Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Former Montserrado County district #2 Lawmaker Sekou Kanneh has declared his intention to re-contest the representative position in the upcoming 2023 General Election Speaking on the Ok Morning Rush the former district #2 Lawmaker said he have received many calls from the resident of district #2 asking him to re-contest the representative seat in that district. Sekou Kanneh expressed that he has accepted the request of the people to contest because they want him to complete his unfinished project in the district. He added that he supports the decision of the Unity party for pulling out of the Collaborating political…

Cllr. Tiawon Gongloe has apologized to the Liberian media for his demeaning comments targeting its performance. The Human Rights Lawyer and Social Activist, apology was prompted by his description of the media after a junior high school pupil eloquently introduced him at last weekend’s graduation ceremonies of the Heritage Impact Senior High School, in Gompa City, Nimba County.  The Presidential Hopeful after being thrilled by the brilliance of the junior high female student heaped praises on the teenager, relegated the reading skills of broadcast journalists across the country to elementary standards. Cllr. Gongloe urged the broadcast journalists to take up…

Muscat FC will take on Tony FC in the semi finals of the 2021/2022 Petro Trade Cup following their surprise victory over IE on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in the quarter finals stage at the SKD practice pitch in Paynesville. The Paynesville boys managed a 1-0 win over Invincible Eleven with a breakthrough goal from Musa Jabateh and Mark Yallah connections in late 2nd half. Muscat FC semi finalist opponents, Tony FC also upset another 1st division side, Bea Mountain 5-4 on post match penalty following a two all draw at the SKD practice pitch in the early kicked off…

PUL releases World Press Freedom Day and Vetting Committees ( Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Monrovia- Monday), The Press Union of Liberia has named its preparatory and vetting Committees for this year’s World Press Freedom Day Celebration in River Gee and Monrovia respectively.According to a release, the 2022 World Press Freedom Day celebration will be held in River Gee County while the Award ceremony will take in Montserrado County.The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 each year as World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness on the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duties to…

ALJAZEERA has reported that at least 18 people have been killed as an informal gold mine collapsed in western Guinea, a government spokesman has said. According to ALJAZEERA, Ousmane Gaoual Diallo who spoke to the press on Thursday, March 3, 2022, said the accident took place Monday in Gaoual, about 386km (240 miles) from the capital Conakry. In recent months, miners have flocked there in search of gold to the pan. “For the moment, 18 bodies have been extracted and we are not finished yet. Rescue operations continue,” Diallo told reporters. Accidents are common at so-called artisanal mines across West…

The Human Rights Advocacy Civil Society Group has applauded President George Weah’s decision to grant executive clemency to 500 inmates in accordance with the constitution of Liberia. In a statement issued by the institution on Thursday, February 23, 2022, read by it Secretary-General Adama Demster said, the number is very huge and the first in history for a President to release such a huge number of inmates in the country. He said the overcrowdedness of prison facilities around the country is of great concern to national security and praised President Weah for his action which is in the interest of…

Today is one week since the war between Russia and Ukraine started, U K Boris Johnson has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine. At Prime Minister’s Questions, he said bombing innocent civilians “already fully qualifies as a war crime”. He was responding to the Scottish National Party’s Ian Blackford, who called for Mr. Putin to be prosecuted. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has already accused Russia of war crimes after airstrikes on the country’s second city, Kharkiv. A week into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, attacks on key cities have intensified, with fighting raging in the north, east, and…

The Board of Commissioners (BOC), of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Wednesday dismissed the motion for Summary Proceeding as prayed for by the petitioners, Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence and al in the Interparty conflict within the Liberty Party, LP, involving Mr. Musa Bility. However, lawyers representing Senator Karnga-Lawrence, led by Cllr. Augustine Fayaih accepted the ruling and announced an appeal to the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia. The BOC, on Wednesday, 2 March 2022 ordered the Hearing Officers to resumed jurisdiction in the Liberty Party’s interparty conflict between the respondents Musa Bility and petitioners Senator Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence all of the…

Youth and Sports Minister, Dee Zeogar Wilson says the installation of bucket seats at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex has now created a favorable condition for sports lovers. Liberia and several other countries were banned from playing home matches for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers due to their stadiums’ failure to meet minimum new FIFA stadium requirements. FIFA and CAF asked every member Country stadium to have standard FIFA bucket seats, good playing pitches, quality dressing room for players and match officials, mini-clinic, media tribune, media center, and hosts of other requirements. As part of meeting up with…

The President of Liberia Wheel Chair Basketball Federation, Ambassador Lionel Johnson informed the media that Liberia has been fined eight thousand United States dollars by the International Wheel Chair Basketball Federation. According to him, the fine came as the result of the local body withdrawing its team from just-ended South Africa under 23 Men International World Wheel Chair Basketball Championship. Ambassador Johnson in conversation with Reports231 on Tuesday explained that IWBF has also threatened to impose three years suspension on Liberia’s failure to pay the fine of eight thousand United States dollars. The disabled federation President also said the International…