Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – As the FIRST black man to successfully complete a solo transatlantic flight in a single-engine aircraft, Liberian pilot Abner Yonly has finally landed in Monrovia, marking a significant historical milestone. Starting in Maryland, USA, Yonly set off on an incredible voyage that took him north across the North Atlantic, passing via Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the United Kingdom, France, and Spain before arriving in Morocco and then Liberia. On Thursday, November 23, 2023, Abner spoke with journalists at the James Springs Payne Airport and expressed his happiness at making a safe landing in Liberia after…

Monrovia, Liberia – Several Liberians has called on the incoming administration to audit the CDC and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-led administrations as part of their efforts to win back investor trust. The request by Liberians for Boakai’s administration to audit the CDC government and, consequently, the former UP government will serve as a model for other governments to follow, demonstrating Liberia’s willingness to combat corruption. They advise that the audit be carried out covering all areas of the nation and that it should be focused on the system rather than on opinion or political ideology. A large number of Liberians, including…

Sinkor, Monrovia – The political leader of the Grassroots Development Movement, Edward W. Appleton,Jr., paid a courtesy visit to Unity Party accident victims at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia on Monday, November 27, 2023. In an interview with journalists at JFK, Appleton declared that his visit was non-political and that his goal was to connect with the victims of Monday, November 20, 2023. He added that, as political leaders, it is essential to identify with people, especially in critical situations; he described his visit as an ordinary visit. The GDM Standard Bearer described the deaths and injuries of…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA) has lifted the ban placed on the Liberia Basketball Association (LBA). The decision made by FIBA follows a recent rerun election in which new officials were elected by the Liberian Basketball Association in Paynesville, outside Mondovia. The communication, dated November 27, 2023, is addressed to Abraham Samukai, President of the Liberia Basketball Association, and CC copies the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Liberia National Olympics Committee, FIBA Africa Zone 3, and FIBA Africa President. Liberia will now take part in FIBA-organized competitions going forward as a result of the ruling.…

SENDS DEFENDANT TO COURT Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The fatalities and injuries of Unity Party members and sympathizers at its headquarters have been referred to as a massacre by the Liberia National Police (LNP). The LNP referred to the recent horrific incident at the Unity Party Headquarters, which left three people dead and twenty-five injured, as a massacre. Police investigations claimed that financial or psychological rewards were the driving force behind suspect Lawrence Williams’s actions. Following a police investigation, it was discovered that defendant Williams had deliberately, maliciously, and purposely caused the deaths of three persons and critically injured twenty-two others.…

TO WORK HARD AND PROTECT THEIR VOTES Monrovia, Liberia – In light of government officials’ unwillingness to exert the necessary pressure on Liberians and the Coalition for Democratic Change’s lack of commitment to the electoral process, which ultimately led to their own defeat before the election, President George Weah informed the public that he conceded defeat to Joseph Boakai, the Unity Party’s president-elect. The CDC lost the 2023 presidential election, according to President Weah, who made this admission in front of a sizable crowd at his Forkayklon Church on Sunday, November 26, 2023, in Payneville. He claimed this was because…

128th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF FORMER PRESIDENT TUBMAN Monrovia, Liberia – President George Manneh Weah has by Proclamation declared Wednesday, November 29, 2023 as the 128th Birth Anniversary of the late William V.S. Tubman, the 18TH President of the Republic of Liberia, and is to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday. The Proclamation stipulated that on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, from six o’clock ante meridian to six o’clock post meridian, all government ministries and agencies, businesses, and marketplaces must close. The observance honours President Tubman’s significant and fruitful contributions to Liberia, including his Open Door Policy, the Integration…

SENDS MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN Capitol Hill, Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah has sent a condolence message to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States of America, following the death of Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady of the United States of America. She died on Sunday, November 19, 2023, at the age of ninety-six (96). In a statement from the Foreign Ministry, President George Manneh Weah expressed his sincere condolences to US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., the government and people of the United States of America, and the bereaved family in particular, for…

THROUGH SIXTEEN NGO’S UNDER UNDP SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM IN LIBERIA Mornrovia, Liberia – In order to help women’s and youth groups, women’s groups, international water protection, waste management, mitigation of climate change, biodiversity, and the restoration of degraded land, the UNDP Small Grant Programme was implemented in Liberia. Speaking to a group of media representatives, Samuel Boakai, the project manager for the UNDP SGP in Liberia, stated that sixteen non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations in Bong, Montserrado, Nimba, Grand Cape Mount, and Bomi Counties had benefited directly from the grant given to projects that protected the country’s mangroves and other…

ANNOUNCES NEW CURFEW TIME Freetown, Sierra Leone – What was referred to as an attempted coup in Sierra Lone is over. The nighttime curfew in Sierra Leone, which was enforced when armed men released prisoners, has been lifted. According to the communications minister of the West African country, detainees from several major prisons were released on Sunday morning, November 26, 2023. According to Chernor A. Bah, Sierra Leone’s Head of Information, most of the attack’s leaders, according to President Julius Maada Bio, had been taken into custody. He called the incidents a “breach of security” and an assault on democracy in…