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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 …

GBARNGA, BONG COUNTY – The Government of Liberia, through the Peacebuilding Office in partnership with the Ministries of Youth and Sports and Internal Affairs, with support from the United Nations …

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 has issued a directive ordering all appointed government officials, directors, and mid-level managers to settle their outstanding real property tax obligations or risk sanctions. …

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 – Liberia has been named among 87 candidate countries forwarded to the U.S. Congress by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for potential compact support in fiscal year 2026, marking …

MONROVIA – The General Auditing Commission (GAC), through Auditor General P. Garswa Jackson, has released its latest report detailing major financial irregularities in Liberia’s 2024 government spending, raising serious questions …

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 …

MONROVIA – Prominent Liberian activist Martin Kollie has issued a sharp critique of President Joseph Boakai’s administration, warning that ordinary Liberians continue to endure hardship despite the government’s promises of …

MONROVIA – Anderson D. Miamen, Executive Director of the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL), has called on President Joseph Nuyma Boakai government to urgently strengthen the Liberia …

LOFA COUNTY – Tensions are mounting in Lofa County following the indictment of Dr. Isaac P. Podah, President of Lofa County University (LCU), on multiple charges, including economic sabotage, theft …

MONROVIA – Has the dust really settled at the University of Liberia? The administration on Sunday, September 7, 2025, announced the reopening of all its campuses today, Monday, September 8, …

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 …

MONROVIA – Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah is facing mounting criticism after his sharp response to Bishop Kortu Brown, one of Liberia’s most prominent clergymen, who recently described government officials …

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 fiery sermon delivered by Bishop Kortu Brown, former President of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC), at the New Water in the Desert Apostolic Pentecostal Church in …

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 …