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SQUANDERMANIA : Concealing Fiscal Costs: How Sierra Leone’s Single Treasury Account leads to Unauthorized Public Spending

March 16, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  THE FASTEST AND WORST EVER CORRUPTION BY ANY GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN UNCOVERED BY THE AFRICANIST PRESS INVESTIGATION. SIPHONING MONEY FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FUND INTO HIS WIFE’S SELF-ENRICHMENT ,”HANDS OFF […]

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Sierra Leone restricts oversees travel and public gatherings

March 16, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0
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Bio engages members of the National Ebola Response Centre as part of government’s preparedness to tackle any Coronavirus-

March 16, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

State House, Freetown, Monday 16 March 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has engaged members of the National Ebola Response Centre, NERC, as part of government’s preparedness […]

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Tribute To Solomon Berewa

March 15, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Tribute To Solomon Berewa By Sorie Fofana I first met Solomon Berewa in 1996 when he was serving as the de facto spokesman for the SLPP Presidential candidate, Ahmad Tejan […]

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Open letter to President Maada Bio

March 14, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

OPEN LETTER TO H.E JULUIS MAADA BIO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE From: Mohamed C. Bah, Leader and 2018 Presidential candidate, NDA Party Date: 03/08/2020 Dear Mr. President, […]

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Sierra Leonean dies en route to the U.S.

March 14, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

37 years old Hassanatu A. Bassie was critically ill onboard Air Brussels SN241 from Freetown to Washington DC when doctors on board recommended an emergency landing in Barajas International Airport, […]

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President Bio hires a nutritionist and she is getting more money and benefits than university professors

March 9, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

A further sign about how the Maada Bio Paopa Government  has decided to bankrupt the Sierra Leone economy further, Even as government workers have still not been paid for February […]

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Financial Leeches on Sierra Leone’s Payroll: How Political Appointees enlarged the Wage Bill

March 9, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson,  & Mark Feldman In the introductory article to our investigation series on Sierra Leone, we highlighted the existing disparities in the national salary […]

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Payroll Corruption in Sierra Leone: The Ministry of Finance’s Scandalous Wage Bill

March 5, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Payroll Corruption in Sierra Leone: The Ministry of Finance’s Scandalous Wage Bill  PUBLISHED DATE:MARCH 1, 2020  7 COMMENTSON PAYROLL CORRUPTION IN SIERRA LEONE: THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE’S SCANDALOUS WAGE BILL  By […]

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Late Solomon Berewa showed an example of good statesmanship that Maada Bio better copy and follow

March 5, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

When he was defeated in the 2007 Presidential Elections by Ernest Koroma,  Mr. Solomon Berewa , who passed away in  Freetown today, demonstrated great statesmanship and patriotism by immediately conceding […]

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  Accra, 3rd June, 2014 – Formalising the interactions between non-state stakeholders and public agencies for collaborative governance could help in addressing some of the challenging issues in Africa’s extractive industries. This, […]

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NO PEACE FLOAT/PARADE – UNLESS AND UNTIL…….!! By: Winstanley. R Bankole Johnson I understand that the Chairperson of our Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL) – indisputably tethered to State House […]

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President Koroma Has Done It Again!!

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By Alhaji Jalloh Sierra Leone’s President, His Excellency, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is confirmed to receive the African President of the year 2013 Award and participate as Special Guest of […]

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NASSIT investments : Harbingers of prosperity

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By Samuel M Serry Jr :  Many would regard Sierra Leone as a prominent member in the club of ‘least developed’ countries of the world. And many too would also […]

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