Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – The Liberia National Police have accused and sent a 34-year-old man to court for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death in the Bong Mines Bridge Community. Defendant Sam Brown was apprehended in Butaw, Sinoe County, on December 4, 2023, following his escape from the crime scene after committing the offence. According to the police investigation, victim Alice Kollie and suspect Brown had a cordial intimate relationship and even lived together and travelled to the Republic of Guinea to see his family before her demise. The inquiry also showed that because of the ongoing abuse suspect Sam Brown…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Sister of Esther at St. Nangbe United Methodist Church in Sinkor has celebrated Christmas with the physically challenged members of the church. Sister of Esther is one of the women’s organization subgroups at the church. The women give cooked food, drinks, water, and Christmas gifts to the physically challenged. Other items included soap, oil, tissues, and other assorted items as part of their Christmas packages for STNUMC’s physically challenged members. Speaking to our reporter, the head of the group, Mad. Jean D. Hannah-Thompson, said that, as a women’s group, they had planned to gift the items…

Caresburge City, Montserrado County – Over the course of the next three years, the Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) will be led by a new breed of leaders chosen at an elective congress. On Saturday, December 9, 2023, the Congress took place at Caresburge City, Montserrado County’s Wurki Farm. Varma Kamara, a former reporter for Truth FM, was elected president after narrowly defeating Trojan Molley Kiazulu of Prime FM with 55-49 votes. Christopher Walker, the sports editor for Frontpage Africa, defeated Nathaniel Tokpah of Gompa FC to win the vice presidential position. Meanwhile, Truth FM’s Edwin Dolo was chosen…

DESPITE U.S. SENCTION Monrovia, Liberia – The Mayor of Monrovia City, Koijee, declares his unwavering commitment to the blue revolution and his unwavering dedication to it, seemingly in response to the U.S. sanctions against him. Mayor Koijee expressed his dedication to serving the Liberian people and the coalition for Democratic Change, “blue revolution,” on his Facebook page, even in the face of the sanctions imposed against him. The Office of Foreign Asset Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury has designated Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Koijee for public corruption and human rights violations. The Treasury Department claimed in a statement…

New York, USA – Jefferson Koijee (Koijee), a prominent figure in the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) political party and the mayor of Monrovia, Liberia, has been designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Koijee is known for inciting violence and has a strong hold on the young people of Monrovia according to the Treasury Department. “He controls paramilitary-style organizations associated with the CDC which allegedly recruits former combatants and recently released prisoners. OFAC has reason to believe that Koijee has instructed these organizations to violently disrupt demonstrations conducted by government critics or…

CALLS ON 54th LEGISLATURE TO EXTEND SIXTH REGULAR SESSION Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The 54th Legislature is to meet again for ten (10) working days, from Monday, December 11, 2023, to Friday, December 22, 2023, to discuss and decide on the FY2024 Draft National Budget and other urgent legislation related to national development, integrity, transparency, and accountability. This request was made in a proclamation issued by President George Manneh Weah. Article 32(b) of the Constitution of the Republic of Liberia states that the President may, on his own initiative or upon receipt of a certificate signed by at least one-fourth…

Monrovia, Liberia – Senator-elect, Bill Twehway of Rivercess County has agreed to be investigated by the Liberian government after months of quietness about his US federal sanctions. Twehway and two other CDC officials were sanctioned by the US government in 2022 for their role in public corruption under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, in accordance with Executive Order # 13818. Speaking to Journalists at a program organized by the National Elections Commission, to certificate winners of the 2023 general elections in Monrovia, Twehway said he is prepared for investigation at any given time when the Liberian government desires.…

DECLEARS ANTHONY WILLIAMS WINNER OF MARYLAND COUNTY DISTRICT #2. Sinkor, Monrovia – The National Elections Commission (NEC) hearing officers in the case involving Anthony F. Williams vs. Speaker Bhofal Chambers, Maryland County electoral District #2, finally ruled in favor of Anthony Williams. Speaker Chambers’ assertions were rejected by the hearing officers on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at the NEC headquarters in Monrovia, on the grounds that there was insufficient proof. It can be recalled that on October 13, 2023, Speaker Chambers filed a complaint alleging that NEC employees in Old Sodeken’s precinct 27020 had committed what he described as voting…

CONCERNING ABSENCE OF ESSENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICES Sanniquellie, Nimba County – On Tuesday, more than two hundred prisoners, including those awaiting trial, launched a protest action at the Sanniquelle Prison in Nimba County. They called for a regular daily meal, an improved prison environment, and humane treatment for all prisoners housed there. They stated that the prisoners were not housed in a comfortable atmosphere and that the Weah administration had neglected to supply food for the prison. The 75-inmate Sanniquellie Prison Facility was built by the United Nations Mission in Liberia as a quick-impact project. According to reports from the county,…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Coalition for the Establishment of War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia (CEWAECCL) has urged the CDC-led government and Representative Moses Acarous Grey of Montserrado County District #8, who serves as Chairperson on Executive in the House of Representatives, to approve the war and economic crime bill now pending in the legislature before leaving office in 2024. In his 12 years as a member of the Liberian National Legislature’s House of Representatives and as the Chairperson of the Executive Committee, Representative Moses Acarus Grey was reminded by the Coalition for the Establishment of War and Economic…