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Why did President Koroma not speak at the Bio inauguration ?

May 14, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The failure of President Ernest Koroma to speak at Saturday’s inauguration of President Maada Bio has got many tongues wagging in Sierra Leone. This paper learnt that President Koroma actually […]

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Britain created and left us many of the problems our nation is struggling with today

May 12, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Anthony Kamara (Snr), Winnipeg, Canada. It is becoming common practice for some educated or rather semi-educated Sierra Leoneans with little or no knowledge of colonial history who, because of […]

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Airport presidential lounge in flames : SLPP supporters cry sabotage, but Airport authorities blame plasma TV explosion

May 12, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

On the eve of the huge inauguration of the new President , Retired Brig. Maada Bio, when over seven heads of state and a U.S  delegation are expected in the […]

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A tirade by a white man admonishing an African man

May 11, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Recently, I witnessed in dismay a tirade by a white man in the first class cabin of a mid-size airplane, admonishing another first class passenger, a Ghanaian male, for “begging” […]

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Is President Maada Bio’s free education program sustainable in donor-driven Sierra Leone ?

May 11, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Sierra Leone political scene has become more interesting than ever since the regime change two months ago that brought Ret. Brig. Maada Bio to power in Sierra Leone. Everyday, […]

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Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyer sworn in

May 11, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

As Mayor Yvonne Akie Sawyer takes oath of office today 11th May, 2018, Hon. Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh implores her to carry out her functions as enshrined in […]

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Commentary : Linking the New Direction with the fight against corruption

May 11, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY ALIMAMY LAHAI KAMARA : Since 1996, political administrations in Sierra Leone tend to produce a peculiar disposition strange to post 1996 governments – a political attitude that seems to […]

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PRESIDENT’S BIO’s SPEECH AT THE STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT: THE NEED FOR A NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE

May 11, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Victor Ako Mengot The State Opening of Parliament was indeed a memorable occasion because after a 10-year wait, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) is finally back in power. […]

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Seven head of states to attend Bio’s inauguration

May 11, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Seven foreign heads of state have been confirmed to attend the inauguration of Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, APA learnt in Freetown on Thursday.The presidents of Guinea, Liberia, […]

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Gambia declares criminal defamation unconstitutional, keeps some laws on sedition, false news

May 11, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Nairobi, May 10, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Gambian Supreme Court’s decision yesterday todeclare criminal defamation unconstitutional, but is dismayed that segments of the country’s criminal code on […]

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By Kabs Kanu The Chairman of the Sierra Leone Advocacy Movement ( SLAM ) – Global, Dr. Alfred Veenod Fullah has declared that the purpose of the organization is to […]

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Looking back at Maada Bio’s 5 years in power : Obnoxious and chaotic

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By: Alhaji Jalloh  A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Islamabad and other major cities of Pakistan on Monday, 26th October, 2015, leaving at least 140 dead and scores injured due to […]

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APC opposition leader Ernest Koroma is interviewed for the first time and unveils his agenda for Sierra Leone in New Jersey

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MORE PICTURES FROM THE VISIT TO NEW JERSEY ON MAY 19-20, 2006 OF THE HIGH-POWERED APC DELEGATION FROM FREETOWN, LED BY THE PARTY LEADER AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, ERNEST BAI KOROMA […]

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