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MONROVIA – Hon. Karishma Pelham Raad has formally resigned from her position as Assistant Minister for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, effective September 8, 2025. In a …

MONROVIA – Seven co-defendants charged in connection with the alleged arson of the Capitol Building in Montserrado County have filed a motion before the First Judicial Circuit Court requesting an …

MONROVIA – The Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) on Monday, September 8, 2025, confiscated large quantities of kush and Tramadol from an electronics store on Johnson Street in Monrovia, authorities …

MONROVIA – Lawrence K. Williams has been formally indicted by the First Judicial Circuit Criminal Court “A” for Montserrado County in connection with a deadly outbreak of violence during the …

MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC), has announced a reduction in the prices of …

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Monday, September 8, 2025, departed Liberia for the United States to attend the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in …

MONROVIA – The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) on Monday, September 8, 2025, announced a major breakthrough in its prosecution of corruption in Gbarpolu County, after the 16th Judicial Circuit Court …

LIBERIA – The Cestos City Magisterial Court in Rivercess County has dropped criminal coercion charge against one of two Liberian journalists accused of falsely publishing incriminating information against police officer …

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has nominated Honorable Samuel A. Stevquoah to serve as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs following the passing of Honorable Syvester M. Grigsby. …

GREENVILLE, SINOE COUNTY – Atty. Teklo Maxwell Grigsby has publicly commended Senator Crayton O. Duncan for donating three school buses to transport students in Greenville City, Sinoe County, to and …

MONROVIA – A Kenyan national, Larnard Bonancy Arondo, has been found guilty on all three counts of importation of drugs, criminal conspiracy, and facilitation following her attempt to smuggle heroin …

LOFA COUNTY – Ziggida town in Zeayeama Clan, Zorzor District, has been thrown into turmoil following the mysterious disappearance of an elder identified only as Sackie, who has not been …

MONROVIA – The University of Liberia (UL) has announced the reopening of its campuses on Monday, September 8, 2025, following days of tense protests by the Vanguard Student Unification Party …

MONROVIA – The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) categorically dismisses as false and misleading a social media report suggesting that President Joseph Nyuma Boakai instructed the LRA Commissioner General, James Dorbor …

MONROVIA – A growing standoff at the University of Liberia (UL) prompted direct intervention from House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon on Friday, September 5, 2025, as he met with student …

MONROVIA – Thomas Tamba Bundoo, a Master of Arts student in International Relations at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida School of International Studies at the University of Liberia (UL), has been …

MONROVIA – The University of Liberia (UL) has formally requested urgent funding of US$550,000 from the Liberian Senate to address critical salary arrears for adjunct faculty and to commence long-overdue …

MONROVIA – The Liberia National Police (LNP) has expressed deep concern over a viral video circulating on social media showing a tricycle rider assaulting a uniformed officer, an incident that …

MONROVIA – Eve Wamah, 32, has been taken into custody and transferred to Monrovia Central Prison after being formally charged with Aggravated Assault and Child Endangerment following a shocking incident …

MONROVIA – The Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP) of the University of Liberia on Friday, September 5, 2025, held an urgent meeting with Speaker of the House of Representatives Richard …

MONROVIA – The University of Liberia (UL) has revealed that it never received the US$1 million allocated in the 2024 national budget for renovation, leaving the institution grappling with deteriorating …

MONROVIA – Queen Johnson, Deputy Director for Record at the National Port Authority (NPA) and a staunch member of the ruling Unity Party, has launched a scathing attack against Monrovia …

MONROVIA – Suspended Superintendent James A.S. Momoh of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) is reportedly continuing to receive his monthly salary, despite a presidential order halting all payments during …

MONROVIA – The National Labor Court of Liberia has issued a writ of execution against the Management of the Paynesville City Corporation (PCC), ordering the arrest of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, …