Monrovia-The release of political commentator Jerry Nyantee Wrato from police custody has opened a new and potentially consequential legal battle over Liberia’s…
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Liberia: Criminal Court “B” Releases Jerry Wrato on Habeas Corpus
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
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Liberia: Three Videos Put Saudi Rice Distribution Under Fresh Scrutiny as Defense Witness Continues Testimony
MONROVIA — Three video recordings depicting the distribution of Saudi-donated rice were presented by the defense Monday as its first witness continued testifyin…
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Liberia: DNA Links Bon Jallah to Evidence, But Rwandan Expert Says Tests Can’t Show When or How It Got There
Forensic report also flags unidentified DNA on toilet paper found at the scene
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Liberia: State Rests as Defense Challenges 5,000-Bag Figure, Witness Accounts
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…
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Liberia: Prime Credit Sues Central Bank, Demands Nearly US$1.2M Over Credit Bureau Dispute
Monrovia — Prime Credit Reference Bureau, Inc., a Liberian-owned company headed by Managing Director and CEO Eugene Bedell, has filed a damages action against t…
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Liberia: Rice Trial Exposes Deep Cracks in Liberia’s Disaster Relief System, Regardless of Kemayah Verdict
MONROVIA – Whatever the jury in Criminal Court “C” ultimately decides about Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah’s guilt or innocence, the trial now in its 27th…
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Liberia: Jury Convicts 46-Year-Old Man of Statutory Rape of 12-Year-Old Girl
Monrovia-The conviction of a 46-year-old man for statutory rape involving a 12-year-old girl has brought renewed attention to the responsibility of adults who h…
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Liberia: Chief Justice Temporarily Suspends Lawyer Over Misconduct Complaint
Monrovia-Chief Justice Yarmie Q. Gbeisaye, has temporarily suspended Cllr. Peter King from practicing law before any court in Liberia, following his reported fa…
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Liberia- Former Police Crime Commissioner Johnny Dean Freed on US$15K Property Bond After Bribery, Criminal Conspiracy Charges
Monrovia— Former Liberia National Police Commissioner for Crime Services Johnny Bolar Dean has been released from custody on a US$15,000 property valuation bond…
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Liberia: Cassell Kouh Faces US$50,000 Debt Claim After Alleged Failure to Honor Court Payment Deal
Monrovia-Businessman Cassell Anthony Kuoh is facing a US$50,000 action of debt before the Debt Court for Montserrado County after allegedly failing to honor a p…
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Breaking: Former Police Crime Commissioner Johnny Dean Charged Over Alleged US$10,000 Bribe
Monrovia-Former Liberia National Police Commissioner for Crime Services Johnny Bolar Dean has been forwarded to court and charged with criminal conspiracy, brib…
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Liberia: Why EX-VP Howard-Taylor Abandoned Preliminary Evidence Hearing—and What It Means for Her Drug Case
Monrovia – The criminal case against former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has taken another major turn, with her lawyers abandoning a preliminary examinati…
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Liberia: US$500,000 Defamation Suit Puts Kollie’s Claims, Kpoto’s Alleged Taylor Links and Coleman Questions Under Judicial Scrutiny
MONROVIA — Businesswoman Stephanie Audrey Kpoto’s US$500,000 defamation lawsuit against social-media commentator Martin K. N. Kollie has opened a new legal fron…
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Liberia: Fear At Monrovia City Court As LNP Officer Fires Tear Gas Just Before Ex-VP Taylor’s Expected Appearance
Monrovia-Fear and confusion briefly gripped the courtyard of the Monrovia City Court on Monday after a Liberia National Police officer unexpectedly discharged a…
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Liberia: Taylor Lawyers Withdraw Request for Preliminary Examination in Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Case
Monrovia-Lawyers representing former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor have withdrawn their request for a preliminary examination of evidence in the State’s al…
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Liberia: No Ruling as Jewel Howard Taylor’s Lawyers Wait for Judge
Monrovia — There was still no ruling Thursday on a motion for compassionate leave filed on behalf of former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, as the presiding…
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Liberia: Supreme Court Denies Koffa, Co-Defendants’ Prohibition Petition, Clears Way for Capitol Arson Trial
High Court Upholds Judge Willie’s Authority to Disband Jury; Koffa Team’s Challenge Rejected
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Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court’s Conviction, Orders His Release, After Years In Prison
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Liberia: Supreme Court Recalls US$50,000 Fines Against Martin Kollie, Alex Williams
MONROVIA — The Supreme Court of Liberia has recalled and corrected a portion of its ruling delivered Thursday, August 27, in a damages case involving former LIS…
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Liberia: Supreme Court Orders Ecobank To Pay US$250 Thousand To Former LISGIS Deputy Boss
Martin Kollie, Alex Williams Ordered to Pay Additional US$ 50 Thousand Each, Over Damages to Wilmot Smith
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Liberia: Supreme Court Delivers Harmer Blow Against Former PPAL Program Manager Neeplo For Economic Sabotage, Orders Her To Pay US$10k
Monrovia-The Supreme Court of Liberia has upheld the conviction of Enree Bee Neeplo, former Program Manager of the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia, PP…
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Liberia: Supreme Court Orders Incarceration of Former FDA MD, Moses Wogbeh, Others In US$6 Million Forestry Fraud Case
MONROVIA-The Supreme Court of Liberia has affirmed the convictions of five former government officials in a long-running forestry fraud case involving an allege…
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Witness Says Former Foreign Minister Halted Distribution After Media Reports, Formed Probe Committee That Found No Evidence Rice Was Sold on Liberian Market.