Criminal Court “C” Judge Ousman F. Feika has denied former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s motion seeking admission to bail in the ongoing US$317 million alleged cocaine case. Judge Feika handed down the ruling Thursday, September 24, 2026, following arguments from Taylor’s legal team and prosecutors over whether constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws barred…
Former Executive Mansion Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo has suffered another legal setback after Criminal Court “C” ruled that her third criminal appearance bond remains insufficient, leaving her US$1.342 million short of the court’s US$8 million requirement. Presiding Judge Ousman F. Feika has given American Underwriters Group (AUG) 30 days to augment the shortfall,…
The Supreme Court of Liberia has cleared the way for the resumption of proceedings in the controversial Capitol Building arson case, rejecting a legal challenge filed by former Speaker of the House of Representatives J. Fonati Koffa and his co-defendants seeking to halt further proceedings in the trial. In a judgment delivered on Friday, August…
Former Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo has suffered a major legal setback after a Justice in Chambers of the Supreme Court refused to stop proceedings in her criminal case, a decision that could expose her to possible rearrest. On Tuesday, Associate Justice Yussif D. Kaba declined to grant Bundoo’s request for a writ of…
Former Executive Mansion Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo has made a third attempt to satisfy the bail requirements imposed by Criminal Court “C”, filing a new US$8 million criminal insurance bond backed by two insurance companies after previous bond arrangements were rejected by the court. According to documents filed before Criminal Court “C”, the…
Retired Marshal of the Supreme Court of Liberia, Brigadier General Amos B.K. Dickson, has sharply criticized the Government of Liberia’s handling of a recent court-ordered eviction in the Jamaica Road community, describing the operation as poorly coordinated and dangerous after he sustained serious injuries while driving through the area Speaking in an interview with this…
The Government of Liberia has announced what it described as the largest narcotics seizure in the nation’s history, recovering nearly four metric tons of suspected cocaine worth an estimated US$317.68 million during a raid in Duazon, Margibi County. Speaking Wednesday on behalf of the Joint National Security Investigative Task Force, the Attorney General and Minister…
Liberia’s former Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo has been remanded at the Monrovia Central Prison after Criminal Court “C” ordered her arrest and set her criminal appearance bond at US$8 million. Bundoo turned herself over to prison authorities following a ruling by Assigned Circuit Judge Ousman F. Feika, who rejected a second property valuation…
Monrovia City Court Magistrate L. Ben Barco has ruled that prosecutors established probable cause against Paul Jamaal King and several co-defendants in the alleged US$19.2 million cocaine trafficking case, ordering that the matter be forwarded to Criminal Court “C” for trial after an indictment is drawn by Criminal Court “A”. The ruling, delivered on Wednesday,…
Criminal Court “A” at the Temple of Justice has imposed one of the harshest penalties under Liberia’s Amended Trafficking in Persons Act of 2021, sentencing seven members of a human trafficking syndicate to 50 years’ imprisonment each for orchestrating a fraudulent Canada employment scheme that exploited dozens of vulnerable Liberians. Resident Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie…
