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Police threaten to arrest distributors of CDs and VCDs of Makeni standoff

October 12, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Compact discs (CDs) and video compact discs of last Thursday’s standoff in Makeni between the Sierra Leone Police and supporters of Ex-President Ernest Koroma have gone viral on social media […]

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“Ghana-must-go” bags to MPs to approve appointments” : How parliamentarians enrich themselves in Sierra Leone

October 4, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

“Ghana-must-go” bags to MP’s to approve appointments” Claudia An Opinion by Claudia Anthony in Déjà-vu Year after year in the House of Representatives, heads of government agencies, departments and ministries, carry wads of […]

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NGC demands justice, fairness and the Rule of Law by independent Judiciary in Sierra Leone’s corruption fight

October 3, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

 “The National Grand Coalition party (NGC) notes with great concern events within the past month that have raised very serious questions about governance in Sierra Leone and indeed put on […]

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Sierra Leone opposition MPs draw national and international attention to Makeni massacre by staging all-black demonstration in Parliament

August 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Yesterday was another landmark day in Sierra Leone  . As if to remind the  Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) Maada Bio Government that the massacre of innocent youths in […]

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Breaking News : Maada Bio at it again. Bloodshed in Makeni. Many Youths dead

July 18, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone security forces have opened fire and killed many  youths protesting the attempts by the government to remove the thermal electricity generator in Makeni  and send it to Lungi.  […]

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Who attacked Alhaji Chief Sam Sumana in Kono ? Versions vary as Sierra Leone skirts the edges of another war

July 13, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Former All People’s Congress ( APC )  political heavyweight and one-time Vice-President Alhaji Sam Sumana was attacked at his homeland in Kono over the weekend. Various versions of the […]

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Peace & Justice: Two Sides of the Same Coin

July 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Peace & Justice: Two Sides of the Same Coin Since the former Defence, and Interior Minister was arrested and charged, among others with treason, the trial-by-social-media and in the court […]

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Yesterday’s Patriots Are Today’s Domestic ‘Terrorists’

July 7, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Yesterday’s Patriots Are Today’s Domestic ‘Terrorists’ By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) One of the things that will haunt President Julius Maada Bio, throughout the last years of his presidency, will […]

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APC suffers another big loss: MOMOH KONTEH, the Lion of Koinadugu, and 2 other officials killed in gruesome accident

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

MOMOH KONTEH,  the All People’s Congress ( APC )  strongman of Konadugu District, was killed in a gruesome motor accident near Binkolo, on the  Makeni-Kabala Highway this morning. The sad […]

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President Bio’s SLPP Shall Come To Pass

July 2, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) In John Bolton’s new book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir”, and Wole Soyinka’s “The Man Died” are haunting paragraphs that portray […]

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By Kabs Kanu The ceremony was grand, auspicious and colorful. It was the induction into office last weekend of Madam Mary Metzger , who has been appointed Chief of Staff […]

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  TODAY’S CHANGED POLITICAL DYNAMICS AND REALITIES —VERY DEMANDING ! EITHER THE BEST OR NOTHING Mediocre politics will no longer benefit any party By Kabs Kanu Dynamics are not static. […]

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Permanent Rep. Adikalie Foday Sumah calls staff individually to thank them for helping to make UN General Assembly successful

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Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah, has called members of his staff  individually to thank them  for working cooperatively with him to help make […]

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Murtala Mohamed Kamara, CEO, Jamboree Consult. Image, Facebook. Share on FacebookShare on Twitter By Murtala Mohamed Kamara ADVERTISEMENT Imagine a major news story breaking on a Saturday; chances are that […]

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Arrest of Palo Conteh illegal and unjustified

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The arrest of Rtd. Major Alfred Paolo Conteh is unjustified and a way to silent the main opposition members and civil rights activists from speaking out against juntarism and economic […]

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PRESS RELEASE : President Koroma and Head of UK Aid Commission a New Solar Electricity Facility at Conakry Dee

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Conakry Dee, 28 July 2017: On Friday His Excellency President Ernest Bia Koroma, joined by Sally Taylor, Head of UK aid in Sierra Leone, commissioned one of 50 solar electricity […]

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President Koroma’s message to Sierra Leoneans on the Agenda For Prosperity

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WITH EBOLA OVER, it is time for Sierra Leoneans to arise and join President Ernest Koroma as he continues his flagship Agenda For Prosperity program , which is Sierra Leone’s […]

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