Former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and several other defendants in the ongoing Capitol Building arson case are seeking an independent medical examination to establish alleged brutality by the National Security Agency (NSA). Koffa and thirteen other defendants’ legal team formally objected to a court order mandating medical examinations at the government-run John F. Kennedy…
Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has temporarily released former Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) Chairperson Abdullah L. Kamara, after his arrest and brief detention at the Monrovia Central Prison (South Beach), based on a US$295,000 bail bond made by his lawyers. On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, Kamara was arrested and sent…
Criminal Court A Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie has reserved ruling in a motion to suppress evidence filed by former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and several other defendants in the ongoing Capitol Building fire trial. On September 1, 2025, the Justice In-Chambers at the Supreme Court of Liberia, Jamesetta Howard-Wolokollie, rejected a property valuation bond…
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…
Criminal Court “A” Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie has deferred the legal battle between the Government of Liberia and five lawmakers including former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa after the state failed to present evidence to the defendants’ lawyers. Judge Willie adjudged that given the fact that Koffa, Abu B. Kamara, Jacob Debee and Dixon W….
As part of his desire to rebrand and professionalize the Judiciary, Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay has ordered a credential audit. In keeping with the instruction, the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has taken charge and is expected to begin a weeklong personnel verification and credential audit on Thursday, August 28, 2025. At his induction recently,…
The Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has deployed distinguished journalist and Attorney-at-Law Bruce Boweh to represent two Liberian journalists, Eric Opa Doue and Methuselah Gaye, who are currently facing criminal charges in Rivercess County. The charges of “criminal contempt of court” and “criminal coercion” stem from publications by the journalists that allege corruption within the…
Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Liberia Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh has emphasized that the Judiciary is a ‘Guardian of Justice’ and must not be used as political pawn. Her step-down from the Liberia’s Supreme Court on Friday, August 15, 2025, closed a chapter defined by resilience, reform, and unwavering fidelity to the 1986…
The Chairman of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) Janga A. Kowo is questioning the procedure by the Civil Law Court to evict the party from its headquarters in Congo Town. He says it is unnecessary for the court to order the Liberia National Police (LNP) to carry out the eviction of their headquarters rather…
The Liberia National Police (LNP) has charged 67-year-old ‘church mother’ identified as Klady A. Paul, with simple assault, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct. The criminal charges by the Police against the woman followed a physical altercation and verbal attack on a police officer, Patrolman Koilous N. Larmin, on 12th Street in Sinkor on Tuesday, August…
