Criminal Court “A” Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, released Ibrahim Khalil Sheriff from the Monrovia Central Prison (South Beach) on bail. Judge Willie’s decision comes after former Associates Justice Mohammed Kabenah Ja’neh and Cllr. Amara Sheriff along with three other persons stood as human sureties for Sheriff’s release. The Judge’s action,…
The suspended boss of the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Col. Abraham Kromah, giving his testimony in a major drug case on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, testified that he used drugs peddlers and takers to gather information on George Obi alias Japan, a resident of the Japan Freeway. When quizzed by defense lawyers when he…
It is no secret that current Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe is one the geniuses within the Liberian political landscape after serving as a lawmaker for more than eighteen years, a representative in Montserrado County for 12 years, and both representative and senator of Bomi County for the last six plus years. One of…
The Anti-robbery Unit of the Liberia National Police (LNP has arrested five suspected armed robbers for allegedly robbing a Chinese identified as Joseph Xu, a resident of Congo Town. Those arrested in connection with the crime are, Emmanuel Johnson alias Wallace, Alfred Lablah alias Puyol, Junior Bundor alias Prince, Malachi Eze alias Promise, and Leemu…
President Joseph N. Boakai says Liberia is currently in trouble as the country has experienced no major investments for the past couple of years. The President spoke on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at a thanksgiving service in Paynesville upon his arrival from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the United States of America. “I don’t…
The Solidarity & Trust for a New Day (STAND), a leading civil society organization in Liberia, urges President Joseph Boakai to urgently reshuffle his cabinet and swiftly prosecute officials implicated in corruption. In a release dated October 6, 2024, STAND warned that any delay or failure to act decisively risks exacerbating the government’s inability to…
Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh has withdrawn public defenders from the magisterial courts across Liberia for reasons best known to her. The Chief Justice declared that the withdrawal of public defenders is a move poised to transform the landscape of legal representation in the nation. Chief Justice Yuoh whose action was not done through a…
The United States Ambassador to Liberia has disclosed that many Liberians are denied American visas due to their insincerity. Speaking Monday, October 7, 2024 on ELBC, Ambassador Mark C .Toner said over 50 percent of Liberians who travel to the United States on a visit refuse to return home and the rejection rate is not based…
Despite President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s promises of “hope, no business as usual, Rescue Government,” amongst other campaign and inaugural promises, renowned human rights lawyer and 2023 presidential candidate, Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe, says the only change Liberians are experiencing is the improvement of the personal lives and pockets of high-ranking government officials and heads of…
The Judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit in Grand Cape Mount County has sentenced four persons to 10 years imprisonment each in connection with trafficking drugs into the country. Judge Ousman Feika sentenced Tony Okeye, Tina Morris, Daniel David and Abu Kamara after being found guilty of possessing fentanyl, known locally as “kush.” Three of…
