Latest Liberia crime and courts news, including major investigations, criminal cases, trials and justice developments.
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia, September 23, 2026 — The Commercial Court of Liberia has ordered the immediate closure and sealing of the National Oil Company of L…
NIMBA COUNTY, Liberia, September 24, 2026 — Nimba County Senator Nya D. Twayen Jr. has called on the Ministry of Justice to establish clear guidelines for enfor…
Liberia’s Cybercrime Act of 2025 is coming under growing scrutiny over concerns that key provisions could place freedom of expression, journalism, and personal…
MONROVIA – Liberia’s cybercrime law must not become a weapon against critics of public officials, opposition leader Alexander B. Cummings said Tuesday, adding h…
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 Commercial Court on Wednesday ordered the immediate closure and sealing of the National Oil Company of Liberia and the Ministry of Finance and De…
MONROVIA — Two of West Africa’s most consequential cocaine cases are now unfolding in Ghana and Liberia, separated by geography but connected by a disturbing qu…
MONROVIA — The release of Jerry Nyantee Wrato by Criminal Court “B” has done more than free one man from police custody.
MONROVIA – Knowingly sharing a person’s intimate image digitally without that person’s consent is now a crime in Liberia punishable by up to three years in pris…
MONROVIA – Finance Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has taken Liberia’s sales pitch to investors gathered on the margins of the UN General Assembly. His message…
MONROVIA – Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor’s drug case has moved from the courtroom into the court of public opinion. Lenn Eugene Nagbe, chief of staf…
MONROVIA – The opposition’s sharpest pen has turned a German philosopher against the Unity Party government. Congress for Democratic Change Secretary General Je…
Monrovia-The release of political commentator Jerry Nyantee Wrato from police custody has opened a new and potentially consequential legal battle over Liberia’s…
MONROVIA — Rain and tears marked a chaotic morning at More Than Me Academy on Tuesday as a court-ordered eviction forced hundreds of students out of their class…
On Monday, 21 September 2026, a high-level meeting was held with His Honor Christophe Soulard, First President of the Court of Cassation of the French Republic…
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
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia, September 21, 2026 — Lenn Eugene Nagbe, Chief of Staff to former President George Manneh Weah, has criticized the Government of Lib…
NEW YORK, September 22, 2026 — Liberia and the United States have held high-level talks aimed at strengthening maritime cooperation, expanding private-sector in…
MONROVIA, September 22, 2026 — Liberian lawyer and politician Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has warned against using the country’s cybercrime law to punish citizens…
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia, September 21, 2026 — Resident Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court, Nelson B. Chineh, has outlined several factors he says are…
MONROVIA – The Liberia National Police (LNP) has concluded its investigation into Jerry Nyantee Wrato and will forward him to court on four cybercrime charges,…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Witness Protection Agency Director Atty. Teklo Maxwell Grigsby II has challenged Liberia’s justice institutions to build a system in which v…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The arrest and impending prosecution of Jerry Nyantee Wrato has rapidly developed into a wider national debate over how Liberia will draw th…
MONROVIA — The Liberia National Police has rejected Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung’s call for the release of Jerry Nyantee Wrato, pressing four cybercrime c…
