Author: Godfred Badu Quansah

New York, USA – Jefferson Koijee (Koijee), a prominent figure in the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) political party and the mayor of Monrovia, Liberia, has been designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Koijee is known for inciting violence and has a strong hold on the young people of Monrovia according to the Treasury Department. “He controls paramilitary-style organizations associated with the CDC which allegedly recruits former combatants and recently released prisoners. OFAC has reason to believe that Koijee has instructed these organizations to violently disrupt demonstrations conducted by government critics or…

CALLS ON 54th LEGISLATURE TO EXTEND SIXTH REGULAR SESSION Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The 54th Legislature is to meet again for ten (10) working days, from Monday, December 11, 2023, to Friday, December 22, 2023, to discuss and decide on the FY2024 Draft National Budget and other urgent legislation related to national development, integrity, transparency, and accountability. This request was made in a proclamation issued by President George Manneh Weah. Article 32(b) of the Constitution of the Republic of Liberia states that the President may, on his own initiative or upon receipt of a certificate signed by at least one-fourth…

Monrovia, Liberia – Senator-elect, Bill Twehway of Rivercess County has agreed to be investigated by the Liberian government after months of quietness about his US federal sanctions. Twehway and two other CDC officials were sanctioned by the US government in 2022 for their role in public corruption under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, in accordance with Executive Order # 13818. Speaking to Journalists at a program organized by the National Elections Commission, to certificate winners of the 2023 general elections in Monrovia, Twehway said he is prepared for investigation at any given time when the Liberian government desires.…

DECLEARS ANTHONY WILLIAMS WINNER OF MARYLAND COUNTY DISTRICT #2. Sinkor, Monrovia – The National Elections Commission (NEC) hearing officers in the case involving Anthony F. Williams vs. Speaker Bhofal Chambers, Maryland County electoral District #2, finally ruled in favor of Anthony Williams. Speaker Chambers’ assertions were rejected by the hearing officers on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at the NEC headquarters in Monrovia, on the grounds that there was insufficient proof. It can be recalled that on October 13, 2023, Speaker Chambers filed a complaint alleging that NEC employees in Old Sodeken’s precinct 27020 had committed what he described as voting…

CONCERNING ABSENCE OF ESSENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICES Sanniquellie, Nimba County – On Tuesday, more than two hundred prisoners, including those awaiting trial, launched a protest action at the Sanniquelle Prison in Nimba County. They called for a regular daily meal, an improved prison environment, and humane treatment for all prisoners housed there. They stated that the prisoners were not housed in a comfortable atmosphere and that the Weah administration had neglected to supply food for the prison. The 75-inmate Sanniquellie Prison Facility was built by the United Nations Mission in Liberia as a quick-impact project. According to reports from the county,…

Monrovia, Liberia – The Coalition for the Establishment of War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia (CEWAECCL) has urged the CDC-led government and Representative Moses Acarous Grey of Montserrado County District #8, who serves as Chairperson on Executive in the House of Representatives, to approve the war and economic crime bill now pending in the legislature before leaving office in 2024. In his 12 years as a member of the Liberian National Legislature’s House of Representatives and as the Chairperson of the Executive Committee, Representative Moses Acarus Grey was reminded by the Coalition for the Establishment of War and Economic…

DEATH NEWS CAUSES SERIOUS TROUBLE IN ZWEDRU Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County – Representative for Grand Gedeh District #1, Erol Madison Gwion, passed away, according to reports reaching Reports231, Media Network. Our sources stated that after battling illness in Accra, Ghana, Rep. Gwion passed away early on Tuesday morning, December 5, 2023. The election of Senator Zoe Emmanuel Pannue in the 2020 special senatorial election prompted a by-election, which resulted in the first election of the Tchien district representative.In the most recent election, held on October 10, 2023, Representative Gwion was re-elected to serve his constituents for another six-year term until…

Monrovia, Liberia – According to political analyst Abdullai Kiatamba, the CDC 2023 Campaign was a disastrous attempt by a disorganized and disjointed group of people. During his appearance on Monday, December 4, 2023, as a guest on OK Morning Rush, a local radio program in Liberia, Kiatamba declared that the CDC 2023 Campaign was the worst he had ever seen, with nothing at all planned. He claimed that the campaign’s messaging was awful and mentioned that insufficient team briefings preceded interactions with voters in the run-up to the 2023 elections was not well organized and convincing enough to gain the electorates votes.…

IN ONGOING MURDER TRAIL OF FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE Capitol Hill, Monrovia – Varlee Telleh, who was scheduled to testify in the ongoing murder trial of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and other family members, was interrupted during his testimony on Monday, December 4, 2023, by persistent protest activity at the Monrovia Central Prison and other prison facilities around the country. Criminal Court “A” subpoena Telleh to testify regarding a purportedly phone number that was allegedly used from February 21 to February 25 2023. Along with City Corporation attorney Cllr. Samuel Pearson, the MCC Deputy Chief of Security, Varlee Telleh…

CALLS ON GOVERNMENT FOR INCLUSION IN NATIONAL BUDGET Paynesville, Liberian – The Liberia National Wheelchair Basketball Federation has installed an Executive Committee membership to spearhead its activities for the next five years. There were eleven people in the Paynesville membership that was installed over the weekend. The following people were inducted: Mr. Claudius Thompson, Technical Director; Mrs. Sara Wallace, Treasurer; Mr. Klonnious Blamo, Secretary General; Mrs. Doris Kamara, Assistant Secretary General; and Ambassador Lionel Johnson, President. Others include Mr. Patrick Logan, Director of Coaching; Ayon Bedell, Classification Director; Joyce Adama, Director of Women and Youth; Mwalimbu Emmanuel Boley, Competitions Director;…