Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – The Joint protection of Liberia’s Election Security Secretariat has pledged that it is prepared to offer sufficient protection for the peaceful conduct of the polls on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Fitzgerald Biago, head of the Elections Security Secretariat, stated that 10,000 police personnel have been deployed nationwide while speaking at a media debate hosted by the Centre for Democratic Governance on Monday, October 9, 2023, in Monrovia. As a further measure to ensure a calm environment for voting, police officers have been stationed at all two thousand and eighty (2080)precincts nationwide.

Sinkor, Monrovia – MY FELLOW PARTISANS, DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Today, as I stand before you to close our campaign, I am overwhelmed with gratitude and pride. We have come to the end of a remarkable journey together, a journey that has taken us to every corner of this great nation. From the bustling streets of Monrovia to the serene villages nestled in the heart of our motherland, we have traversed the 15 counties, embraced the spirit of each electoral district, and listened to the heartbeat of Liberia, hearing your voices and concerns and sharing our vision for a brighter…

AS THEY CLIMAX MPAIGNING Monrovia, Liberia – All political parties have reached their peak in their nationwide campaigns as the presidential and legislative elections are scheduled for Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Tomorrow, Liberians will vote to choose the leaders who will represent them in the coming years. All political parties vowed to safeguard Liberians’ votes by placing party representatives throughout the nation in their speeches at the conclusion of their respective election campaigns. They all pledged their support for peaceful and successful elections on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. On the final day of the campaign, Monrovia’s streets were painted in…

Lusaka, Zambia – A three-day capacity-building workshop on implementing the African Union’s strategy framework for comprehensive aflatoxins control across the African continent has come to an end in Lusaka, Zambia, with a call for African nations to integrate aflatoxins control into their individual national programs. The African Union Commission (AUC) Partnership for Aflatoxins Control in Africa (PACA), a program that supports the mitigation and control of aflatoxins throughout the continent, hosted the meeting from October 1–3 in Lusaka. The conference’s primary goal was to domesticate the AU strategic framework for comprehensive aflatoxins control and to increase public awareness of the…

Mount Barclay, Paynesville. – Evangelist Joshua Milton Blahyi, alias General Butt Naked, a former warlord now a humanitarian, has strongly disagreed with Mr. Simeon Freeman, political leader of the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), who called on citizens to give up their quest for the establishment of the War and Economic Crime Court in the Country. On Saturday, October 7, 2023, evangelist Blahyi said, Liberians who participated in the 14-year Civil conflict in the country should not go with impunity. He was speaking at a news conference at his Mount Barclay home in Paynesville. The formation of the Court in…

Monrovia, Liberia – The newly appointed Chinese ambassador to Liberia, YIN Chengwu has pledged to the Liberian government that he will increase mutual trust and collaboration, promote investment in Liberia, and do everything he can to help Liberia. He promised to foster an atmosphere that would allow both countries’ different development visions to be realized, to promote the creation of a fair and rational international order, and to remain steadfast in his opposition to the legacies of colonialism and hegemony. Ambassador YON Chengdu stated during a meeting with Dee Maxwell Kemayah, the foreign minister of Liberia, that he firmly supports…

Monrovia, Liberia- In an effort to assure Liberian a free, fair, credible and  transparent elections in the country, the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC )  of Nigeria, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has arrived in the country as Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission.  Prof. Attahiru Jega who served as Commissioner for the INEC of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015, arrived in the country on Monday 2 October 2023, and was welcomed by Ambassador Josephine Nkrumah, ECOWAS Resident Representative to Liberia. While in Liberia, the former INEC boss will lead the short-term ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) for the Liberian presidential, Senatoral and parliamentary elections…

Congo Town, Monrovia- Presidential Candidate, on the ticket of the Movement for Progressive Change Simeon Freeman on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 strongly disagreed with those calling for the establishment of war and economic crimes court in Liberia. The MPC presidential candidate during a presidential debate argued that the campaign for the establishment of the war and economic crimes court is insignificant; noting that the nation’s growth and development should be the primary objective of every Liberian. He caution citizens to direct their cries to the high rate of unemployment, and visible high level of corruption that continues to stall development…

FOYA District, Lofa County – Day after the electoral violence attack in Lofa County that led to the death of three Liberians , the Economic Community of West African State ( ECOWAS ) and the United Nations strongly condemn the violence acts carryout by some citizens. In the run-up the October 10, 2023 elections,ECOWAS and the United Nations (UN) have noted with grave concern the violence that broke out on Friday September 29, 2023 in Lofa County between Opposition Unity Party (UP) and the ruling establishment Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) leading to the loss of three Lives which they…

Monrovia, Liberia – The National Elections Commission has begun the deployment of elections materials in preparation of the 2023 October’s elections throughout the 15 counties and assures Liberians that all is on course.  Addressing a regular press briefing on Tuesday at the National Election Commission headquarters in Monrovia, the Chairperson Madam Davidetta Brown Lansana disclosed that the deployment of these elections materials to the 15counties is to enhance the commission haul mark of transparency during the results tallying process. According to Madam Lansana, the NEC has purchased 61 Laptops, 59 projectors, and 59 projectors stamps for tallying of the results of…