Month: July 2026

Concerned partisans of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR), along with citizens of Nimba County, have strongly condemned Liberia National Police (LNP) Inspector General Gregory Coleman over comments he made about Nimba County Senator Samuel Kogar during a recent Senate hearing on the country’s cocaine investigation. During the hearing, Inspector General Coleman described Senator…

Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Sr. has dismissed allegations made by FrontPage Africa Managing Editor Rodney Sieh during an appearance on Spoon TV, in which Sieh claimed the Vice President was associated with an individual identified as Anthony, who was allegedly linked to drug-related activities. In a statement, Vice President Koung clarified that the allegation…

A major regulatory gap has been exposed at Liberia’s main seaport after the Managing Director of the National Port Authority, NPA told lawmakers he does not know which institution regulates shipping lines operating at the Port of Monrovia. The admission came during a tense public hearing convened by a House of Representatives committee tasked with…

The Liberia National Police (LNP) has charged the Operations Manager of Global Logistics Services (GLS) and several other individuals for their alleged roles in what authorities described as a sophisticated cocaine trafficking network that used the cargo system at Roberts International Airport (RIA) to smuggle narcotics. Announcing the findings of an extensive joint investigation on…

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has reaffirmed his administration’s zero-tolerance policy on drug trafficking and substance abuse during a Cabinet meeting involving the Ministry of Health and the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency. “No matter who is involved or what position they hold, nobody will be spared, the President declared. He stated that anyone connected to drug…

Nimba County District #7 Representative Musa Hassan Bility has urged the Government of Liberia to treat the recent BTI Country report as a warning rather than an insult to the authority. Mr. Bility, who is also the Political Leader of Citizens Movement for Change (CMC), said the recently released BTI 2026 Country Report on Liberia…

The Minister of Agriculture has commended the Government of Liberia, through President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, for the Executive Order imposing a ban on the export of unprocessed rubber. Speaking Thursday, July 2, 2026 at the Ministry of Information regular press briefing, Agriculture Minister Dr. J. Alexander Nuetah described the measure as a necessary step to…