U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanction on Sen. Varney Sherman for bribery
Grand Cape Mount County senator and a prominent lawyer, and Chair of the Liberian Senate Judiciary Committee has been sanctioned by the United States Department of Treasury.
This followed a damning report by United States...
Liberian Legislature rejects US$ 800 Million Arcelor Mittal deal reportedly for new mining company
Members of the Liberia House of Representatives have rejected the third amendment of the Arcelor Mittal Liberia mineral development agreement (MDA) with the government, saying “it would not serve the national interest” to have...
Fire Guts legislative Building in Monrovia Amid Leadership Dispute
A fire broke out on Tuesday evening at the Capitol Building, the seat of the legislature in Liberia, engulfing offices near those of Montserrado County District #11 Representative Richard Koon.
The incident occurred...
COMMENTARY – The Justices On The Supreme Court Must Help To Halt Corruption In...
This admission is stunning; not only because it is emanating from a High Court Justice who should know better than to “sugar coat” and condone the poison that is corruption but that she has...
Liberia’s Supreme Court postpones ruling into bill of information filed...
As the Supreme Court is ready to rule on a controversial bill of information submitted by embattled Speaker Fonati Koffa and his associates, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Youh is calling for more security measures...
President Boakai Declares Drug Abuse Public Health Emergency
In his first State of the Nation address, President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has made a bold declaration, signaling a decisive shift in the country's approach to the growing drug crisis.
The President officially declared drug...
Chief Justice halts Cllr. Gongloe’s speech at Justice Kaba induction
What appeared to be a drama unfolded Monday May 20, 2019, in the Supreme Court of the Temple of Justice when the President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe, was...
Liberia: Nimba ‘Grand Zoe’ suspended indefinitely for uncultured behavior
The Council of chiefs and Elders Nimba Branch has suspended its Grand Zoe Lawrence Q. Gonyor for time indefinite.
Speaking to LPR news in Sanniquellie on Thursday June 11, the Nimba Chairman of the National...
Imam sentenced to 2 years for severe burn on Nephew in Grand Cape Mount
By Garmah Lomoh|LPR News, Monrovia
The 5th Judicial Circuit Court in Grand Cape Mount County Western Liberia headed by Judge Ausman Feakai has sentenced an Imam Identified as Siafa Fahnbulleh to two years Imprisonment.
Imam Fahnbulleh...
Ivory Coast’s ex-first lady surprisingly cleared to contest presidency
Ivory Coast's former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, 76, is the surprise inclusion in a list of five candidates who have been officially cleared to contest next month's presidential election.
She will run against President Alassane...
