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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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  THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY NO. 1 ? FOR MY FELLOW OLDTIMERS LIKE ISRAEL PAPER, ANTHONY KAMARA , etc. Again, I bring my readers another interesting story from the […]

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Transparency International’s Lavina Banduah destroys her organization’s credibility further

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Posted by Cocorioko Newspaper on July 12, 20130 Comment By KABS KANU : Transparency International yesterday damaged their credibility further by saying that they did not conduct the polls that […]

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*Sierra Leone Imams present new president to Hon. Minister responsible for Religious Affairs*

May 30, 2017 0

  The United Council of Imams who earlier this year lost their erstwhile president Alhaji Yaya Deen Kamara, have chosen a new president in the person of *SHEIK ALHAJI DR. […]

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Government of Sierra Leone signs EU project for Sierra Leone-Liberia highway

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The Hon. Vice President, Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh today hosted the signing ceremony of the largest infrastructural project sponsored by the European Union in Sierra Leone, the Bo – Bandajuma […]

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