Former Information Minister and Liberia Maritime Commissioner, Lenn Eugene Nagbe, has called on the Liberia National Police (LNP) to conduct a preliminary investigation into the death of the late Cletus Noah. In communication addressed to the Inspector General of Police Gregory Coleman dated May 8, 2025, Mr. Nagbe formally requested a preliminary investigation, to establish…
Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has officially commissioned Mr. Bob Sheriff as Liberia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Sierra Leone. The ceremony took place at the Executive Mansion in Monrovia, a May 9, 2025 release stated. President Boakai emphasized the strategic importance of Liberia’s longstanding bilateral ties with Sierra Leone and…
Commissioner and CEO of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), Cllr. Neto Zarzar Lighe Sr., met with the Chinese Ambassador to Liberia, H.E. Yin Chengwu, in a strategic diplomatic engagement held Friday, May 9, 2025, at the Chinese Embassy near Monrovia. The high-level meeting comes ahead of Commissioner Lighe’s planned visit to Beijing on May 26….
In a dramatic bust, the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has arrested a 29-year-old woman, Benshedia Secret Weah, after discovering she was transporting 8 plates of cannabis worth over LRD$232,000. The arrest took place on May 8, 2025, at the Zorgowee Checkpoint in Nimba County, where the suspect was traveling from Ghana to Monrovia. Weah,…
Liberia’s Labour Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah, Sr., has urged all sectors of the Liberian society to lend full support to President Boakai’s ARREST AGENDA’, as the best formula to the country’s mounting development needs. Minister Kruah emphasized that all pillars of The ARREST AGENDA, as conceived by President Boakai and his Rescue Mission Government,…
On the occasion of EU Day 2025, Liberia celebrates transformative progress in rural electrification and workforce development, made possible through the unwavering support of the European Union. Under fully grant-funded EU programs, thousands of homes in underserved counties are being earmarked powered for the first time, ushering in economic opportunity, education, and safety. A May…
Rural residents in Liberia are set to benefit from improved internet connectivity as the government initiates the installation of Starlink satellite internet stations in various rural communities. According to global statistics from 2022, Liberia faces a significant digital divide, with only 22% of its population having internet access, particularly in rural areas. This issue has…
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, cut the ribbon to the Modern Savings & Loans Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institution, officially declaring it open and ready for business in Liberia. The Microfinance Institution, envisaged since 2014 by Counsellor George B. Kailondo, aims to empower Liberian businesses, marketers, as well as ordinary Liberians, by…
The President of the University of Liberia (UL) Prof. Dr. Layli Maparyan is leading a high-power UL Management Team on a one-day working visit to the University’s David A. Stratz-Sinje Technical and Vocational College in Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County in western Liberia. According to a UL release dated May 7, 2025, during the visit,…
As USAID winds down its operations in Liberia, the agency has donated a range of office equipment to the Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia (OWECC-L). According to a release dated May 7, 2025, the donation includes a four-wheel-drive Toyota SUV, four desktop computers, a high-capacity laser jet…
