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2018 ELECTIONS: A FORGONE CONCLUSION

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

2018 ELECTIONS: A FORGONE CONCLUSION  By M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Sierra Leone Embassy, Saudi Arabia His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and the National Electoral Commission (NEC) in February […]

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Sierra Leone Parliament Ratifies Key Bumbuna II Project Documents

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

This marks another important milestone in the development of the Bumbuna II hydropower project which, when completed, will provide much-needed all-year round power to Sierra Leone LONDON, United Kingdom, December […]

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Peace and stability : We must emulate President Koroma who has held the country like an egg

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

By John Baimba Sesay-China  The National Commission for Democracy is one those institutional frameworks created by government with a view of promoting good governance. Part of the commission’s mandate is to get programs to instill in […]

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Cabinet reshuffle : Alpha Khan back as Information Minister ; Kaifala Marah is the new Foreign Minister

December 4, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

DR. ALPHA KANU GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE PRESS RELEASE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT DR. SAMURA KAMARA IS STEPPING ASIDE FROM HIS POSITION AS MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS […]

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New Army Chief of Defence Staff and Police boss in Sierra Leone

November 30, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE  PRESS RELEASE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS, […]

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World Bank Group approves US$20 Million Grant to support Sierra Leone’s mining sector

November 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    FREETOWN, November 27, 2017 — Sierra Leone will receive a US$20 million International Development Association (IDA) Grant for the second phase of the Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project […]

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Speaker Takes Oath as Acting President

November 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit Freetown, Tuesday 28 November, 2017 —The Right Hon. Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya, Speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament subscribed to the oath […]

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MEDIA ADVISORY : PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR COTE D’IVOIRE AND THE GAMBIA

November 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

MEDIA ADVISORY Freetown: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 PRESIDENT KOROMA LEAVES FOR COTE D’IVOIRE AND THE GAMBIA The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai […]

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*President Koroma collects voter ID card*

November 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has this morning Tuesday 28 November collected his voter identity card from staff of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) at the NIBBAT 13 primary School […]

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Opposition politician praises President Ernest Koroma

November 29, 2017 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

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  • Mediocre flagbearer will not unsit a ruling government
  • As sand becomes more valuable, Sierra Leone’s Mahera Coast grows more vulnerable
  • THE FAILURE OF PRINCIPLES: WHY PRESIDENT JULIUS MAADA BIO’S LEADERSHIP DESERVES SERIOUS JUDGMENT
  • BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Strikes Out AG’s Motion
  • Lenses Behind Bars: A Prosecutor Becomes an Inmate
  • As Nigeria records first case, is Ebola spreading in Africa ?
  • British Guardian newspaper story : How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
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