Arson Attack Or Negligence? …As Capitol Building Engulfed By Fire
Liberians woke up Wednesday, December 18, 2024 to the shocking reality of watching their country’s legislative building being ravaged into a cloud of flames igniting out of the ceilings of the joint chambers currently hosting the Majority Bloc members of the House of Representatives. The Liberia National Fire Service (LNSF), backed by the Liberia Water…
Boakai Points Fingers In Capitol’s Fire Eruption?
The statement by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai in reaction to Wednesday, December 18, 2024 fire outbreak in the joint chambers of the legislative up Capitol Hill, currently used as a meeting ground for Majority Bloc lawmakers, appears as if the president was indirectly pointing fingers at someone for being the mastermind of the disaster. Liberians…
Recidivist Sent to Jail
George Wade, alias Kelvin Santo, an alleged notorious armed robber and rapist, was again arrested on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 by the Monrovia City Court for armed robbery, theft of property, and sexual assault against two young women, and sent back to jail at the Monrovia Central Prison as this was not his first time going to prison….
LNP To Employ Electronic Evidence…In Legislative Fire Disaster
The Liberia National Police (LNP) says it will employ the use of electronic evidence to investigate a fire incident that ravaged the legislative building up Capitol Hill on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman said during the early morning of Wednesday, they received a call that the Capitol was on fire and…
UN Expert Wants Practical Action To Tackle Human Trafficking
Madam Siobhán Mullally, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, has called on Liberia to prioritize prevention of trafficking in its development agenda and take concerted action to counter labour and sexual exploitation that particularly affect women and girls. Speaking Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at One UN House while concluding a 10-day official visit…
US$5k Put Upfront for Info on Capitol Hill’s Fire
The Government of Liberia has announced a bounty of US$5,000 for anyone who provides relevant information regarding the fire incident at the Capitol Building in Monrovia. Speaking Wednesday, December 18, 2024, during a special press briefing, Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah said the money is available for anyone with credible information that will lead to…
Smoke Up Capitol Hill …Police Tear-gas Protesters In Violent Clash
The planned “White Tuesday” protest of December 17, 2024 turned chaotic as police were forced to exchange teargas with protesters who attempted to overrun the Capitol Building in Monrovia. The protesters resulted in throwing stones at the Liberia National Police after being prevented from using the premises of the Executive Mansion to access the capitol…
Liberia Indebted To ECOWAS …Government Makes Efforts to Amortize
President Joseph N. Boakai has admitted to debts owed by Liberia to the ECOWAS Community, but said that the country is making significant efforts in paying some of those arrears. Speaking Monday, December 16, 2024 at the Roberts International Airport upon his arrival from the 66th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of…
Trial Day For ‘Saboteurs’…Tweah, Others To Appear In Court
After the Supreme Court Chambers Justice declined to issue a writ of certiorari prayed for by prosecution lawyers, Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice will kick off today, Wednesday December 18, 2024, trail of former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah and others to answer to alleged corruption allegations. Initially, the court set December…
12-Yr-old Girl Sodomized …Man Of God Under Investigation
As Police in Monrovia continues the investigation of a pastor in training known as Levite in the Garden of Prayer Church of God for allegedly raping a 12-year-old student, medical reports showed that the survivor had been sodomized overly. The incident allegedly occurred within the vicinity of the church compound in the Jamaica Road Community…
