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Sierra Leone Journalism losing its credibility in the public eye

December 16, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU :  It takes only one bad apple to spoil the rest. The shameful rebuttal of the NEWSWATCH newspaper by British officials,  in whose mouths it had put […]

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Britain promises Sierra Leone more funding as UK officials slam wicked lie by NEWSWATCH Newspaper

December 16, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By KABS KANU : British Government officials have denied suspending aid to Sierra Leone as falsely  reported by one of the anti- All People’s Congress ( APC ) Government newspapers, […]

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CDC Director Tom Frieden to visit Sierra Leone December 16-18

December 15, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Embassy of the United States of America Public Affairs Office Freetown December 15, 2014 Contact: Hollyn Green Tel: 076 515 000 NOTICE TO THE PRESS CDC Director to Visit Sierra […]

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Exclusive : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will visit Sierra Leone on Friday

December 15, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, will be visiting Sierra Leone on Friday December 19 to acquaint himself with the situation on the ground with regards […]

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President Ernest Koroma was right : We have to change our behavior in Sierra Leone if we must defeat Ebola

December 15, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

BY KABS KANU : When President Ernest Koroma highlighted this problem now being propounded  here by the WHO , he was not trying to blame the people wholly for the […]

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Cocorioko and Daily Nation now have some of the largest forums in the social media

December 12, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The Cocorioko and Daily Nation Newspapers Limited , owned and operated by your humble servant, now have some of the largest forums on Facebook. As at the time of writing, the […]

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UN says several months needed to control Ebola

December 12, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

The U.N. Ebola chief said Thursday it will take several more months before the outbreak in West Africa is under control, an assessment that makes clear the World Health Organization’s […]

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Freetown market women receive £25,000 from the English Football Association and English Premier League for Ebola sensitization and sanitation

December 12, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

  Freetown, 12 December 2014 – The  English Football Association and English Premier League and have donated £25,000 through UNICEF to Sierra Leone’s Union of Women’s Traders Association to help support […]

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President Koroma Visits NERC Situation Room

December 12, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By State House Communications Unit : President Ernest Bai Koroma Thursday 11 December visited the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) Situation Room at the former Special Court Building in Freetown. […]

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Alpha Kanu hails positive signs in Ebola fight

December 11, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Siraju Bah : The Minister of Information and Communications Hon. Alhaji Alpha Kanu is addressing over 200 journalists across the world on an online press conference hosted by African […]

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  • More drama in Sierra Leone as Chief Justice orders the arrest of former Justice Minister JFK for yesterday’s tense exchanges at the Supreme Court
  • Another big political drama in Sierra Leone as APC and Supreme Court clash over disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill
  • When development finance becomes a leverage
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