In a concerted effort to enhance road safety and reduce traffic-related incidents, the Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with the National Road Fund, has initiated a comprehensive training program targeting motorcyclists across three counties, Nimba, Bong, and Margibi. This initiative commenced on February 18, 2025, in Ganta, Nimba County, continued on February 19 in Gbarnga,…
In addition to President Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s suspension of several government officials over failure to declare their assets, the Civil Service Agency (CSAS) has gone further to block over 200 names in accordance with the “one month no salary” mandate attached to the suspension. Speaking Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at the Ministry of Information regular press…
Bong County District #2 Representative James M. Kolleh’s role in the ongoing impasse at the House of Representatives through the forceful removal of embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa could be gradually landing him on slippery grounds, with constituents of the district beginning to show disapproval of his actions. Representative Kolleh, as House Chairman on Rules,…
After taking nearly one year to rule in the matter, the Full Bench of the Supreme Court has denied Gracious Ride, owned and operated by former Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bundoo, a petition seeking to block the Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Team from seizing its vehicles. The Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday, February…
Maryland County District #1 Representative P. Mike Jury has written the Plenary for the establishment of an Internal Audit Department (IAD) at the House of Representatives. In a communication read on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Representative Jury said the absence of an IAD continues to cast doubts over the operations, credibility and reputation of the…
The Minister of Mines and Energy Wilmot Paye has disclosed that the Government of Liberia and Putu Iron Ore Mining Company have begun a mediation process on the future of the company in Liberia. The Putu Iron Ore Mining Company, a Russian-affiliated company, signed a Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) with the Republic of Liberia on…
A prominent citizen of Grand Gedeh County wants former Superintendent Peter Solo to account for funds intended to construct the Grand Gedeh Community College, conduct road maintenance, amongst others. A complaint from a civil society group referencing I.G. Danex Liberia LTD., an engineering company operating in Liberia and headed by Godfery I. Daniel, alleged that…
The alleged arson attackers in the burning of the Capitol Building through their lawyers have taken flight to the Chambers Justice of the Supreme Court Yamie Qui-qui Gbeisay, after Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie reaffirmed the ruling of the Monrovia City Court Magistrate L. Ben Barco, in the Motion to Suppress Evidence and Return Property to…
The Workers Union of Liberia’s most prestigious technical vocational training institution, the Booker Washington Institute (BWI), on Monday, February 17, 2025, staged a go-slow action in protest of unresolved salary concerns that brought normal campus activities to a halt. A representative of the Workers Union David L. Moore said the fight for salary increment started…
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) says it has not issued any official statements regarding details of cases currently under investigation at the Commission. According to a release dated February 17, 2025, any reports or claims circulating on social media or other platforms that do not come from the Commission should be treated as false and…
