The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia is calling on the newly inducted officers of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) to shift the paradigm in the legal practice and explore new frontiers that reflect global trends. Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh spoke over the weekend at the induction ceremony of Cllrs. Bornor…
The Chief of Protocol to former President George Manneh Weah, Finda Bundoo, has been summoned by the Debt Court Judge James Jones for allegedly owing Jerome F. Walkely US$14,000. Madam Bundo was summoned based on Jerome’s complaint that he printed the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) victory balloon stickers and other campaign materials for the…
The Jury of the Civil Law Court Annex ‘B’ will on today, Friday, January 31, 2025, deliver its verdict in the ongoing US$700,000 libel lawsuit against Ecobank-Liberia, Alex Williams former Deputy Director General for Statistics and Data Processing at Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo Information Services (LISGIS) and Yussif Kromah, an employee of the…
Judge A. Blamo Dixon of Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has found George Obi alias Original Japan and three others guilty for the distribution of drugs along the Japan Freeway. The major landmark case which lasted for over two terms of court was a bench trial placing Judge Dixon as…
The Inspector General of Police Col Gregory O. W. Coleman while en route to Ganta, Nimba County on Friday, January 17, 2025, came across a startling situation where some highway patrol officers were seen collecting exploiting drivers and taking bribes. According to him, these are some key issues in the police that need to be…
State lawyers are seeking the Supreme Court Chambers Justice Yamie Qui-qui Gbeisay to overturn Judge Koiboi Nuta’s ruling in the Habeas Corpus petition that saw the Capitol Building fire suspect Thomas Ethridge released to his guarantors. Prosecution through the Ministry of Justice took Criminal Court “B” Judge Nuta before the Chambers Justice seeking to stop…
Majority Bloc House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon is expected to appear before the Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia today, January 16, 2024, in response to a Writ for Declaratory Judgment filed by embattled House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa. Koffa filed a 22-count petition for Declaratory Judgment before Judge George Smith…
Three elderly men have been sent to court for allegedly abstracting the private part of a dead woman in Margibi County. The men were arrested, investigated, and charged by the Liberia National Police in Kakata for grave robbery and ritualistic practices of allegedly desecrating a grave and stealing from a corpse. Those arrested are Joseph…
Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie of Criminal Court “A” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has ordered Representative Samuel Enders of District#6, Montserrado County to pay US$150, while Atty. Gbawou Kowou pays US$100 within seven days after causing disruption of court activities. Judge Willie fined the both parties and found them guilty of the crime…
Since the suspension of the Commissioner General of the Liberia Immigration Service, Stephen Zargo, this paper has gathered reports that he has deliberately refused to turn over a White Toyota Hilux Double Cabin Pick-up received through the Ministry of Justice, and has converted same for his personal use which can be considered as theft and…
