Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Accra, Ghana, 6 March 2025 – QNET, a global wellness and lifestyle-focused direct selling company, joins the United Nations and the world in celebrating International Women’s Day by reaffirming its commitment to empowering women in Ghana and across sub-Saharan Africa. For years, QNET has supported women through initiatives like FinGreen, its financial literacy program designed to help women and young people take control of their financial future. By providing tailored education and training, FinGreen addresses key financial knowledge gaps, enabling women to make informed decisions. Alongside its direct selling business model and innovative products, QNET aligns with this year’s International…

FULL STATEMENT Monrovia, Liberia – Distinguished Leaders of the Muslim Community, Fellow Citizens I bring you greetings in the sacred name of Almighty Allah, the Omniscient, the most Merciful, and the most Beneficent. Every year during the Month of Ramadan, Muslims in Liberia join other believers around the world to fast and pray. This solemn duty helps in many ways to reawaken their spiritual consciousness and to strengthen the bonds that unite them. The divine blessings and benefits they beseech the Almighty for are however not exclusively limited to the Muslim Community. In verse ninety-two of the twenty-first chapter of…

Monrovia, Liberia – A probe into a frightening occurrence that happened at the SD Cooper Road Junction in Paynesville on the evening of February 26, 2025, has been announced by the House of Representatives leadership. Members of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) and officials of the Liberia National Police (LNP) engaged in a violent altercation during the event. Representative James Kolleh of Bong County Electoral District #2 voiced his grave concerns about the intensification of the conflict in a statement delivered to the plenary on Thursday. Several LNP officers were brutalized during the incident, Kolleh said, and AFL men allegedly…

Monrovia, Liberia – In response to a petition submitted by seven lawmakers, the Supreme Court of Liberia has summoned Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, and Emmanuel Kopi, Comptroller of the House of Representatives. Justice in Chambers Ceanneh Clinton Johnson issued the summons, which requires Ngafuan and Kopi to show up and submit their returns by March 10, 2025, at the latest, outlining the reasons why the writ of mandamus shouldn’t be granted. Through their attorney, Cllr. Jonathan Massaquoi, the seven lawmakers Marvin Cole, Frank Saah Foko, Alex Noah, Edward Papie Flomo, Abu Kamara, Eugene Kollie, and Zinnah…

Monrovia, Liberia – Local communities around Liberia have benefited greatly from UNDP-supported and UNDP-managed initiatives in collaboration with the government of Liberia and other donors. Some of these programs are improving the lives of rural populations, such as those in Bong, Nimba, and Lofa counties, through targeted interventions centered on agriculture, water, and sanitation. Kpatolee Agriculture Cooperative in Felehla, Bong County, shares an interesting testimony of the success of the government-funded Accelerated Community Development Programme (ACDP) through its Chairperson, Joseph Fahn. Fahn narrated a remarkable journey so far since the intervention of the ACDP managed by UNDP in the area, describing…

Sierra Leone – The Director-General of the Cabinet of Liberia, Hon. Nathaniel T. Kwabo, is leading a high-level interministerial delegation on a one-week study tour in Sierra Leone to learn more about the country’s PMS. The tour, which runs from February 24 to March 1, 2025, brings together important government officials from Liberia, including employees of the Cabinet Office and representatives from the Ministry of Finance, Civil Service Agency, and Governance Commission institutions that are instrumental in putting Liberia’s PMCS into action. The study tour comes after President Joseph Nyumah Boakai launched the country’s Performance Management and Compliance System (PMCS) as…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Inspector General of Police and the Chief of Staff of the Liberian Armed Forces paid a visit to the injured police officers at the JFK and ELWA hospitals today, February 27, 2005, as an act of support and solidarity. This visit followed a meeting at the Ministry of Justice concerning the unfortunate incident that occurred yesterday. The Chief of Staff and the Inspector General extended their gratitude for the prompt reaction of medical personnel during the visit and communicated their sincere worries for the welfare of the injured police officers. According to the physicians at both…

Monrovia, Liberia – Hon. Samson Q. Wiah, representing the Opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Hon. Moima Briggs-Mensah, representing Independent Candidates, and Hon. Augustine B. Chiewolo, representing the ruling Unity Party, were elected by the House of Representatives Plenary to represent Liberia in the ECOWAS Parliament. On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the election was held on the eleventh day of the first quarter of the second session. Since their colleagues showed faith in their leadership by voting for them on white ballots, each candidate won without opposition. The House Press Bureau stated that the decision comes after Liberia’s former ECOWAS Parliament delegates…

Monrovia, Liberia – The House of Representatives Plenary has directed a Joint Committee including Contracts & Monopoly, Investment & Concession, Labor, Mines & Energy, Natural Resources & Environment, and Judiciary to thoroughly examine all concessions in Liberia and report back to Plenary with its findings. The decision comes after a communication from Bong County Electoral District #6 Representative, Hon. Moima Briggs-Mensah, which was given at the Thursday, February 27, 2025, session, according to a release from the Press Bureau. Hon. Briggs-Mensah demanded in her communication that current concession agreements be thoroughly examined, with a focus on assessing how well they…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Public Accounts & Expenditure Committee (PAC) has been directed by the House of Representatives Plenary to coordinate with the General Auditing Commission (GAC) in order to carry out a system audit of the House of Representatives. On Thursday, February 27, 2025, during the 12th Day Sitting of the First Quarter of the 2nd Session, the decision was made in response to a message from Hon. Nyan Flomo, the Representative for Nimba County Electoral District #2. Citing Chapter 2, Article 5(c) of the 1986 Liberian Constitution, which requires the Republic to eradicate power abuses, misappropriation of public…