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Accountant General’s 2019 Audit report indicts SLPP Government of shocking, grand scale corruption and embezzlement of country’s funds

December 19, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE 2019 AUDITOR GENERALS REPORT The Accountant General ‘s Office has released the 2019 Audit Report and it is a stunning catalogue of grand scale corruption […]

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Sierra Leone Ambassador With ‘Boundless Energy’ Dies of COVID-19 in New Jersey : NBC News

April 21, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leone Ambassador Foday Mansaray, a representative of the International Human Rights Commission, is among the latest victims who died due to COVID-19 complications. Published April 20, 2020 • Updated 26 mins […]

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Liberia, Sierra Leone Left out of America’s Financial Aid to Fight Coronavirus

April 1, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Lennart Dodoo on April 1, 2020 MONROVIA – The United States government is dishing out an initial aid of US$274 million to lead the world’s fight against the novel […]

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Quarantined KQ Passenger Writes from Port Loko! My Version of the “Suspected Case from the Kenya Airways flight”

March 19, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Quarantined KQ Passenger Writes from Port Loko! My Version of the “Suspected Case from the Kenya Airways flight” I came in today 18th March 2020 with Kenya Airways. Yes, the […]

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Angry and Frustrated SLPP supporters go on the rampage in Freetown

January 27, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) supporters, allegedly incensed at  their neglect by President Maada Bio and the party hierarchy after they won the elections in 2018, broke loose […]

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Where did he get it ? U.S. $ 200,000 stolen from home of President Bio’s Minister of Transport and Aviation

January 22, 2020 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department are presently investigating a case of theft in the house of the current Minister of Transport and Aviation, Kabineh Kallon. Our investigation revealed that […]

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Personality conflicts could be a barrier to APC’s 2023 elections victory

December 2, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

By Tony Bee, Australia Be it in governance process or at a political party level, where there is superiority conflict, there will be no progress in that society. The reason […]

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President Bio reshuffles his cabinet , but many Sierra Leoneans are not impressed

November 7, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

Sierra Leoneans woke up to stunning news this morning that there has been a cabinet reshuffle in their country, where the devastating economic  situation had seen citizens clamouring  on social […]

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Civil Society group grills NEC to show extant law that justified cancellation of whole Constituency 110 bye-elections

August 26, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

NFA ALLIE, THE SHAMED ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER ————————————————————————————— Justice | Law | Rights* 🇸🇱 *LEGAL LINK* 🇸🇱 +23279167457 | +23277336904 89 Fort Street Freetown | Sierra Leone 26th August, 2019 *The Chief Electoral […]

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COCORIOKO WANTS YOUR INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE VIEWS ON NATIONAL ISSUES FOR PUBLICATION

January 16, 2019 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU 0

In keeping with our desire to become more national and more independent as the most widely-read Sierra Leone newspaper online and in the social media, we are now publishing articles […]

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  • Why does Ghana’s democracy hold steady in a turbulent democratic landscape?
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By Brima Sannoh Is Edmond Sylvester Alpha the Only Man for the Job? Sierra Leone’s Electoral Integrity at a Crossroads Or Electoral Leadership or Political Liability? Growing Questions Over Edmond […]

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New York-American Foundation for African Children’s Education sponsors close bell ceremony at NASDAQ with President of Sierra Leone

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September 19, 2011 | F SEPTEMBER 23rd 2011 : The American Foundation for African Children’s Education is  hosting The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell Ceremony at the NASDAQ . Invited to […]

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Sierra Leonean Students Arrive In China to Pursue PhD, Masters Degrees

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  China, through the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) has admitted forty-nine (49) deserving Sierra Leonean students into various universities for the 2016/2017 academic year. Amongst them, seven (7) are to […]

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Sierra Leone Commission on Small Arms pays a courtesy call on Minister of information

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By Septimus Kanu– Sierra Leone Commission on Small Arms pays a courtesy call on the Minister of information and Communications, Hon. Alhaji Alpha Bakarr Sahid Kanu,who has played host to […]

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  By Jonathan Abass Kamara The National Polio Round three campaign targeting children 0-59 months has ended on Monday October 3, 2016. Cross section of mothers Addressing the National launching […]

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President Koroma has no intention to seek a Third Term, APC reiterates

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By KABS KANU It has been reiterated that Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma has no intentions to seek a third term. The Deputy Publicity Secretary of the ruling All People’s […]

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