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Finance Minister Speaks On FOCAC, Mamamah Airport and the Economy

August 4, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By John Baimba Sesay : On 28th July 2016, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Momodu Lamin Kargbo arrived in China, with a six man delegation for a […]

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National Olympic Committee takes leave of President Koroma

August 3, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  By State House Communication Unit Members of the Executive of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) led by the Minister of Sports, Mr Ahmed Kanu, on Monday August 1, 2016 […]

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President Koroma Launches Sierra Leone’s International benchmarks System*

July 31, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communication Unit PORT LOKO TOWN, Port Loko District, Saturday July 30, 2016// — On Friday July 29, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma led his cabinet to the […]

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Good news on the economic front from the Sierra Leone APC Government

July 27, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Well, what do we say when we have so many doomsayers among our people,   in the slip-shod mainstream  media, erratic social media, irresponsible  forums  and the hordes of armchair […]

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Twirling the Wheels of Diplomacy, Forty-Five Years Still Counting

July 27, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

John Baimba Sesay Geoff R. Berridge is Emeritus Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester. He is highly rated as the most prolific contemporary writer on diplomacy. Berridge has authored […]

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Bo residents rejoice and hail APC as pipe-borne water returns after 35 years

July 24, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Bo correspondent : Resident of Bo gathered in jubilation around New London, Shelmingo, Bojon Street Junction, Musa Street Junction, Bo Eastern Police Roundabout and Bo Clock Tower to witness […]

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High-powered APC Leadership Delegation from Freetown accomplishes first assignment in UK

July 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU : The high-powered All People’s Congress ( APC )  team from Sierra Leone has taken off on its Leadership Biennial Diaspora Tour and last weekend it successfully […]

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World Bank Group Approves US$138 million Western Area Power Generation Project to Boost Electricity Generation and Supply

July 19, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  FREETOWN, July 14, 2016 — The World Bank Group today approved a project to support the development of a 57MW heavy fuel oil green-field thermal power plant in Sierra […]

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African leaders discuss how to make continent more peaceful, unified and self -reliant

July 18, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By: EUGENE KWIBUKA of  The New Times of Rwanda : Heads of State and Government across Africa meeting in Kigali, yesterday, started the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union […]

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President Ernest Koroma jets into Kigali as AU braces for jampacked Summit

July 16, 2016 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU AND JARA KAWUSU-KONTE Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and the First Lady, Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma, along with the President’s delegation , have arrived in […]

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  • The Rising Menace of Scammers and Sextortionists in West Africa
  • The disaster of First Lady Fatima Bio’s involvement in the SLPP Lower Level elections in Kono
  • Ongoing divisions within the party would jeopardize its electoral prospects, Lansana Dumbuya warns APC
  • Juju, oaths and political control: Leaked audio exposes First Lady Fatima Bio
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