGE REMAINS A DEATH TRAP❗❗ Shall We Wait for More Deaths❓❓ Magbele Bridge – that fifty meter colonial bridge on the Masiaka/Makeni highway appears to be waiting for another […]

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