Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – The chief of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Abraham Kromah, has made a shocking revelation: he claimed that increased border security has enabled a worrying rise in drug imports. Expressing his dissatisfaction with the ineffective attempts to stop drug smuggling, Kromah declared he would remove all LDEA agents stationed at different border posts. Kromah claimed that the assigned LDEA personnel have not done their necessary diligence when checking cars coming into and going out of Liberia, especially at night. He pointed out that this careless attitude has allegedly allowed drugs to flood the nation, endangering both…

Monrovia, Liberia – The National Oil Company of Liberia’s (NOCAL) Officer-in-Charge, Jake Kabakole, has finally spoken out in response to recent allegations that he stole more than US$600,000 from the organization. Jake Kabakole characterized the study as a disinformation campaign and smear campaign aimed against both him and the esteemed office of the entity’s person in charge. Jake Kabakole provided clarification during the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism Special Press Briefing held in Monrovia on Monday, April 1, 2024. He stated, “At no point in my oversight of the national oil company, have I signed off on any…

AS BOAKAI ADMINSTRATION TO SACK OVER 700 MINISTRY OF STATE WORKERS, SAYS SUPPLEMENTARY PAYROLL IS OVERCROWDED Monrovia, Liberia – On Friday, over 300 additional staff members at the Ministry of State lost their tempers and caused chaos at the Executive Mansion. The Ministry of State employees were seen in a demonstration mood, stopping normal working activities at the seat of the Liberian presidency. It is reported that their fury stemmed from Deputy Minister Cornelia Kruah-Togba informing them during a meeting that the government is terminating their services because it cannot fulfill their contracts and due to allocated resources. Their expectation was…

AS SURVIVORS STRUGGLES TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Rivercess County, Liberia – According to reports, authorities on Sunday morning formally declared Aaron Harris deceased. Harris was an injured party from the Chio Town mudslide who was receiving treatment at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Monrovia. This increases the total number of victims to 11. After Monday night’s mudslide at an abandoned mine in Chio Town, authorities found and declared ten people dead. Of the others, about seven people, including Harris, were gravely injured and were transferred to various hospitals and herbalists. Some of the people who were…

Monrovia, Liberia – Lernnart Dodoo, the editor of FrontPage Africa, has urged the Peter Quaqua Mediation Team to convince Team Julius Kanubah, the party that lost the contentious PUL 2022 elections, to dismiss their lawsuit from the court. Mr. Dodoo, who is a member of the Press Union of Liberia, wrote an open letter to the Peter Quaqua Mediation Team requesting that the team use its influence to convince Team Kanubah to drop the lawsuit and resume mediation proceedings with the goal of holding fresh, transparent elections for the Union. The FPA Editor believes that the only way the union…

Monrovia, Liberia – Following accusations of financial and other malpractices at the FIA, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has suspended Mr. Stanley Ford, Director General of the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA), with immediately effect. In light of the President’s stated policy that no malpractice will be tolerated, the Ministry of Justice has been instructed to conduct a thorough inquiry into the situation. Insuring that justice is done, the president expressed confidence that the investigation will ensure that justice is served. Additionally, in an effort to ensure a speedy resolution, the President has urged Mr. Ford to participate completely and submit…

Monrovia, Liberia – The National Customs Brokers Association of Liberia’s Independent National Elections Commission has made public the results of the election held over the weekend to elect a new corps of officers. The commission’s chairman, Emmanuel Doe, announced the results after the votes were counted, naming James Hinneh as the winner, Memo Zogar as the vice president, and Charles Karpeh as the secretary general. Mohamed Perry was named Treasurer; Amelia Doe was named Assistant Financial Secretary; and Ezekiel Nyenpan was named Financial Secretary. Speaking shortly after he was declared the winner, the President-elect of the National Customs Brokers Association…

Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County – A one-day fact-finding mission to Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County, has come to an end for the civil society organization Solidarity Trust for A New Day (STAND).STAND engaged with women, young people, and elders in Kinjor throughout the tour by sending out roughly twenty human rights investigators. After the engagement, the national chairman of STAND, Mulbah Morlu, who recently resigned from the Coalition for Democratic Change chairmanship, apologized to the Kinjor residents for the former government’s failure to hold the Bea Mountain Mining Company accountable for not fulfilling its share of the mineral development…

SUPREME COURT ORDERS Monrovia, Liberia – The Supreme Court has halted the activities of the Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Team. President Joseph Nyuma Boakai formed the team to gather and return public resources and properties that had been wrongfully acquired or given to private use by former government officials. Following Francis T. Blama’s prohibition suit against the government, the task force was placed on temporary inactive status. Blama, the manager of Gracious Ride, requested that the High Court issue an injunction for the task force to stop seizing cars. The cab company is controlled by Finda Bundo, the former…

AS ACTING FINANCE MINISTER ANTHONY MYERS THROWS MORE LIGHT ON FY2024 DRAFT NATIONAL BUDGET. Monrovia, Liberia – Hon. Anthony Myers, the deputy minister of finance and development planning for fiscal policy in Liberia, has reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to servicing its external and domestic obligations under the Boakai administration. The total debt service, subscription, and other payables for FY2024 are projected to be US$217.28 million, a 117.69 percent increase over the FY2023 forecast of US$99.81 million, according to the government’s public debt service portfolio as outlined in the administration’s recently submitted draft national budget to the national Legislature. Nonetheless,…