Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – In the ongoing National First Division league at Grand Bassa County’s Doris Williams Stadium, Mighty Barrolle emerged victorious over the weekend. The team known as “The Rollers” defeated Heaven Eleven 6-3 to take second place in the league, two points behind leaders LISCR FC, who now have 116 points following their 1-0 victory over LPRC Oilers. Invincible Eleven, the longtime rivals of Mighty Barrolle, continued their bad start to the season with a humiliating 3-0 loss to newly motivated Global Pharma FC at the ATS. After losing 1-0 to Paynesville FC and Freeport FC, respectively, fellow relegation…

Capitol Hill, Monrovia, RELEASE – By proclamation, President George Manneh Weah has designated Tuesday, October 24, 2023, as United Nations Day, which is to be commemorated as a working holiday throughout the Republic. An announcement from the Foreign Ministry states that the purpose of the observance is to honor the invaluable contributions that the UN has made to Liberia. The Proclamation requests that all government departments and agencies, foreign organizations, United Nations agencies in the vicinity of Monrovia, educational institutions, and the general public work with the Ministry of Education to plan events that are appropriate for the occasion. The…

PREACHES DIVISIVE POLITICS Gbarnga City, Bong County – What appears to be tribal politics is gradually creeping into Liberia’s democracy as the Vice President of the Republic of Liberia, Jewel Howard Taylor, cautioned citizens and residents of Bong County to emulate the voting styles of the South-Easteners. Addressing journalists on Sunday, October 22, 2023, in Gbarnga City, Bong County, VP Taylor said, “The South Easterners realize that if President George Weah stays as their president, he will give his people whatever plans, development, and programs he had planned for them, despite the negative propaganda that went into the process.” I…

Sinkor, Monrovia – Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai, the leader of the opposition Unity Party, has pledged to establish an inclusive administration upon winning the presidency of Liberia. The UP standard bearer admitted at a press conference on Thursday, October 19, 2023, in Monrovia that it is hard to get all the brightest brains and skills within a single party to grow and develop a nation. “One thing I know very well is that all the talents and ideas we need to rebuild our country cannot be found within a single party, tribe, county, region, or religion. That’s why I am…

Monrovia, Liberia – The leader of the Liberia People’s Party, Cllr. Tiawon Gongle, has acknowledged losing the recently concluded elections and urged his followers to remain clam. Cllr. Gongle said that while it is true that the National Elections Commission is the one claw with the authority to announce official results, they have established that their party has lost the presidential race. The former ruling Unity Party and the current ruling Coilation for Democratic Change are clearly leading the election, he said, according to their tallying. The revelation was recently revealed by Cllr. Gongle during a press conference in Congo…

Paynesville, Montserrado County – The newest disclosure made by Freedom FM’s Talk Show presenter, Abraham Godsent Wheon, has drawn the serious attention of Senator Steve Zargo, the Liberian Senate’s Chairman on Defense, Security, Intelligence, and Veteran Affairs. Speaking on the radio last week, Mr. Wheon said that Major General Prince Charles Johnson, III, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia, is a supporter of the Unity Party. He added that this information led to more AFL members voting against President George Weah on the program Face the Issues on Freedom 87.9 FM, a local station in Monrovia,…

FOR CRITICISING ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF ON HIS RADIO STATION Monrovia, Liberia – The Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), who also owns the pro-government radio station Freedom 87.9 FM in Monrovia Sam Siryon, was taken into custody by the Armed Forces of Liberia on Thursday, October 19, 2023. This action followed a divisive FM radio broadcast in which the Army Chief of Staff was named as an agent of opposition leader Joseph Boakai. Abraham Godsent Wheon of Freedom FM said on his regular talk show that the reason why military personnel did not support President George Weah…

Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County Following the National Elections Commission’s declaration of Gbehzohngar Milton Findley as the victor of the just concluded Democratic Senate fight, the Grand Bassa five Electoral Districts broke out in unbridled jubilation. Adonie Z. Greaves, Findley’s political son and former assistant minister of foreign affairs, led the “One Bassa Agenda” campaign that resulted in a resounding political comeback for the county, ending Findley’s defeat period since December 2014. With 55,624 votes, or 52.24% of the total, the campaign was successful. It almost seemed as though Findley had made his final political statement during the election, which…

Lofa County – Moses Kollie, the senatorial candidate for Lofa County, demands that the NEC recount nine of the 424 voting stations and opposes the senatorial results in favor of competitor Momo Cyrus. The Lofa County CDC Senatorial Candidate has disapproved of the progressive tabulation result from the recently concluded elections, which proclaimed Security Expert Momo Cyrus the victor. Momo Cyrus emerged victorious in a close contest against Moses Kollie, with 100% of the polling sites in the upper county counted. In a formal complaint, the CDC Candidate has asked for a recount in nine of the 424 voting locations…

Monrovia, Liberia – The latest broadcast by Freedom FM on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, has deeply concerned the Press Union of Liberia (PUL). The radio station, owned by the Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), made serious accusations about political divisions within the ranks of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL). Freedom FM claims that twenty commissioned officers in the AFL are being fired and deactivated from the force in ways that don’t follow the rules. Abraham Wheon, a manager and host at Freedom FM, asserted during an evening talk programme that Major Gen. Prince C. Johnson, the…