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Parliament A Weak Link In Achieving SDGs

March 17, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Parliament A Weak Link In Achieving MDGs A Commentary By Ranger Given that Parliament has not over the years played robustly its role of ensuring recommendations by the Audit Service […]

Freedom is nothing but a Chance to be better: Declare Freetown-Freedom Day.

March 17, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Freedom is nothing but a Chance to be better: Declare Freetown-Freedom Day. The Atlantic slave trade lasted for years (over 400 years), but freedom lasts forever. Slavery was commonly known […]

COCORIOKO EDITORIAL : Goodbye to freedom of expression on social media and economic accountability in Sierra Leone very soon

March 16, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

If they do not snap out of their lethargic , stoic and lazy-minded attitudes, Sierra Leoneans will wake up one day and find that not only are all their freedoms […]

Are the SLPP and the APC really our problems in Sierra Leone ?

March 16, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

I do not subscribe to the fact that Sierra Leone problem is APC and SLPP.. Our problem is us. Even if we dissolve and throw APC and SLPP to the […]

Sierra Leone women need more than laws to make it happen

March 16, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk) As celebrations of International Women’s Day continue after March 8th, Sierra Leonean women and girls can draw a lot of inspiration from their history. […]

Transfer of audit fees to the Consolidated Fund : Who is right -Auditor General or Solicitor General ?

March 16, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Lawyer Basita Michael I have seen on social media a memo purportedly written by the Solicitor-General to the Financial Secretary dated 22nd February 2021 on the topic “Legal Opinion […]

Impasse between SLPP and Auditor-General : Those calling for her dismissal should be mindful of the legal provisions

March 16, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Author – Victor Mengot *The Impasse between the Government & the Auditor General Today, the Global Times Newspaper published an article calling for the sacking of the Auditor General. For […]

Radio France International Report : First Lady at centre of graft allegations rocking the Presidency

March 15, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

View Post Pressure is mounting on Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio, following a series of corruption allegations in the media against the First Lady and a top government minister, […]

More bombshells : NASSIT donates over Le 400 Million pension funds to President’s wife, Radio Democracy, OBBA and other SLPP groups

March 15, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman On March 7, 2021, The Africanist Press reported how officials in charge of managing Sierra Leone’s retirement pensions and social security benefits could […]

The Sierra Leone news media are failing the nation by refusing to report the everyday realities in the country

March 15, 2021 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU Cocorioko Publisher The media are the focal point of the community. They are the guiding light of their society .They are the most relied upon vehicle of […]

COMMENTARY

Reviving the Sierra Leone Daily Mail : When will Pa Sama Banya and SLPP ever pursue ambitions larger than their own ?

August 20, 2010 0

August 30, 2010 In their usual queer and perverted obsession to politicize everything in Sierra Leone , Old Man Sama Banya and his SLPP crybabies are at it again. This time, they have […]

ACTION NEWS

Former Freetown goes around city sympathizing with families of victims of yesterday’s rainstorm disasters

May 11, 2023 0

The former Mayor of Freetown , Yvonne Aki- Sawyer, is troubled by yesterday’s rainstorm disasters in Sierra Leone. She posted the following in her Facebook page today ———////////// Today I […]

EDITORIAL

LEBANESE WASTE AFFAIR : Sierra Leoneans jumped to conclusion once again , as Government found innocent of wrongdoing

January 12, 2016 0

We have a very serious problem in our country. We do not wait to hear all the facts of an issue . We easily believe the first thing we hear […]

ACTION NEWS

OSWALD HANCILES FORUM : For Human Capital Development, Bio places more premium on college degrees than knowledge

September 16, 2024 0

*THE OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN* *Bio: Learn The Difference Between Knowledge And University Degrees* _”What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don’t know a damn […]

News Extra

COCORIOKO INVITED TO INTERNATIONAL MEDIA MASTERCLASS IN CARDIFF FROM MAY 22-31, 2006

March 13, 2006 0

Monday March 13, 2006 COCORIOKO has been invited by the Thomson Foundation and the Maesglass Family Learning Association ( MFLA ) to participate in an international Media Masterclass –An international Media […]