Latest Liberia crime and courts news, including major investigations, criminal cases, trials and justice developments.
Judiciary sources expect a grand jury to indict the former vice president, but her defense says it has received no official word
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 7, 2026 — Liberian lawyer Cllr. Charlyne M. Brumskine has formally taken the oath of office as a judge of the ECOWAS Community Court of…
ABUJA, Nigeria — Liberian lawyer, law professor and former vice-presidential candidate, Cllr. Charlyne M. Brumskine, has been sworn in as a judge of the Communi…
MONROVIA – Police have charged two men with forgery and criminal conspiracy, accusing them of trying to join the Liberia National Police with fake high school d…
SANNIQUELLIE, Nimba County—They are the second biggest voting bloc in the country. They’re also the former constituents of long-time senator, Prince Johnson who…
Some concerned residents of District #10, Montserrado County have expressed frustration over the continuous delays of a by-election in the district following th…
There are moments in a nation’s history that call for reflection—not because everything is flawless, but because a momentous event has occurred that warrants re…
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…
SANNIQUELLIE, Nimba County, October 5, 2026 — The Gompa Magisterial Court has ordered the release of former Ganta City Mayor Amos N.G. Suah from the Sanniquelli…
PAYNESVILLE, Liberia — A fresh confrontation involving defense counsel and Liberia’s Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval Taskforce (AREPT) has introduced a ne…
MINNEAPOLIS, United States, October 5, 2026 — Three Liberian nationals are among 10 noncitizens indicted by a federal grand jury in Minnesota for alleged voting…
Monrovia – When the Government of Liberia charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor in August, officials spoke with confidence. The state said it had th…
BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County — Cllr. Charlyne M. Brumskine has credited the Liberty Party’s reconciliation and Senate Pro Tempore Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence’s lea…
MONROVIA – Three Liberians in Minnesota are among 10 noncitizens indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on charges of falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to vote o…
The ongoing intellectual debate ignited by President Joseph Boakai’s maxim “a brilliant lawyer knows the law, but a good lawyer knows the judge” has given the p…
For five years, the legal saga of Cllr. A. Ndubuisi Nwabudike was defined by a single question of nationality: Is he Liberian?
Monrovia – Liberia’s mining sector is expanding faster than the institutions meant to police it. That is the warning at the heart of CENTAL’s latest interventio…
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…
Liberia’s Witness Protection Agency is proposing a five-year, US$20.54 million plan to build a nationwide system for protecting victims, witnesses and whistlebl…
MONROVIA – Police have charged the former head of the Liberia National Police Training Academy with taking US$88,000 in cash and goods from a businessman by pro…
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…
Monrovia – The 5,000 bags of Saudi-donated rice that prosecutors say never reached Gbarnga left the General Services Agency warehouse on 10 signed gate passes,…
Judge Wesseh Says Prosecution Evidence Requires Defense Response as Statutory Rape Trial Moves Forward
MONROVIA – Former Liberia National Bar Association President Tiawan Saye Gongloe said that President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s quip that a “good lawyer knows the ju…
