Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia , RELEASE – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has directed the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to conduct a comprehensive audit of three key government institutions, including the Central Bank of Liberia, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Executive Protection Service (EPS). President Boakai, in a communication to the Auditor General of the GAC, requests that the audit cover the period between 2018 and 2023 and that the findings be reported in three months. The audit period spans the six-year stewardship of the erstwhile government, which President Boakai promised to audit as President. The audit of the three institutions…

Monrovia, Liberia – Senator Amara Konneh’s admonition to President Boakai to grant majority cabinet positions to residents of Lofa and Bong Counties has been characterized by the National Youth League of the Coalition for Democratic Change as a divisive religious and tribal card. The Gbarpolu County Senator recently shared a statistic on his official Facebook page on the number of ministerial positions that President Joseph Boakai has appointed. The figure stated that the Liberian leader has not yet selected a single Muslim for a position in his ministry. The Coalition for Democratic Change Youth League’s National Chairperson, Emmanuel Mulbah Johnson,…

Monrovia, Liberia – The pistol that was given to Quiwo Pepsi Yeke, the former boss of LACE, has been acknowledged as having been received by the Executive Protection Service. The Executive Protection Service of Liberia (EPS) declared Mr. Yeke wanted for possessing an unlawful firearm on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. According to the EPS, on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Mr. Yeke stranded the weapon to the service through Cllr. Archie Benard at the EPS headquarters on Capitol Hill. The EPS stated that Mr. Yeke’s failure to return the gun despite multiple written communications from the new director was the reason…

Monrovia, Liberia – President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, Vice President Jeremiah Koung, and other high-ranking government officials completed a drug test today at the Executive Mansion. On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, the head of state, Joseph Nyumah Boakai, and his vice president, Jeremiah Koung, had a drug test and were declared clear of drug and substance usage. It is documented that President Boakai committed to combating drug usage and misuse throughout the 2023 campaign; additionally, he declared drugs a public health emergency in his first State of the Nation address. President Boakai then said that he will spearhead the drug test…

Monrovia, Liberia – Rtd. General Prince C. Johnson III, the nominee for minister of defense in President Boakai government, has promised to mobilize the senate to support raising the pay of army soldiers. He claimed that since the men and women in the AFL today have the highest levels of education, their arrears should be proportional to their educational background. The former chief of staff made the statement on February 6, 2024, during the daylong symposium for the Armed Forces of Liberia, which had as its theme “The Armed Forces of Liberia Commitment to Sustainable Democracy in Contemporary Time.”

AS SHE MAKES AVAILABLE FIVE YEARS STRATEGIC PLAN Monrovia, Liberia – In an effort to reposition the judiciary, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh has unveiled a five-year strategic plan. Chief Justice Yuoh addressed the three main issues facing the judiciary as poor infrastructure, low human capability, and insufficient budgetary allocation during the project’s official debut. Justice Yuoh claimed that when she took over as head of the judiciary in 2022, she developed a plan to solve the court’s structural flaws. She mentioned the establishment of twenty magistrate courts, including the refurbishment of three sexual offenses courts spread over three counties, as…

AS THEY CONTINUE 2-1 WIN IN ORANGE CUP Monrovia, Liberia – In the women’s division of the 2023/2024 Orange Cup quarterfinals at ATS on Wednesday, Margaret Stewart and Elizabeth Tamba gave Determine Girls a 2-1 first-leg advantage over Shaita Angels. The holders trailed the Angels 1-0 in the first half after Miatta Morris’ penalty kick gave the team the lead, but goals from their best players in the second half secured victory and gave them a chance to go to the semifinals. In order to clinch their double, the Coach Patience Gweh Girls defeated Shaita Angels 2-1 in the previous…

YEKE DESCRIBES EPS ACTION AS THREAT TO HIS LIFE Monrovia, Liberia – Through the Executive Protection Service (EPS), the Liberian government has listed Quiwo Pepsi Yeke as wanted. Mr. Yeke served as Executive Director of the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE) in the George Weah government. On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, former LACE boss Quiwo Yeke was listed as wanted for allegedly illegally possessing an EPS weapon that meets the following requirements: Serial #: 97344, making 73; the weapon type is the Norinco 22 Pistol, according to new EPS Director Sam Gaye. According to the Executive Protection Service (EPS),…

Monrovia, Liberia – The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Defence, Security, and Veteran Affairs, Momo Cyrus, has called on Senator Amara Konneh of Gbarpolu County to retract his statement that no Muslim is assigned a top ministerial position in the Boakai administration. Senator Amara Konneh has been warned by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Security to refrain from making disparaging remarks on social media. Senator Cyrus informed Legislative reporters that Senator Konneh’s claim in a social media post had the potential to jeopardize the peaceful coexistence of Christians and Muslims. The claim also touched on security issues.…

Monrovia, Liberia – Representative Yekeh Kolubah of Montserrado County District #10 has demanded that President Joseph Nyuma Boakai be removed from the Unity Party. Addressing a news conference on Monday, February 5, 2024, at his district office on Capitol Hill, Representative Kolubah alleged that the party flag bearer would destory the party if he remained the face of the ruling establishment. The District Ten Lawmaker described the UP political leader as a complete embarrassment to the party, stating the UP’s standard bearer is allegedly insensitive to the plight of the Liberian people. Representative Kolubah claimed that President Boakai lied to…