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Anti Corruption Commission Files 17 Count Charge Against Hon. Afsatu Kabba
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone has, in an unexpected move, this morning filed a seventeen count charge against Fisheries Minister Hon. Haja Afsatu Kabba alleging that she solicited cash from a Chinese company named CNFC through Lilian Lisk of Okeky Agencies as well as alleging that she abused her office by employing her son and her other associates as Marine Protection Officers. None of the counts involve corruption of Government money. They are all alleging abuse of office and soliciting from Lilian Lisk. Hon. Afsatu Kabba has just been taken to court and should appear in front of Justice Nicholas Browne-Marke. An interesting aspect of the indictment is that it states that Afsatu Kabba did not sign to receive the alleged amounts but that Lilian Lisk signed on her behalf from the Chinese. Meanwhile, it has now emerged that Mr. Bashiru Konneh, one of the ACC's lead investigators of Afsatu Kabba has close ties to the country's shady FISH MAFIA. We will bring you more details soon.
Mar 15, 2010, 12:18
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Awareness Times Exposes the Fish Mafia in Sierra Leone - Part One
Awareness Times has repeatedly stated that Hon. Haja Afsatu Olayinka Kabba is a heroine at our Fisheries and Marine Resources and we intend to prove it. The Full Details of today's Amazing Coverage and Discovery by the Awareness Times Team will be out tomorrow. We are merely bringing you the photo news this afternoon. This is just Part One of a Multiple Parts Series on the SIERRA LEONE FISH MAFIA that this newspaper has been investigating over the last few weeks. The other Parts will be out in the coming days and weeks...
Mar 14, 2010, 18:57
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SLPP Sweeps the Lugbu Elections: APC takes Second and PMDC a distant third position
Preliminary results for the Lugbu Local Council Bye Elections indicate that the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has won the elections for the Ward with almost 1,900 votes. They were seconded by the ruling All Peoples’ Congress (APC) who scored just over 800 votes. The PMDC took a distant third position with only 115 votes.
Feb 26, 2010, 09:38
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Minister Afsatu Kabba’s Husband & Sons Allowed to go Home
Mr. Nfaji Kabba (snr), husband of Sierra Leone’s Fisheries Minister and his sons who were invited to the Anti Corruption Commission under Section 53(1) of the Anti Corruption Act of 2008 in the early hours of this morning, have returned home. Unlike the female Minister, they inform Awareness Times that they were not served Section 63(1) Notices which calls for them to produce sureties and hand over their passports. Meanwhile, the hounding of Hon. Afsatu Kabba has brought back bitter memories of how the late Gloria Newman Smart was treated by the Anti Corruption Commission which led to her death in 2005. It has been learnt that the Anti Corruption investigators were banging on the gates of the Minister’s house very loudly shouting out, “Anti Corruption! Open Up the Gate!! Anti Corruption!! Open Up the Gates!!” During this time, the armed policemen were stationed all over the neighbourhood where the Minister resides.
Feb 23, 2010, 18:18
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Truckload of Armed Police Officers Pick Up Afsatu Kabba's Husband & Sons in Sierra Leone
...The convoy was very obvious and so Afsatu's husband, after a few miles at Spur Road, stopped his vehicle and the Police Truck and ACC Van also stopped. He got out and went to the Officials and pointed out that if he was not under arrest as they claimed, why were they publicly tailing him? They sheepishly responded, "nothing Sir" but refused to move off. It is important to note that as ACC swooped in as soon as the Minister took off for her meeting to take the visiting World Bank team on tour of Tombo and other Fishing areas. Naturally, the devastated woman had to cut the tour and head back to town.
Feb 23, 2010, 11:00
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Awareness Times To Reopen A Brand New Anonymous Forum
Awareness Times Newspaper has finished designing a brand new anonymous discussion forum which is now being tested and which will be opened to the public sometime before the end of this month. In the meantime, readers can visit the FREETOWNIAN FORUM to read the latest Awareness Times report on the Tongo Elections Wahala.
Feb 14, 2010, 14:47
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STOP PRESS: APC Jubilates Today!
APC Headquarters is expected to be Scene of Joy & Happiness Today As Dauda Tombo Bangura formerly of PDP-GAP-SLPP-PMDC and Joe Amara Bangali formerly of APC-SLPP-AFRC-SLPP will declare their support for the ruling APC.
Dec 4, 2009, 17:35
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Hon. Eddie Turay Gracefully Chats with Awareness Times
The Honourable Eddie Turay has this afternoon had a nice telephone chat with the Publisher of this newspaper where he gracefully acknowledged the fact that it was an editorial oversight that caused our NEWS BRIEFS section to report on a report in a different local tabloid that alleged he was ill in London and had been flown to India for treatment. "I was never upset even for a single moment with your newspaper especially as you published that it was a report you were quoting from. I was upset with the African Champion newspaper who first published it but not with Awareness Times," Hon. Eddie Turay firmly stated. Albeit, Awareness Times has offered our very sincere apologies to the Honourable gentleman for any embarrassment the news briefs publication might have caused to him.
Dec 3, 2009, 21:29
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SLPP MPs Walk out But APC/PMDC Forcibly Pass Minerals Bill in Non-procedural manner
An angry Hon. Emmanuel Tommy, acting Parliamentary Minority Leader has told the Awareness Times Newspaper that he was "sending a message" to Donors and Investors at the Trade & Investment and the Donor Conferences on Sierra Leone slated to hold this week in London by boycotting them although he had planned to attend. According to Tommy, who had just led a Walk-out of the Parliament co-ordinated by Jacob Jusu Saffa, the SLPP Scribe, he wanted the Donors and Investors to know that the Ernest Bai Koroma led APC Government did not respect laid down laws of the land. The SLPP Chairman, John Benjamin also spoke to Awareness Times from his farm in Bunumbu, Eastern Province and confirmed that the entire SLPP Party is angry that normal legislative procedures were boycotted to forcibly pass the Minerals Bill at precisely 18:18GMT this evening. "This is why our MPs walked out; we cannot be a party to the lawlessness of the APC," John Benjamin asserted from his rice farm.
Nov 17, 2009, 22:01
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Sierra Leone Vice President Sam-Sumana Cleared of US Civil Court Claims as Plaintiffs File Motion to Discontinue
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The above was filed two weeks ago to totally exonerate the Sierra Leone Vice President. Further Details and an Official Press Release from one of the renowned legal luminaries in Sierra Leone will soon follow.
Nov 16, 2009, 20:29
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SLPP Heads back for Fresh Convention: Abass Bundu seconds the motion
Dr. Abass Bundu has just seconded the motion for Sierra Leone's main opposition party, the SLPP to head back for a fresh National Convention before the proposed new Constitution is sent to the Political Parties Registration Commission. Dr. Bundu was the chief agitator for the Constitution to be sent as it is to the PPRC with immediate effect but after two days of deliberations, the party's National Executive Council has decided to go back to a National Delegates Conference with Bundu, in a dramatic about-face-turn, actually seconding the motion which was first proposed by Lawyer Eke Halloway. More on the developing story shortly.
Nov 1, 2009, 16:00
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President Barack Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009
The President of the United States of America has just been announced as the winner of this year's (2009) Nobel Peace Prize. Please visit the Nobel website for the stunning details. [ Visit Website ]
Oct 9, 2009, 14:35
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Sidikie Janneh, Sierra Leone's Opposition Regional Chairman Passes Away
The Executive Chairman of the Southern Regional Branch of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), Mr. Sidikie Janneh has passed away in Monrovia, Liberia this morning after he suddenly took ill during a visit to that country. His body is now being conveyed on board an ambulance towards the Mano River Union bridge where it would be welcomed at the Sierra Leone side by SLPP stalwarts who will proceed to convey the corpse to Bo Town where the late man hailed from. Mr. Janneh was a member of the SLPP who quit to form the PMDC party and became that latter party's Financial Secretary. He however went back to rejoin the SLPP and was recently elected as Southern Regional Chairman of the SLPP at the March 2009 SLPP Convention.
Aug 18, 2009, 09:42
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Distinguished Son of Sierra Leone Gets Russian National Honour
VIENNA, 2 July 2009 – UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, received today a Russian Foreign Ministry decoration “For [his] Contribution to International Cooperation”, as well as congratulations on his re-election for a second term in office from Minister Sergey Lavrov. Other recipients of this prestigious award include Mohamed ElBaradei, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Jul 2, 2009, 13:49
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President Ernest Bai Koroma Back In Nigeria
Within a few days of his return from a trip to Nigeria, President Koroma is currently once again in Nigeria but this time to attend an ECOWAS Meeting slated for today. Pasco Temple, Information Attache in Nigeria filed in this report:- Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has arrived in Abuja the capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Sunday June 21, 2009, to attend the 36th Summit of Economic Community of West African States and Government Scheduled for today June 22nd at ECOWAS HQters in Abuja.
Jun 22, 2009, 12:36
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Undue Embarrassment of Sierra Leone's Hugely Popular Opposition Leader: Foreign Minister Pleads Innocence to Voice of America
Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister, Madam Zainab Bangura has told the Voice of America News that her APC-led Government was innocent of the widely held perception that APC operatives had kickstarted a process to embarrass the country's hugely popular Opposition Leader whilst he was visiting America. Mrs. Bangura, currently facing intense media lambasting, now wants the world to believe that her Government did not even know that John Benjamin, the Opposition Leader, had left Sierra Leone. Click above link for the full VOA report. Mrs. Bangura, has meanwhile summoned a Press Conference for first thing tomorrow morning.
Jun 15, 2009, 19:48
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Citizens from Sierra Leone to Demonstrate at the United Nations on Wednesday June 10th 2009
"...ERSG Schulenburg knows that the UN operates on the basis of consultation and consensus and Sierra Leone would be best served if he falls back on the basic ABCs of UN operations,” concluded the erudite SLPP’s North America Director of Communications. Awareness Times tried to contact Mr. John Benjamin, the indisputable Leader and National Chairman of the SLPP who is currently out there in America but who has been completely sidelined by both the APC Foreign Office and the Schulenburg United Nations Peace-Consolidating Office which side-lining is in direct contravention to the Joint Communique that calls for bi-partisan consultations.
Jun 8, 2009, 23:56
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American Embassy to Issue Apology to Sierra Leone's Opposition Leader
One of the Personal Assistants to the Opposition Leader in Sierra Leone, Mr. Sean Pratt has called for an immediate apology to be issued to his Boss, Mr. John Benjamin by the US Embassy's Public Affairs Officer, Dana Van Brandt. Click above link for fuller details that follow this brief intro... THE CONCORD TIMES ARTICLE HIT THE STREETS OF FREETOWN AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT TODAY'S AWARENESS TIMES EXPLOSIVE INVESTIGATIVE ARTICLE ON GLENN FEDZER ALSO HIT THE STREETS. DANA VAN BRANDT GAVE HER INTERVIEW TO CONCORD TIMES YESTERDAY. IN IT SHE FEIGNS TOTAL IGNORANCE ON THE PLIGHT OF POOR JOHN BENJAMIN. NOW, AFTER THE AWARENESS TIMES EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS OF TODAY, SHE NOW ISSUES A PRESS RELEASE WHICH IS A COMPLETE ABOUT-FACE-TURN NOW FROM THE 'INNOCENT AS A LAMB' POSITION TO ONE OF 'YES, WE GOT A CALL FROM "WASHINGTON DC"...
Jun 3, 2009, 17:39
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Sierra Leone's Charismatic Opposition Leader Questioned for Five Hours in America
Just as it was announced by certain news media, the charismatic National Chairman of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) was detained for some five hours by Immigration Officials of the United States Government before he was released with apologies and allowed to enter into the USA. Benjamin, who has visited America countless numbers of times in the last twenty years, told Awareness Times on the phone line from America that this was the very first time he was treated in this manner; thus giving credence to those who had asserted he was only being victimised because he was recently elected as the SLPP Chairman. Full details plus some insights by leading Sierra Leone Publisher Sylvia Blyden will be out in tomorrow's edition of Awareness Times Newspaper.
Jun 1, 2009, 23:58
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Journalists & Citizens Storm Sierra Leone Courts in support of Sylvia Blyden
Almost one hundred journalists backed by hundreds of citizens today stormed the Law Courts in support of Sierra Leone's leading female journalist who was charged to Court this afternoon on a one-count charge of publishing false material which the State Police accuse of being a Conspiracy aimed at getting the First Lady angry with the President and thus exposing the President to security threat by disrupting his marital home. Blyden was granted bail and walked out of court to loud cheers. The matter comes up again tomorrow when the Director of Public Prosecution, O.V. Robbin Mason will do what he calls a 'token start'. Blyden's Editor, Abdul Karim Kabia, was not in court as he was ill and receiving treatment. Blyden freely walked into the CID of the Sierra Leone Police this morning from where she was unexpectedly charged to court. As the news spread that she was in Court, throngs of citizens and local journalists led by the SLAJ President, turned up in a show of solidarity.
May 20, 2009, 20:11
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| NEWS |
| Ghana 850; Tanzania 470 |
| APC Drags Elections’ Observers to Court |
| In Sierra Leone, KPMG Ends Seminar on Values & Stages in Auditing |
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| EDITORIALS |
| Media Landscape Change |
| Counts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10 &11 against Afsatu viz-a-viz some Facts |
| ACC & Afsatu Kabba: From Sublimely Ridiculous to Psychotic! |
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| COMMENTS & OPINIONS |
| Haja Afsatu Kabba Is Under Unfair ACC Fire But Please Let’s Trust the President |
| Beware of the “Ides of March” Mr. President |
| President Ernest Koroma is Unserious to fight Corruption in Sierra Leone |
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| FEATURES |
| Summary of Evidence versus Count1, Count2, Count9 and Count10 |
| Sierra Leone's Fullah Tribal Headman for Western Area |
| AGENDA 2012: REINVENTING AND MODERNISING THE SIERRA LEONE PEOPLES PARTY (SLPP) |
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| ENTERTAINMENT |
| Latest Edition of INSAI SALONE (Discussing Afsatu Kabba & Anti Corruption) |
| ‘Nor Look En Face’ Takes Over the Airwaves in Sierra Leone |
| Listen to the latest from Emmerson Bockarie: YESTERDAY BETTEH PASS TODAY? |
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| PROFILES |
| Bio Data Of The Former President Of The Republic Of Sierra Leone Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah |
| A Chat With Sierra Leone’s First Doctorate Chartered Accountant: Dr. Dante Alie Bendu (B.Sc Hons, M.Sc, M.A., FeICM, ACCA, PhD) |
| Sierra Leonean Woman Excels In UK |
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| THE ECONOMY |
| Sierra Leone Government in Serious Embarrassment as Businesses Shut Down over New Tax |
| Kailahun SLPP MP frowns at Finance Minister in Sierra Leone |
| Sept 23: Millicom Sierra Leone bounces back |
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| Sierra Leone To Host The Second Annual General Meeting Of West Africa Road Safety Organisation (Warso) |
| Conservation of the Sierra Leonean Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve (WAPFoR) & its Watershed “Wata en Forest na Life” |
| NJALA UNIVERSITY ADMISSION TO UNDERGRADUATEAND MASTER’S DEGREE, DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE UNIVERSITY 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR |
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| In Sierra Leone, President Koroma Receives Signed Contract to Boost Freetown Roads Network |
| Statement By The Chairman Of The UK & Ireland Branch At The Prayer And Intercession Service To Commemorate The 58th Anniversary Of SLPP |
| Sierra Leone Envoy Launches Sierra College Foundation (SCF) in the UK |
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| ADVERTISEMENTS |
| International Rescue Committee Vacancy Announcement |
| Some look for solutions, others create them |
| Marie Stopes Sierra Leone (MSSL) Job Advertisement |
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| SATIRE |
| SPOT THE DIFFERENCE between America and Sierra Leone! |
| POEM DAWN OF THE ERA |
| An Afflicted Cow FookFook Brain Manufactures Ronshos, Diamba, Gnomes, Rubber-Fack & Leprechauns; Desires to Import Machiavelli into a Democracy |
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| FROM OUR TEAM |
| WE ARE NOW UPDATING THIS WEBSITE LIVE FROM FREETOWN |
| Sierra Leone Publisher’s Bodyguard Released by Law Courts |
| As Anti Corruption Commission Prepares to Grill her, Zainab Bangura Condemns Local Journalism |
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