Day: April 25, 2024

Liberia: Supreme Court Strikes Pres. Boakai Over Appointment to Tenure Positions

— Orders Withdrawal of All Nominees IPNEWS: President Joseph N. Boakai has suffered his first major legal challenge to his government with the ruling of by the full bench of the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia. The Supreme Court in its much-anticipated ruling on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, ordered President Boakai to withdraw all nominees …

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Liberia: Perception Survey Rates Speaker Fonati Koffa 100days Gavel Exceptional

–— As Justice for War Victims, House’s Audit Top Speaker Koffa’s 100-day’s Progress Report IPNEWS: Public perception of incumbent House Speaker Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa remains high, especially among the ordinary Liberians. In a survey by the authoritative Independent Probe Newspaper, on the performance of the 55th Legislature under the leadership of Speaker Fonati Koffa …

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UP Nya D. Twayen leads Samuel Kogar 26,086 Margin In Nimba Senatorial By Elections

—– As Jeremiah Sokan Leads with 3,168 votes In Grand Gedeh IPNEWS: Early provisional results from Tuesday’s, April 23, 2024 vote in a Senatorial by elections in vote-rich Nimba county, says Unity Party candidate Nya D. Twayen, Jr., now leads with 58,587 votes (62%), while his main rival, Representative Samuel Kogar of the People Unification …

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Liberia: Human Rights Situation Remains Poor–New US State Dept. HR Report Reveals

IPNEWS: The 2023 Human Rights report on Liberia by the US State Department shows “no significant changes in the human rights situation in Liberia during the year,” as it cites a litany of human rights problems, ranging from “arbitrary or unlawful killings to hash and life-threatening prison conditions to deficiency in the independence of the …

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𝐌𝐂𝐂 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬 Wants Budget Increment for Effect City Sanitation

IPNEWS: Monrovia City Mayor John-Charuk Siafa appeared before the National Legislature today for his first budget hearing, calling for more financial allocation for effective and sustainable city management. Mayor Siafa, speaking on behalf of the City of Monrovia, said that sustainable waste management needs proper fiscal support, which the Monrovia City Corporation lacks and contributes …

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