Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

President George Manneh Weah after the closing of the 2022 Cabinet Retreat in Gnaty-City, toured some towns and cities in Nimba County. President Weah’s tour was to visit and reunite with his people, especially where development is taking place. President Weah arriving in Saclepea was met with a huge crowd for that part of Nimba county. Saclepea a commercial town was at a standstill due to the Liberian Leader’s arrival including top officials of the county. Chanting songs of praise on the Liberia Leader, the people of Saclepea praised President Weah for the road construction into the city. As they…

Liberia President George Manneh Weah at the end of the 2022 Cabinet Retreat in Ganta-City, meet with the Chiefs and Elders of Nimba County. Introducing themselves, the chiefs praised Mr. Weah for his developmental initiatives in the county. They name road construction in various parts of the county as a plus for economic growth in the county. They at the same time thank the president for providing means of transportation for the chiefs and elders to interact with their people. The chiefs and elders who were both men and women also praised President Weah for maintaining the peace in the…

Nimba Kwado Football Club has officially confirmed Jasper Benfelix as the successor of Kollie Korvy as the new manager. Coach Korvy was dismissed at the end of the 2021/2022 league season which created a vacancy for a new manager. Coach Jasper Benfelix, 42-year joined the Sanniquellie-based 1st division club on a two-year deal. The deal runs from 2022 until 2024, with an option of further extension. Coach Benfelix last managed Cece United Football Academy in the last edition of the Orange 2nd division league where he won the league and also gain automatic promotion to the topflight just in their…

Five drug addicts commonly known as zogos have completed six months of the first cohort of formal substance users, rehabilitation, counseling, and reintegration program of EQ and JS Foundation and turned over to their families. The turning-over ceremony was marked with an elaborate program, certification, and scores of testimonies from each of them and their parents recounting their pasts and current conditions. The program was held on Sunday, July 17, 2022,  in the Phoneix Community on the Roberts International Airport highway. They include Jacob Harmon, Obinna Daniels, Glenn Clarke, Johnson Ballah, and Maxwell Sellue. Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of…

The commercial hub of Duala on Bushrod Island was a scene of attraction and surprises over the weekend as several mobile money subscribers of Liberia’s leading GSM company Lonestar Cell MTN through its mega promo program “MoMo Waysay-Wasa version 2 week three” gave away USD$5,000.00 cash prizes and items to lucky customers and agents in several parts of Liberia. The selection was done through a raffle draw which was week three since the program was launched. This time it was at the Lonestar Cell MTN branch in the commercial city of Duala in the presence of representatives of the National…

The Campus-based Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP) at the state-run University of Liberia, has termed the recent Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission report as another testament to how common criminals and fortune hustlers have taken over the Liberian state, welcoming the LACC report and demanding the immediate suspension or dismissal of officials of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Service indicted in the report. The group supports the LACC report and has called on the government of Liberia for the immediate suspension or dismissal and subsequent prosecution of LISGIS Director General Prof. Francis Wreh and his deputies Lawrence George and Wilmot…

The Stakeholders of Liberia Amputees Football and Sports Association (LAFASA) have elected a new breed of leaders to steer the affairs of the federation for another four years. The election took place on Friday, July 15, 2022, at the Institution 4th Elective Congress held at the SKD Sports Complex in Paynesville. Those elected are Cooper Cooper President, Samuel Tengbeh Vice President for Administration, Morris Quoiquoi Vice President for Operations, Emmanuel Brown Secretary General, Emmanuel Nyuman Treasurer, and Boye Johnson Assistant Secretary General. However, the various candidates all contested on a white ballot following a proper vetting from the Elections Committee…

The Financial Intelligence Unit of Liberia (FIU) Director-General Mr. Edwin W. Harris has named non-rotational compliance officers, institutional and individual capacity building of banking and non-banking institution compliance officers as a tool to promote compliance independence. The non-rotational status Mr. Harris indicated will collectively combat money laundering and terrorist financing across Liberia. Speaking with the media after the launch of the Compliance Officers Forum of Liberia (COF-Liberia) at a local hotel in Monrovia on July 13, 2022, FIU Chief Executive said compliance officers remain the first line fighters against money laundering and terrorist financing and as such their non-rotational will…

The Authority of the Liberia Refugees Repatriation and Resettlement Commission ( LRRRC) says it has repatriated over 31,991 Ivorian refugees back to Ivory Coast. According to the Executive Director Rev. Festus Logan, the total Ivorian refugees in Liberia was 37,278 out of this number the entity has successfully repatriated 31,991 Ivorian refugees while the remaining 5,087 are been processed by the Liberia Immigration to be integrated into the Liberian society. The LRRRC Boss noted that Liberia is one of the best countries in Africa interims of handling refugees situation in Africa, he used the occasion to inform the public that…

To work harder at the end of the half After four days of successful discussion and reporting in Ganta City-Nimba County, the Weah led government 2022 Special Cabinet has come to an end. At the closing ceremony, President George Weah expressed thanks and appreciation to the participant and praise the success of the retreat. “I am indeed pleased that we have come to a successful conclusion of this all-important Retreat. Over the past few days, we have had very enriching and insightful conversations on the key issues affecting national development, including but not limited to the economy, accountability and transparency,…