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A State of Public Emergeñcy is Different from a State of Public HEALTH Emergency

March 24, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By Foday Morris 24 March, 2020 Fellow Citizens, many of us may have read, watched or heard the news that President Julius Maada Bio has declared a “State of […]

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President Bio declares 12 – month State of Emergency in Sierra Leone

March 24, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Declaration of a State of Public Emergency by His Excellency, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone*_ Fellow citizens: By the authority vested in me under […]

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Ebola was not Sierra Leone’s first pandemic : The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

March 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Ebola attack in 2013 was not the first pandemic Sierra Leone had experienced. Read this report  BELOW posted by Professor Alusine Jalloh. In fact,  the 1918 Influenza Pandemic was […]

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Britain reducing staff in Sierra Leone : What do they know that we do not know ?

March 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The coronavirus has not hit Sierra Leone yet , but our former colonial masters , Britain,  announced today that they are temporarily withdrawing  a limited number of staff and their […]

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The Coronavirus spread in Europe

March 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 

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Sacred cows on board Brussels Airlines airborne to Freetown

March 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Journalist Sallieu Tejan-Jalloh Sacred Cows on Board Brussels Airline to land at Lungi Airport Credible and reliable source has just informed The Times SL Newspaper that ‘ some sacred Cows’ […]

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Coronavirus : Proactivity to the ninth degree in Africa

March 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Professor Cecil Blake As the pandemic gradually finds its way to Africa, Italy is a sad example of an imperative that is direly beckoning to Africa: “test, test, test”[!!] […]

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Professor Eldred Jones passes away

March 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PROFESSOR ELDRED DUROSIMI JONES,  one of the country’s academic titans , passed away in Freetown yesterday. He was a retired Vice Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone , Principal […]

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PICTURE STORY : It is grim in ITALY

March 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

This is not an army parade. 😥 These are dead bodies of COVID 19 victims. 🇮🇹 796 dead bodies in italy that too in a single day consisting of more than 80 trucks.

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Family sets the record straight for Retired Major Alfred Palo Conteh

March 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT FOR MAJOR (RTD) ALFRED PALO CONTEH We are alarmed by the Press Release dated the 20th day of March 2020 issued by the Criminal Investigation Unit […]

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  • Former President Ernest Koroma arrives in Sierra Leone to attend ECOWAS Summit
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  • The Return Of A Statesman: Ernest Koroma’s homecoming and a new chapter of hope
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By Cocorioko Reporter : Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Sheka Tarawalli,  rocked New Jersey  with laughter on Tuesday evening while addressing a high-powered All People’s Congress ( […]

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*PRESS STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT’S RESISTANCE TO CONDUCT THE MID- *TERM CENSUS IGNORING EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE*10th December 2021 The Consortium of Progressive Political Parties (COPPP) notes with concern the decision of […]

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*By Ranger* Being the development-oriented leader that he is, President Koroma continues to expatiate in his infrastructural drives all across the country. The latest of his developmental drives is at […]

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That State House Charade Called APC-SLPP Meeting

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  By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) President Julius Maada Bio knew it was a charade. And former President Ernest Bai Koroma also knew that the Head of State was badly […]

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Sierra Leone Assumes Chairmanship of the African Union Peace and Security Council [PSC] for the month of June 2018

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  By Jonathan Las-Lamin On Friday 1st June, 2018 the Republic of Sierra Leone assumed the leadership of the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) and held its first […]

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