Social Media Activist Questions Company’s “Liberian Ownership” IPNEWS: Patrick’sLast week, Solway Mining issued a statement in Monrovia to dismiss its original ownership and reported link to a Russian Oligarchs with tie to President Putin. In its statement, the controversial company insists that it is owned by Liberians and that the information of it been linked …
IPNEWS: Community radio stations across Liberia are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities they serve as a source of news and information. They are generally nonprofit and provide a mechanism for enabling individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own stories, to share experiences and, in a media-rich world, to become creators and contributors …
Community Radios in Nimba, Bong and Bassa Hail ArcelorMittal Partnership Read More »
IPNEWS: The local media have reported that more reports continue to surface about the death of an inmate, days after the family of another inmate who died at the Monrovia Central Prison, raised an alarm. However, a complaint over the death of another inmate has been forwarded to Justice Minister Musa Dean, where family members …
Justice Minister Receives Complaints of Deaths in Prisons Read More »
-As Family Cries For Justice IPNEWS: The family of the late Syrnus G.W. Kloun Brown has complained to Justice Minister Frank Musa Dean after their relative died while being placed in custody at the Johnsonville Police Depot. In a communication, dated July 19, 2022, addressed to Justice Minister Dean on behalf of the Brown family …
IPNEWS: The President of the Grand Bassa University (GBU), Dr. Samuel Monwell has vowed to discipline any student involved in the disruption of classes at the institution during the course of their protest. The GBU President issued the threat after he came under intense pressure from protesting students who were calling for his dismissal. The …
Grand Bassa University President Vows to Punish Aggrieved Students Read More »
IPNEWS: Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill, has hosted a stakeholders’ dialogue with leaders of Bong County, the media have reported. The event, which took place in Gbarnga, was said to be a follow-up to several meetings he had with stakeholders of the county. Tuesday’s dialogue …
IPNEWS: Appearing via zoom before the Senate Committee on Social Security, Pension and Issuance on Monday, July 18, 2022, headed by Grand Gedeh County Senator Zoe Emmanuel Pennue, the Director General-designate of the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP), Dewitt VonBallmoos told the committee if confirmed, NASSCORP will continue to make major improvements for …
IPNEWS: A media investigation has found that SOLWAY Mining Group, a Swiss-based mining company with a registered subsidiary in Liberia, would likely lose in its battle with mining giant ArcelorMittal over encroachment of their two concessions if the case ends up in the ECOWAS Court. Mount Bele Resources had their case dismissed at the ECOWAS …
Solway Was Given Concession Previously Revoked by the EJS Era–Investigation Reveals Read More »
IPNEWS: The University of Liberia’s campus-based Student Unification Party (SUP) says it will protest the pending July 26 Independence Day celebration by the government, in the face of ‘extreme hardship, despicable suffering, and sordid social decadence’ in the country. SUP discloses a plan to stage a “fix the country” campaign on July 26, 2022, that …
IPNEWS: The umbrella body of media practitioners in the country, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) has said in continuation of ongoing efforts to deter impunity against journalists and media workers in Liberia, it has released the second quarterly report of its phase-two tracking of attacks and intimidations of media practitioners in Liberia. According to …
