Willie N. Tokpah

Judge Ousman Feika Rejects Defense Submission Before Closing Arguments; His Prediction of a Supreme Court Challenge Raises Courtroom Questions

MONROVIA – A jury at Criminal Court “C” on Friday returned a split verdict in the long-running Saudi-donated rice trial, convicting five former government offic…

MONROVIA – Liberia’s most prominent drug trafficking and money laundering prosecution entered a new phase this week as several defendants, including a former se…

Monrovia-Liberia’s housing ambitions are entering a potentially transformative phase, with the National Housing Authority projecting the construction of 15,000…

Monrovia-Five of the 19 defendants indicted alongside former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor in a drug trafficking and money laundering case have been arrest…

MONROVIA — The long-running trial involving the alleged misappropriation of Saudi-donated rice has entered its final stage, with the prosecution and defense sch…

A Liberian court has ordered the arrest of former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, ex-wife of convicted warlord and former President Charles Taylor, along wi…

Judiciary sources expect a grand jury to indict the former vice president, but her defense says it has received no official word

Monrovia – A troubling confrontation outside the courtroom has opened a new front in the criminal trial, with defense lawyer Gbawou Kowou accusing the Asset Rec…

Monrovia – Peter Bon Jallah, on trial for alleged gang rape, statutory rape and kidnapping involving a 16-year-old boy, took the witness stand Thursday and accu…

Monrovia – Peter Bon Jallah’s lawyers asked Criminal Court “E” on Wednesday to end his trial before he ever had to answer the charges. Judge Wesseh Alphonsus We…

Judge Wesseh Says Prosecution Evidence Requires Defense Response as Statutory Rape Trial Moves Forward

MONROVIA — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s name entered the courtroom record Monday as former General Services Agency (GSA) Director-General Mary T. Broh testif…

Margibi County—The assigned Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Margibi County, sitting in its August Term of Court, has sentenced former Liberia Drug E…

Monrovia-Former General Services Agency Director General Mary T. Broh, delivered one of the defense’s strongest accounts Monday, September 28, in Liberia’s ongo…

Prosecution Given Until Tuesday to Resist Motion as Criminal Court “E” Suspends Trial; Rwandan Forensic Expert Says DNA Match Cannot Establish When or How Biolo…

MONROVIA – For three weeks, the most important document at Jewel Howard-Taylor’s home has been a visitors’ log.

Monrovia — National Oil Company of Liberia Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of NOCAL Emmanuel Azango on Wednesday, September 23, found himself…

Monrovia – The Commercial Court for Montserrado County on Wednesday, September 23, ordered the closure and sealing of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL…

Monrovia-The release of political commentator Jerry Nyantee Wrato from police custody has opened a new and potentially consequential legal battle over Liberia’s…

Court action comes hours after Police IG Coleman rejected VP Koung’s plea for Wrato’s release and moved to prosecute him on four cybercrime charges

MONROVIA — Three video recordings depicting the distribution of Saudi-donated rice were presented by the defense Monday as its first witness continued testifyin…

Forensic report also flags unidentified DNA on toilet paper found at the scene

Monrovia — The prosecution has rested its case against former Foreign Affairs Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah and his co-defendants in the Saudi rice trial af…