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Commission of Inquiry on assets of former government officials starts

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

  On Monday the 18th of November 2019, Justice Biobele has started investigating assets of former Ministers and Deputy Ministers that served the last administration of the former president Dr. […]

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Those Who Fight Corruption Should Be Clean Themselves

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

The recent corruption scandal that involves the Chief Minister Professor David Francis and journalist Sallieu Tejan Jalloh remains leeringly unresolved in the background. President Bio made the fight against corruption […]

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As Parliament passes 2020 Finance Act, President Bio can now spend government money on travels as he wants

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

PRESIDENT BIO : HE CAN SPEND GOVERNMENT MONEY NOW AS HE WANTS ON TRAVELING.  Parliament has passed into law the 2020 Finance Act that provides for non-accountable imprest for daily […]

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Paramount Chief Kapuwa condemned for wading into Chief Minister’s alleged scandal

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

CHIEF MINISTER : HIS  ALLEGED SCANDAL IS ATTRACTING STRANGE ATTENTION Chiefdom authorities in NONGORWA CHIEFDOM, Eastern Sierra Leone and home of the country Chief Minister dished out a public Memo […]

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SAME OLD, SAME OLD : LEONE STARS SINK TO DEFEAT AGAIN

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

  Commentary by Kabs Kanu Same old story for Leone Stars. Our boys were beaten 1-0 in Cotonou today by the little known Zebras of Benin after throwing away victory […]

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Sierra Leone to play Benin away today

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

  Redemption Battle: Who will Sink to the Red Zone – Benin’s Squirrels or Sierra Leone’s Leone Stars* *13:00 HRS GMT (2PM Benin local time)* By Abubakarr Kamara After losing […]

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When Committing Journalism Becomes A crime

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

  Once again, the issue of corruption has reared its ugly head in our country; as if it ever went away. It involves the Chief Minister of the Bio government. […]

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Guinea: Appalling human rights “red flags” ahead of presidential election

November 15, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Guinea: Appalling human rights “red flags” ahead of presidential election 13 November 2019, 09:01 UTC At least 70 protestors and bystanders killed since January 2015 Journalists targeted 109 deaths in […]

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November 12, 1985 : The military Coup that failed and the day God saved my life

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

November 12, 1985 : THE MILITARY COUP THAT FAILED IN LIBERIA AND THE DAY GOD SAVED MY LIFE By Kabs Kanu In the early morning of Tuesday November 12 1985 […]

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SLAJ visits detained colleague at the CID

November 12, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

This morning , a cross section of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists  Executive , led by its president , Mr. Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, visited colleague Salieu Tejan Jalloh who […]

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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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  The astute and dynamic National Coordinator and Second-in-Command of the Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat Madam Nanette Thomas has delivered  one of the best counseling speeches ever at […]

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AL GHADAFI’s NEW PLANS FOR AFRICA

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  (By Mohammed Legally-Cole : Cocorioko reporter in the Gambia ) Monday January 30, 2006   The Libyan President Muamar Al-Ghadafi has announced the birth of a new project called […]

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