Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Liberia Football Association Vice President for Operations, Wilmont Smith, is challenging the sports writers of Liberia to report on facts and do away with assumptions and blackmailing. Wilmont said without the sports writers, the activities of the Liberia football association will not be told to the public, and as such, their writings should be based on facts. The LFA Vice President for Operations made the disclosure on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at the Ordinary Congress of the Sports Writers Association of Liberia held at the SKD Sports Gymnasium in Paynesville City. ” Let’s disagree to agree through constructive writings and…

The Senate Judiciary Committee today, February 4, 2022, began two days retreat at the Capitol Building. A Senate release quotes the Chairman of the Committee, Grand Cape Mount County Senator, Cllr. Varney Sherman as saying that the retreat is intended to expedite deliberations on key vital legislation and issues before the Senate. According to Senator Sherman, several bills including the Alien and Naturalization law to provide for Dual Citizenship, Expedite the Financial Intelligent Agency as a substitute of the Financial Intelligent Act, the Money Laundry, and Terroristic Financial Law. The release further mentioned that the Whistle Blower Act will be…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia, Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., on Thursday, February 3, 2022, represented President George M Weah, at the Second Extraordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Burkina Faso. In his welcome remarks, the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday urged collective and decisive action to subdue the resurgence of political instability in West Africa. Opening the extraordinary summit by leaders of the regional body in the Ghanaian capital, Chairman Akufo-Addo urged the…

The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has resolved to separate the confirmations of Director General-Designate, Madam Emma Mattia Glasco, and Deputy Director for Administration-Designate, Mr. Augustine Manoballah of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA). According to the press bureau of the Senate, Plenary’s decision followed a report from the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry recommending the confirmation of both nominees based on their performances at NaFAA overtime as stipulated in a report submitted by the nominees. However, following deliberations by Senators in session, Plenary decided that the Committee provides separate confirmation reports for the two nominees and that…

The chairman of the  Liberty  Party  Musa Hassan Bility and the  Secretary-General of the  Liberty  Party has been dragged to Court for  Multiple  Crimes ranging from  Forgery Criminal  Conspiracy and  Criminal  Facilitation by the Republic of  Liberia through   Romeo  Coker, Jeremy  Russell, and  Napoleon  Weah of the city of  Monrovia. The write of Arrest stated that during the period of January  2021 in the  City of  Monrovia, Montserrado and Gbarnga, Bong county respectively,  the  Defendants being there and then with the intent to deceive the  Membership and  Partisans of the  Liberty  Party as well as the  Public, Connived and conspired and…

Unity Party Political Leader, Joseph Nyumah Boakain and Chairman of the four opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) has disclosed that in the coming week he will report to the country on the status of the CPP with a view on the way forward, assuring all Liberians that whatever directions these deliberations lead them to will be announced to the country. “In the coming week, I shall be reporting to the Liberian people on matters relating to the CPP with a view on the way forward. I want to reassure all Liberians that whatever directions these deliberations lead us to, I,…

The Attorney General of the Republic of Liberia and head of the Joint Security, Justice Minister Frank Musa Dean, has described the issue of disadvantaged youth or zogos as an overriding concern to all Liberians and the Joint Security which he said the government is taking seizure of the matter and hope that in a relatively short period progress will be seen. While the Joint Security amid huge public outcry is taking some steps to bring the situation under control, a member of the 54th National Legislature, Lofa County Senator Steve Zargo who Chairs the State Statutory Committee on Defense,…

Liberia’s Chief Referee Lamin K. Kamara will call time on his refereeing career this Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Tusa Field Pitch in Gardnerville, ironically where his career began nearly three decades ago as a student referee. The former FIFA Badge Referee dubbed ‘’Libyan or CR7’’ will retire from active refereeing shortly after serving as Fourth Official in the ORANGE 1st Division League fixture this weekend involving MC Breweries and Bea Mountain. Mr. Kamara has served as Liberia’s Chief Referee since December 5, 2012, after serving as deputy for the previous two years. In a colorful career that started…

The Government of Liberia has categorically refuted media reports claiming the arrest of Mr. Isaac Vah Tukpah, the co-author of a book containing obscene and defaming materials against the First Family of the Republic of Liberia. Mr. Tukpah, who attempted fleeing the country on Tuesday night using an unauthorized crossing in Tianeh, Grand Capemount County, was instead prevented from doing so because the borders were already closed and for his safety. According to MICAT, Mr. Tukpah was without the appropriate travel documents, in addition to attempting to cross when the borders were officially closed. This claimed the attention of the…

BY PROFESSOR AUGUSTINE KONNEH, PhDDEAN, AME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL 2022 is the Bicentennial of the founding of Liberia (meaning Land of the Free, formerly Grain or Pepper Coast): an enclave that was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society (ACS) to rid the United States of freed and manumitted slaves that might be future threats to the homeland. The ACS rationalized the return of African Americans as humanitarian with a Westernizing and Christianizing mission. Taxation without representation, allegations of racism, and threats from encroachment from big powers included the raison d’etre to declare Liberia independent from the ACS in…