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Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:18:54 GMT
Nigeria: Bandits Acting With Impunity Under 'Sleepy Buhari', Says U.S. Economist, Hanke
[This Day] An American applied economist at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, Steve H. Hanke, has stated that bandits are acting with impunity under a "sleepy" President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:50:16 GMT
Liberia: Marketers Decried Hardship Ahead of Liberia's 174th Independence Day Celebration
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As Liberia clocks 174 years of independence, the reading on the lips of many marketers has it that there is nothing to celebrate because of the hardship they are faced with on a daily basis.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:50:13 GMT
Liberia: Ministry of Labor Declares NTA Workers Strike Action Illegal
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Labour Minister Cllr. Charles H. Gibson has declared illegal the recent strike action staged by the workers of the National Transit Authority (NTA) in front of the Foreign Ministry.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:50:06 GMT
Liberia: UL College of Health Science, Yale, and Vanderbilt Receives U.S.$15 Million Health Research Utilization USAID Grant
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- On July 20, 2021, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a US$15 million project aimed at establishing a public-private-academic hub for research utilization in the Liberian health secto...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:50:04 GMT
Liberia: Alleged Murderer Freed From Police Custody, Without Court Trial
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A suspect, only identified as John Johnson, who allegedly killed his girlfriend a few weeks and was taken into police custody while awaiting trial, is now outside and walking as a free man, claimed the deceased relatives...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:50:01 GMT
Liberia: PLP Rejects Donated Rice, Cash From President Weah's Office
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The People's Liberation Party (PLP) has officially rejected and returned the amount of L$100,000 and 50 bags of rice donated by President George Manneh Weah to the Coalition of Political Parties Women in Liberia (COPPWIL...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:58 GMT
Liberia: New LACC's Issues 120-Day Ultimatum to Past, Present Public Officials Hooked for Corruption to Restitute Stolen Fund or Risk Arrest
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission's new Executive Chairperson, Cllr. Edwin K. Martin has hit the ground running with a 120-day ultimatum to all past and present public officials to return the properties they stole from ...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:54 GMT
Liberia: Burial Tomb Eclipses Minister Mcgill's Mother Funeral
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Citizens, partisans, officials of government, and other sympathizers who had gone to mourn along with the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill, has he lay his mother to rest on Thursday, stood in ...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:48 GMT
Liberia: Niko Ivanka Survivors Share Dreadful Experience With Fpa - Explain How They Survived
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Lawrence Koffa, 24, took to sea onboard Niko Ivanka last Saturday, his hopes and dreams were to begin a new life and earn tertiary education at the Tubman University in Harper, Maryland County. This dream nearly came it ...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:45 GMT
Liberia: 'Diamondonline' CEO Sheikh Mohammed Offers Insightful Thoughts On Importance of Blog, Educates Bloggers
[FrontPageAfrica] A Blog is defined as 1. A website that contains online personal reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks, videos, and photographs provided by the writer; also the contents of such a site. 2. A regular feature appearing as part of...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:43 GMT
Liberia: National Civil Society Council of Liberia Condemns Eviction of Marketers From Red Light
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has frowned on the Government of Liberia for forcefully evicting marketers from the Red-light and Gobachup Markets, stressing that amidst the politics of COVID-19, fo...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:40 GMT
Liberia: LACC Arrests NTA Managing Director, Mr. Harbie Macaulay, for Questioning After Workers' Protest and Allegations of Financial Impropriety
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) on Thursday picked up the Managing Director of the National Transit Authority (NTA) following allegations of financial impropriety by workers of the NTA who staged a protest ...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:37 GMT
Liberia: Alexander Cummings Rallies Liberians to Unite, Build a New, Prosperous Nation in Special Independence Day Message
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Top opposition leader Alexander Cummings says in spite of the enormous challenges grappling with Liberia owing to bad governance, Liberians can create a new future and build a prosperous nation.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:22 GMT
Liberia: Mr. Caimon Joe Kollie Is UBCAA New President
[FrontPageAfrica] Minneapolis -- The 2021 General Conference of the United Bong County Association in the Americas has ended with a call for unity amongst both Bong County Citizens home and abroad.Post Views: 2

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:49:15 GMT
Liberia: Liberia Maritime Authority Transitions From Rescue Mode to Recovery Mode As a Dozen of Niko Ivanka Passengers Feared Dead
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Maritime Authority has announced that the lifeless bodies of three persons believed to be some of the missing persons from the vessel were found on the shores of Grand Cape Mount County (2 persons) and Marsha...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:28 GMT
Liberia: The Fallacy of Climate Financial Risk
[New Dawn] In the United States, the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of the Treasury are gearing up to incorporate climate policy into US financial regulation, following even more audacious steps in Europe....

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:23 GMT
Liberia: Risque Climatique Et Réglementation Financière
[New Dawn] Suivant l'exemple de l'Europe qui a pris des mesures encore plus audacieuses, Aux USA, la Réserve fédérale, la SEC [le gendarme américain de la Bourse] et le département du Trésor se préparent à intégrer la politique climatique da...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:22 GMT
Liberia: Police Shut Down 28 Businesses
[New Dawn] Police Inspector General Col. Patrick Sudue says the Liberia National Police has closed down 28 businesses, including nightclubs and bars, among others for violating COVID-19 health protocols.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:20 GMT
Liberia: Lonestar Cell MTN Commits to Niko Ivanka Search and Rescue Efforts
[New Dawn] Lonestar Cell MTN commends the Government of Liberia through the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), the Ministry of National Defense, and the Armed Forces of Liberia Coast Guard for its continued and determined efforts to rescue passengers...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:18 GMT
Liberia: Chief Medical Officer Takes Covid Awareness to Maryland
[New Dawn] Maryland County -- Deputy Minister of Health and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Kateh has urged citizens of Maryland County, Southeast Liberia to observe all health protocols prescribed by the Ministry and the National Public Health Ins...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:16 GMT
Liberia: Cummings Laments Bad Governance Here
[New Dawn] Opposition politician Mr. Alexander B. Cummings laments that despite Liberia being endowed with an abundance of natural wealth, at 174 years, the country continues to beg for budgetary support, including from nations far less endowed than ...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:13 GMT
Liberia: Musa Dean, Koijee And Sudue Face Court
[New Dawn] The Criminal Court "C" in Monrovia has ordered Liberia's Justice Minister Cllr. Frank Musa Dean, Liberia National Police (LNP) Inspector General Col. Patrick Toe Sudue, and Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson T. Koijee to produce three persons d...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:11 GMT
Liberia: NTA Boss Under Probe
[New Dawn] Following protests by employees of the National Transit Authority or NTA in demand of five months' salary arrears, the managing director of the entity Herbert Macaulay, has been called in for questioning.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:41:09 GMT
Liberia: Rep. Koon Dishes Out Cash to Constituents
[New Dawn] Montserrado County District#11 Representative Richard Nagbe Koon has been dishing out cash to his constituents as part of his legislative engagement.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:40:44 GMT
Liberia: ULCHS, Yale, and Vanderbilt Announce USAID U.S.$15 Million Health Research Grant
[New Dawn] The United States Agency for International Development or USAID announced a US$15 million project aimed at establishing a public-private-academic hub for research utilization in the Liberian health sector. The funds are part of USAID's Bri...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:28:26 GMT
Liberia: Politic V.s Health
[New Republic] In Liberia, politics is strongly going against health as government officials have chosen the path of playing politics with the health of ordinary Liberians.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:28:15 GMT
Liberia: Koijee Drags to Court!
[New Republic] A writ of HABEAS CORPUS has been issued out from the first Judicial Circuit, Criminal Court "C" against Monrovia City Government in person of Mayor Jefferson Tamba Koijee.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:23:38 GMT
Liberia: U.S.-Based Group Offers 2 Foreign Scholarships
[New Dawn] A United States-based organization, Liberia Organization of Piedmont (LOP) has offered two international scholarships to any two deserving students in the country to enable them to complete their undergraduate studies at the Livingstone Co...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:23:35 GMT
Liberia: Peoples' Liberation Party Returns Rice, LD$100 K
[New Dawn] The Peoples' Liberation Party (PLP) has announced the return of 50 bags of rice and LD$100,000 received earlier by the party through its women leadership as a token.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:23:33 GMT
Liberia: Bodies Recovered From Sinking Vessel
[New Dawn] The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) says three bodies believed to be some of the missing persons from the local sinking vessel NIKO IVANKA that sunk over the weekend have been recovered.



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