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SLPP Government gets no respite for poor economic performance as even the newspapers go ballistic

August 14, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The parlous and wretched state of the Sierra Leone economy,  with hardship hitting everybody hard and the U.S.  dollar now equivalent to one million leones on the exchange market, has […]

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As Maada Bo suspends his State Chief of Protocol, opinions vary on Edna Kargbo’s lack of good judgement

August 14, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Maada Bio is said to have indefinitely suspended his Chief State of Protocol. Madam Edna Kargbo , who went to a church in Nigeria and flaunted the exquisite mansion […]

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It is the economy, fellas ; nothing but the economy !

August 14, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

FINANCE MINISTER JACOB JUSU SAFFA Sierra Leone Economy from broken to Shambles? 1)the miracle promised to address bread and butter issues in six months by SLPP paopa New direction to […]

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Sierra Leoneans lambast President Bio and SLPP Government for economic hardship and now useless currency

August 14, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

‎The Sierra Leone economy–which was the second fastest growing economy in the world under President Ernest Koroma–has spun out of control under the new government led by President Maada Bio […]

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President Bio’s “Waka-Waka” will never bring any prosperity to Sierra Leone

August 13, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

THE ARGUMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN DEVELOP A COUNTRY BY WASTING PUBLIC FUNDS ON FREQUENT EXPENSIVE TRIPS OVERSEAS HAS NEITHER ECONOMIC FACTS NOR HISTORICAL PRECEDENT FROM SINGAPORE TO DUBAI. By […]

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Sam Sumana Breaks Silence on ‘APC-C4C’, Says “Cannot Be Intimidated”

August 13, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  John Baimba  Sesay Chief Samuel Sam-Sumana was Sierra Leone’s Vice President from September 17, 2007 to March 17, 2015.  He was in 2015, expelled from the All People’s Congress, after […]

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The Stench of Daylight Corruption is Strong in and Around State House.

August 13, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  From Morning Waters to Afternoon Sleaze, Fatmata Edna Kargbo’s testimony is false. A video is making the rounds on Facebook of Sierra Leone’s Chief of Protocol, Fatmata Edna Kargbo […]

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Sierra Leone teachers may not return to work when schools reopen in September

August 10, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Notice Notice Notice Concerned Teachers Of SierraLeone  are worried about the lack of attention and commitment on the side of the government of SierraLeone, towards the plight of the […]

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As Sierra Leone economy on life support, can Jacob Jusu Saffa pull the nut out of the fire and save his job ?

August 10, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

    The Finance Minister, Mr Jacob Jusu Saffa (JJ Blood) is having the spotlight trained on him, for what some people see as his failure to revive the economy. […]

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APC draws attention to grave situation before runoff Constituency 110 elections

August 10, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  NOTICE FROM THE APC THE APC HEREBY BRINGS TO THE NOTICE OF THE NEC ,THE PPRC ,THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, THE GRAVE SITUATION WHICH […]

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