Month: December 2017

Preliminary votes count from Tuesday’s runoff Presidential election in Liberia now puts former World Soccer icon, now Senator of Montserrado County, George M. Weah, of the Congress for Democratic Change-CDC ahead of long time politician –Vice President of Liberia Joseph N. Boakai, of the Unity Party-UP . The National Elections Commission of Liberia late evening …

In Liberia’s Runoff Election: Former World Soccer Icon Leads Long Time Politician in Preliminary Votes Count. Read More »

IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia- 26 December  2017: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in keeping with Chapter Two, Article 5 (c) of the constitution of the Republic of Liberia (1986), has issued an Executive Order  establishing a transitional team for the easy transfer of power to the newly elected president come January 2018. According to an Executive Mansion release …

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IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia- 26 December  2017: A female staff of National Election Commission (NEC), identified as Cynthia Ballah  has been arrested late Tuesday morning for allegedly being in position of pre-marked ballot  paper . According to security personnel at the Rev. Mother Sarah School System on Duport Road Zubah Town, Paynesville, Cynthia was arrested while trying …

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IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia- 26 December   2017:  Liberia’s runoff election to has gotten to a start with a very lower turnout in comparison previous elections of October 10, 20111 & 2005. Rolling around the city center in the early hours of Tuesday, December 26, 2017, to ensure full coverage of the runoff elections, we came across a …

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IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia- 21 December 2017-  Chief Zanzar Kawor, head of the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia, is warning against the postponement of planned runoff election slated for December 26,2017. Chief Kawor said the traditional and indigenous people of Liberia will not accept any further delay because there were continuing hardship on the …

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