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PERSONAL GLIMPSES : 58TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY – REFLECTIONS OF A FORMER MAYOR

May 22, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: Winstanley.R. Bankole. Johnson Independence Anniversaries have of recent been heralded by a few nostalgic video clips and pictures in the social media depicting days of yore, which most of […]

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Big blow to Maada Bio, as Chief Sam Sumana rejects invitation to chair fake Bintumani Peace Conference

May 20, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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MISERY FOR MUSLIMS AS PRICES OF BASIC COMMODITIES HIT THE ROOF

May 20, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Massaquoi Since the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) returned to power a lot has not gone according to plan. Granted the government has touted its credentials as a […]

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WHY APC MUST NOT STEP FOOT AT ONCOMING DECEITFUL BINTUMANI 3

May 20, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

WHY APC MUST NOT STEP FOOT AT ONCOMING DECEITFUL BINTUMANI 3 COCORIOKO EDITORIAL Monday May 20, 2019 President Bio is a rat who bites you and inflicts painful injuries. Then […]

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Former Deputy Information Minister slams “Deceptive” Bintumani Conference

May 20, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  What will a Conference on National Cohesion and Peace mean to the people of Tonko Limba whose 14 year old son was allegedly gun-down by a military personnel attached […]

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Timing of Bintumani 3 is a political and public relations blunder by the Bio administration

May 20, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    Oswald Hanciles: Bintumani-III (B-3) will debut this week. It’s a fait accompli. To me, the timing of it is another political and public relations blunder by the Bio Administration. […]

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK : Sierra Leone schoolchildren in jail after clashes with Police

May 19, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Government of Sierra Leone last week detained a lot of schoolchildren of the Muslim Brotherhood Secondary School when they rioted after CID  entered their campus and arrested some teachers […]

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NO HAPPY ENDING IN SIERRA LEONE POLITICS!!

May 18, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Sorieba Sillah The crisis of Sierra Leone  Democracy today is a big concern for the people of Sierra Leone, and a test of memory and commitment begins to be exhaustive […]

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AU ‘covers up’ for perpetrators of sexual harassment, fraud and abuse of power

May 18, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Simon Allison  Dozens of senior African Union Commission officials have been implicated in an internal inquiry into sexual harassment, gender discrimination, fraud, nepotism and abuse of power. (Ashraf Shazly/AFP)  COMMENTS […]

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President Bio Engages Krio Descendants Association

May 17, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  State House, Freetown, Thursday 16 May 2019 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has engaged members of the Krio Descendant Association at State House, as part of his continuous […]

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  • More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court
  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
  • When development finance becomes a leverage
  • The constitution must not be a casualty of political convenience
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