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FBC STUDENTS PROTEST!!!!*

November 5, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Upon allegations that the recent FBC SU President’s election was fraught with gross irregularities, some *students have taken to protest on campus that they recognize not Augustine Bona as […]

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Ernest Surrur passes away

November 2, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sad to announce the death of Mr. Ernest S. S. Surrur,  former Head of  the Civil Service, and Secretary to Cabinet. According to reports, he suffered a heart attack yesterday. […]

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Sierra Leone now awaits MCC to decide whether she has done enough to secure a compact—MCC Coordinating Unit/SL

November 2, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit-S/L  · SIERRA LEONE PASSES MCC SCORECARD Sierra Leone has convincingly passed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) FY2020 Scorecard which was released on 1st November 2019. This remarkable […]

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Sierra Leone passes Millennium Challenge Corporation Scorecard

November 1, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ambassador Maria Brewer met with President Julius Maada Bio this morning and offered her congratulations to Sierra Leone on the occasion of passing the 2020 Millennium Challenge Corporation – MCC Scorecard. […]

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Government to probe assets of former President and ministers

November 1, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 

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Committee To Protect Journalists takes up Mahmud Tim Kargbo’s case

November 1, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone journalist Mahmud Tim Kargbo charged with criminal defamation October 25, 2019 4:23 PM ET Mahmud Tim Kargbo, a freelance reporter in Sierra Leone, was arrested and detained twice […]

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Parliament passes the Anti-Corruption Amendment Act 2019

November 1, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 

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Why did Sierra Leone Police storm Fourah Bay College during students union elections ?

November 1, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

This is FBC Campus. University of Sierra Leone. A mere Student’s Union Election. There were more armed police than students. National government interference in Student Politics has really destroyed the […]

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Director General of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Assures support to Sierra Leone*

October 30, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

*_Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday 30 October 2019_* – The Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, His Excellency Dr Mohamed Saif Al Suwaidi, has in […]

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Sierra Leone parliament discusses amendment of the country’s corruption laws.

October 30, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday debated a Bill put forward by the Anti-Corruption Commission to amend existing corruption laws, in a bid to strengthen the hands of the commission […]

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  • *WHAT POWER OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT ITSELF*
  • Former Chief Justice Charles Francis Margai criticizes the handling of the JFK matter
  • JFK is free : Chief Justice accepts his apology and warns lawyers
  • When the headline outrages more than the allegations
  • All Eyes on the Supreme Court as Constitutional Amendment Case Resumes
  • *The Politics of Revenge: Must Sierra Leone Continue to Play Tit-for-Tat?*
  • Courtroom confrontation between Chief Justice and JFK : My personal reflection
  • *Dear Sierra Leonean-Trained Legal Practitioners: This Is Your Moment*
  • THE BAR, THE BENCH AND THE TEST OF JUSTICE
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What Presidential Spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay told the people of New Jersey during town hall meeting

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KABS KANU REPORTS : It was a very important and informative Town Hall meeting , coming at a time when people had many concerns, apprehensions and misunderstanding about the state […]

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KABS KANU BAGS ‘GEMS OF AFRICA’ AWARD

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The Publisher and CEO of the COCORIOKO Newspaper , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu , who is also Sierra Leone’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations,  has received another coveted award […]

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Sierra Leone Health Sector gets US$45.5m World Bank boost

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  By Moses A. Kargbo World Bank Country Manager, Parminder Brar and Health Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah briefing newsmen Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation has praised the […]

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“What is Muunku?” It is none of your business. This is the worst type of “witty repartee” one could satirically ascertain to any situation. Can you imagine what type of […]

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