Reports indicate that the recent response by the President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), Cllr. Bornor M. Varmah, to the Supreme Court’s ruling on April 23, 2025, has created division among the association’s leaders. Just one day after the statement from the LNBA president, the association’s Vice President, Cllr. F. Juah Lawson, distanced…
A Liberian identified as “Son of the African Soil” (pen name) has written President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to maintain principled neutrality and vigilance against geopolitical entanglements with escalating tensions in West Africa, particularly between Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire, and the broader implications for Liberia’s sovereignty, peace, and development. In a letter addressed to the…
The Government of Liberia, through the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), in collaboration with the World Bank, has officially launched the 2025 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES). According to an April 30, 2025 release, the HIES will collect critical data to inform evidence-based policy decisions and improve socioeconomic planning. This survey,…
After four months of investigating facts related to several instances of alleged academic fraud and misconduct at the University of Liberia (UL), Dr. Layli Maparyan, President, has exposed, named, and dismissed eight academic “bad apples” at the State-Run University. Dr. Maparyan took the action upon receiving the final report of a Special Committee to Investigate…
