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Police injure APC supporters in attack on party headquarters

December 31, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone Police today attacked the headquarters of the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC ) and injured about six party members who had to be rushed to the […]

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High inflate rate, increasing food and fuel prices in Sierra Leone acknowledged by Bank Governor, but pressures decreasing , he says

December 31, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Inflationary pressures continued to be elevated in Sierra Leone  since the last Monetary Policy Statement, the Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone, Professor Kelfala Kalllon said today. The Governor […]

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SLPP’s accusation that APC is inciting ethnic conflict in Sierra Leone is false and an insult to our hurting people

December 30, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) press release accusing the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC )  of trying to incite ethnic violence in Sierra Leone is very […]

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Tense Saturday in Freetown as APC marched to CID to protest against the SLPP’s constant harassment of its members

December 30, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Yesterday was a tense Saturday in Freetown as the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC )  decided that enough was enough and they went into the streets and marched to […]

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SLPP accuse the APC

December 30, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*Eight (8) Key Points from the SLPP Government Press Release dated 29th December 2018 on APC inciting ethnic violence in Sierra Leone*_ 1) Government notes with deep disappointment that at […]

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WHY DO THEY WANT TO MUZZLE US NOW ?

December 29, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Asks Kabs Kanu This post is a response to Pastor Gibrilla Dumbuya ‘s question on his Facebook Wall about why the APC allowed the SLPP to criticize them in power […]

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APC threatens non-cooperation with Inquiry and summons aggrieved former officials to meeting at party office tomorrow to strategize legal/political action

December 29, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Former Defence Minister Parlor Conteh appears at Anti-Corruption for questioning

December 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Former Sierra Leone Deputy Defence Minister, Parlor Conteh appeared  at the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in Freetown this morning “for questioning on various military procurement issues” when he was in […]

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   HAS THE APC PARTY REDISCOVERED THEIR POWER AND UNITY?

December 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray Philadelphia, USA Reading Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” during my secondary school days in little Jaiama Sewafe, Kono Distric, one striking theme always kept me […]

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Former defence minister arrested 

December 28, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s former defence minister has been arrested for alleged corruption in a deal to procure military supplies, an anti-corruption commission said on Saturday, the latest former government figure to […]

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