Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

Monrovia, Liberia – The defense subpoenaed Orange call log of Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Tamba Koijee, 0779229900, indicates that the number, which he gave to the court as his official number, is registered in the name of a woman and not him. On the other hand, the Orange GSM call record also shows that the number 0776407969 that is registered under his name is not in use. In his testimony on Wednesday, December 12, 2023, Mayor Koijee informed the Court and Jurors that he had given the police his used number, 07766407969, when he was invited to participate in the…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has suspended Pepper FC CEO Samir Kamara from all LFA-related activities with immediate effect for a period of 14 months. On December 4, 2023, during a Gardnersville subcommittee round two match between Pepper FC and United New Georgia (UNG) at Tusa Field, Kamara, also known as Pepper, physically attacked assistant referee Charles Boimah. He was seen hurling stones at Boimah in a video that went viral on social media, injuring him and necessitating medical attention. Kamara also directed life-threatening remarks at authorities at the UNG. The national third division regulations for 2023–2024…

Monrovia, Liberia – The relegation-threatened Invincible Eleven, or IE, defeated their historical rivals Mighty Barrolle 3–0 with a goal from Fred Brook in the first minutes of play in the ongoing Orange First Division league. The match took place on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at the ATS in Central Monrovia. It was the Rollers’ second loss of the season and Invincible Eleven’s (IE) second victory in 12 league games. The Rollers had been playing well for a few months, having won six straight games for the first time since the 2010–2011 campaign. However, their loss to rivals caused them to…

Monrovia, Liberia – All is set for this year’s 2023–2024 National County Sports Meet, according to the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The government holds the biggest sporting event in the nation every year to promote harmony and peace in Liberia. The competition’s theme for this year is “Liberia, A Nation United Under One Purpose.” Rivergee County will serve as the official host for this year’s edition, according to the organisers. The tournament will begin on December 16, 2023, in Fish Town with an opening ceremony and exciting football matches. On December 17, 2023, events will take place at various…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Chinese Embassy in Liberia has donated 400 25-kg bags of rice to four educational institutions. The institutions include Tubman University, Bomi Community College, Cuttington University, and Monrovia Vocational Training Institute. Each of the universities received 100 bags of rice as a gift from the People’s Republic of China to the Liberia school system. Speaking at the ceremony, the Chinese ambassador to Liberia, YIN Chengwu, said that the Chinese people always attach great importance to education, noting that China regards education as the very foundation of a society. He added that the Chinese Embassy in Liberia also…

BLAMING PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION ON ABSENCE OF PUNISHMENT OF DISHONEST PUBLIC OFFICIALS Monrovia, Liberia – The Centre for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia has highlighted the fact that the absence of prosecution of corrupt officials is a major contributor to public sector corruption in its third State of Corruption Report. According to the CENTAL research, bribery and the government’s lack of political will to combat corruption are to blame for corruption’s national expansion. Ninety percent of the 728 respondents surveyed in nine counties for the report said that the increasing level of widespread corruption was to blame for Liberia’s underdevelopment.…

Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The Supreme Court of Liberia has ordered the National Elections Commission to conduct a recount at five polling locations in the towns of Yowee and Mbellequah in electoral district #4, Bong County. It is anticipated that the recount procedure will take place at the NEC Upper Bong office in Gbarnga City on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Candidates Quanuquanei Kermue and Susannah Mator challenged the district’s election results, claiming irregularities and electoral fraud. A few weeks later, the high court issued its decision. According to candidate Kermue, the ruling by the highest court shows that the legal…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Armed Forces of Liberia, on behalf of the Liberian government, have started to return their peacekeeping forces to Mali. The repatriation process is a step towards eliminating the absence of peacekeeping in Liberia, an African country. The Liberian contingent’s departure from the UN Multi-dimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) marks the end of ten years of fruitful missions, according to the Armed Forces of Liberia.The Liberia peacekeeping deployment to Mali comes to a conclusion on Thursday, December 14, according to Major Zachaeus Musgrove, AFL Director of Peacekeeping Operations. Major Musgrove stated that Liberia’s presence in…

Todee District, Rural Montserrado County – In Todee District, Rural Montserrado County, a group of irate locals under the leadership of the Traditional Bush Master, also known as Country Devil, have invaded the Chinese Urban Rural Service Mining Company’s concession area and taken valuable earthmoving machinery. A local journalist in the area told this Media Network that a group of angry citizens ransacked the mining area on Saturday, December 9, 2023, on the grounds that the company had failed to live up to the concession agreement signed between the Government of Liberia and the Chinese Company in 2022. Since taking over,…

Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The foreign minister of Liberia, Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., has praised and thanked ECOWAS and all of its member states for their support of the country’s elections, which included the October 10, 2023, presidential and legislative elections as well as the November 14, 2023, run-off or second round of the presidential election. “I wish to inform all of you, My Dear Esteemed Colleagues of this Council of Ministers of ECOWAS, and further reaffirm my profound unconditional and unflinching practical support of the stance of, simply put, categorical unreserved Universal Statesmanhood decision and Concession and Congratulations of…