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The Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Task Force has officially closed its investigation into Gracious Ride and several other individuals who were similarly summoned for questioning. Authorities are now shifting focus to individuals and businesses that conducted dealings with the company. By: Kruah Thompson Monrovia, April 18, 2025: In an official communication dated Tuesday, April 15, 2025, the Task Force …

Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf joins an array of women here, lending support to the senatorial bid of female candidate Edith Gongloe-Weh in Tuesday, April 22, 2025, senatorial by-election in Nimba County. Madam Gongloe-Weh is contesting against seven male candidates in the race to fill a seat made vacant by the death last year of Senator Prince Yormie Johnson. By …

Former Chief of Protocol Amb. Nora Finda Bundoo says the government’s Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Task Force cannot be a player and a referee at the same time, snubbing an invitation to appear before the Task Force. By: Emmanuel Wise Jipoh Monrovia, Liberia, April 17, 2025 – Former Presidential Chief of Protocol, Amb. Nora Finda Bundoo snubs invitation from …

Former Montserrado County Superintendent Grace Kpan experienced the other side of the law on Wednesday at the Monrovia City Court following a brief arrest and detention. By Lincoln G. Peters Former Montserrado County Superintendent and Vice Standard Bearer of the Liberian National Union Party, Madam Grace T. Kpan, was briefly detained on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, by the Monrovia City …

Confusion has rocked the National Patriotic Party (NPP) over endorsement in the Nimba Senate Race, with one party executive leading the support for Kogar, while the party declares support for Edith Gongloe-Weh. By: Edwin N. Khakie Gbarnga, Bong County – In a surprising twist on Wednesday, the National Patriotic Party (NPP) plunged into internal controversy just hours after an apparent …

By Edwin N. Khakie Saybah Town, Bong County — Since its founding in 1958, Saybah Town in Electoral District #2, Bong County, has lacked access to necessities such as clean and safe drinking water. The town has never had a single hand pump installed. For decades, residents have depended entirely on an open well, an often-contaminated source, for drinking, cooking, …

By Edwin N. Khakie Gbarnga, Bong County – Bong County Superintendent Hawa Norris has come under public scrutiny for reportedly abandoning the newly renovated Superintendent Compound in Gbarnga, just months after it was officially dedicated for use. An independent investigation conducted by this publication has confirmed that Superintendent Norris has not occupied the facility for approximately three months. The compound, …

Tension appears to be brewing slowly within the Unity Party Alliance more than 16 months following the 2023 general and presidential elections, as one member of the Alliance considers withdrawal. By Lincoln G. Peters The All Liberian Coalition Party (ALCOP), a constituent member of the ruling Unity Party, has distanced itself and rejected the Unity Party Alliance’s purported endorsement of …

President Boakai expresses a change of mind here, saying that he would never perform dedication of hand pump projects, because they do not align with Liberia’s aspirations. Stephen G. Fellajuah Paynesville, Liberia, April 15, 2025 – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai says here that he will no longer participate in dedication of hand pumps, noting that such action no longer aligns …

The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) recently presented an impressive progress report to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., at the Executive Mansion in Monrovia on a partnership with TGS NOPEC, a global geological and geophysical leader. Reading the report to the President, cabinet minister, and industrial leaders, the Acting ECO of NOCAL, Fabian Lai, said the 23-year collaborative venture …