The West African Anglophone Quality Assurance Network (WAAQAN), in collaboration with Cuttington University, has opened its second international conference in Suakoko, Bong County. The four-day event, which began on September 1, 2025, is being held under the theme “Improving Higher Education Institutions’ Ecosystem Through Quality Assurance.” It has drawn together academics, policymakers, quality assurance experts,…
Following the recent Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), which took place in Yokohama, Japan, the Liberian government has announced that Liberia is on the brink of receiving over US$70 million from the Japanese government to fund several projects in the country. An application for US$72 million in funding by the Government…
Gambian Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Prof. Dr. Pierre Gomez, has urged stakeholders across West Africa to reimagine higher education to build a prosperous and resilient region. Delivering the keynote address on September 1, 2025 at the Second International Conference of the West African Anglophone Quality Assurance Network (WAAQAN) at Cuttington University,…
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), through the Department of Energy, has scaled up efforts to move Liberia to higher levels of advancing renewable energy provision and governance by convening stakeholders to validate a national Net-Metering Policy. The two-day technical working session, held at the Ministry of Mines and Energy’s in Monrovia, brought together…
The official book launch of “Echoes of War” by Foley D. K. Freeman- A Heart-Wrenching Journey of Resilience and Hope, will occur on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 2:30 p.m., in the University of Liberia Auditorium on Capitol Hill. The book promises to deliver the raw story of survival, sacrifice, and steadfast dreams, a powerful…
In a continued show of compassion and humanitarian commitment, Bishop Nimley J. Donyen of the Independent Catholic Church of Liberia has donated 1,200 bags of 25kg rice to vulnerable families and elderly citizens across Montserrado and Bong Counties. This latest act of generosity comes less than two months after the Bishop made a similar large-scale…
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, Edward K. Mulbah, the Deputy Internal Affairs Minister for Research and Development Planning, issued letters of appointment to local chiefs in Harper City, Maryland County, in accordance with the Local Government Act of 2018, Section 2.15. During the ceremony, Deputy Minister Mulbah urged the newly appointed chiefs to work diligently,…
Finance And Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan recently assured Liberians that the Boakai Administration is steadily addressing Liberia’s pressing “bread and butter” concerns, while working to ease constraints to long-term economic growth. Ngafuan emphasized that economic management requires constant effort and cannot be rested. According To Him, two of the government’s major priorities are…
On Monday, September 1, 2025, volunteer teachers marched to President Joseph Nyumah Boikal’s home in Paynesville to seek his intervention for their inclusion on the government payroll. Patrick Walker, the spokesperson for the National Volunteer Teachers Association, stated in a telephone interview on the OK FM Morning Rush that over 6,000 volunteer teachers underwent a…
The Justice In-Chambers at the Supreme Court of Liberia, Jamesetta Howard-Wolokollie, has rejected the property valuation bond proffered by former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa’s office staff, Thomas Etheridge, and several others indicted in the December 18, 2024 fire incident at the Capitol Building. The Supreme Court’s action comes after Criminal Court “A” Judge Roosevelt…
