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  • [ June 15, 2025 ] Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion ACTION NEWS
  • [ June 11, 2025 ] Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis ACTION NEWS
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Maada Bio arrests Sierra Leone Civil Society Leader

July 17, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  POLICE SHOULD RELEASE EDMOND ABU jnr. NOW‼‼* Citizens have received news that well known Civil Society Activists, *Edmond Abu Jr*, has been arrested by Police at St John, where […]

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Speak out and be damned or democracy will die in Sierra Leone

July 2, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Kabs Kanu Nobody will limit or abridge my freedom of expression. As a journalist, I will talk about matters of national and international concerns when and as I deem […]

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SIA NYAMA KOROMA HELD THE STATUS OF FIRST LADY WITH DIGNITY

June 20, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Titus Boye-Thompson, APC Communications ExpertThere is hardly any doubt that the position of First Lady carries an expectation from the people of Sierra Leone of respectability and a high moral […]

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Address by Chancellor of Njala University H.E. Julius Maada Bio at 2018 Convocation

June 11, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

ADDRESS BY THE CHANCELLOR OF NJALA UNIVERSITY HIS EXCELLENCY JULIUS MAADA BIO AT THE 2018 UNIVERSITY CONGREGATION AT THE BO MINI STADIUM, BO TOWN ON SATURDAY, 9TH JUNE 2018 Mr. […]

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Ambassador Omrie Golley concludes tour of duty in South Korea, undertakes investment in Fisheries sector for Sierra Leone

May 20, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone’s outgoing Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley has today 17th May 2018, conveyed the appreciation of the Government and people of Sierra […]

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President Maada Bio to use the APC Turkish Power ship to restore electricity to Freetown

May 15, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : PRESIDENT MAADA BIO  has concluded arrangements to have the Turkish Power Ship brought in by the now gone All People’s Congress ( APC ) Government to […]

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ECOWAS Delegation strongly urges SLPP Government to desist from acts that undermine state institutions

April 30, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

PRESS STATEMENT ECOWAS-UNOWAS HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION CONCLUDES ITS VISIT TO FREETOWN (SIERRA LEONE) A Joint High-Level Delegation, comprising the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African […]

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APC accuses judiciary and SLPP of trying to thwart the will of the Sierra Leonean people in Parliament

April 24, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The All Peoples Congress hereby informs the General Public and APC Supporters in Particular of the dangerous attempt by the SLPP and certain state functionaries to thwart the will of […]

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President Maada Bio makes one-day working visit to Senegal

April 10, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

President Bio and the First Lady Fatima Bio leaving Freetown today  *SIERRA LEONE GOVERNMENT*_ _*OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT*_ *PRESS RELEASE* *One-Day Presidential Working Visit to Dakar, Senegal on Tuesday, 10th […]

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Why I took NEC to court : Ibrahim Sorie Koroma

March 25, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE My attention has been drawn to social media comentry regarding the motivation behind my application in the High Court on the elections of March 7th 2018. […]

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  • Crisis in Parliament : Neutrality undermined or opposition rebrand ?
  • Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown
  • WHY FORGIVENESS MUST BE PART OF SIERRA LEONE’S POLITICAL FUTURE
  • Freetown Doesn’t Need a New “City” – It Needs Accountability and Inclusion
  • Karpowership says it is willing to work with government to stave off looming big electricity blackout crisis
  • Sierra Leone about to be plunged into total darkness as Karpowership decides to cut off electricity because of SLPP Government’s failure to pay debt
  • Fugitive Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon to be arrested if he insists on being paid in dollars : Trapped by his own regulation
  • Opposition APC MPs Suspend Participation from all activities and Committees in Sierra Leone Parliament_*
  • The silence of Bio-led SLPP Government on U.S visa ban is very dangerous—MP says
  • In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins.
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  • Phebean Samura: Watch and see what will happen soon. Sierra Leone will be a Democratic country very soon. FORGET ABOUT 2028. WE…
  • Catherine Higgins: Remarkable how journalists can write about APC and what not... but you never seem to have the spine to demand…
  • Amadu M. Kamara: Comment no. 2 above continues thusly: if the firebrand do seriously intend indeed to show their numerical strength versus the…

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Sierra Leoneans thumb down creation of new districts and dividing of Freetown

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The government’s decision to create new districts—without clear legal backing, public consultation, or economic justification—appears politically driven and constitutionally questionable. It threatens: • Domestic democratic stability, • Economic sustainability, and […]

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The time for politics is over and moment for continuation of transformation has come , President says as he is sworn in to serve second term

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Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has been sworn in as the President of Sierra Leone for a second term. The colorful and auspicious occasion took place at State House in Freetown […]

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Ambassador Sumah reiterates Africa’s call for speedy reform of the UN Security Council

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By KABS KANU : Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Adikalie Foday Sumah,  has assured the Co-Chairs of the Security Council Reform Intergovernmental Negotiations of the support […]

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APC Party raises grave concerns about the safety and security of comrades languishing in prison

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The APC Party hereby raises grave concerns about the safety and security of our comrades who are currently detained at the Pademba Road Correctional Centre. We are informed that security […]

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  President Larry Jameson, Provost John Jackson, Jr, Staff and Students of the great University of Pennsylvania, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon. I bring you very warm greetings and […]

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STRIVE! A great success – Madam Zuliatu Cooper

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  By Kadrie Koroma The Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation II, Madam Zuliatu Cooper has disclosed that the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE) has […]

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