Tag: liberia
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Liberia Polls: Weah, 19 other presidential candidates await results
In Liberia, incumbent President, George Weah and 19 other candidates await the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections held yesterday in the country. Thousands of Liberians gathered at polling stations across the West African country on Tuesday ahead of the start of voting at 8 am local time. Weah, a former international football star,…
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Liberians vote as George Weah seeks second term
No fewer than 2.4 million voters in Liberia are eligible to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after the first six years. Weah, 57, who turned to politics after a successful soccer career, said he needs more
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President Weah commits to delivering violent free, credible elections
President George Weah of Liberia has promised to deliver a violent free, credible, transparent and inclusive elections as the country prepares for its Presidential and general elections in October.
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Liberia govt. bans ‘Para Clear’ children’s paracetamol syrup, says it doesn’t meet required standards
The government of Liberia has on Monday banned the importation of Para Clear, a children’s paracetamol syrup made by a manufacturer based in Ahmedabad, India, after the product failed local and external laboratory tests. The LMHRA, the government’s arm that regulates pharmaceutical products in the country, said testing showed that Para Clear contained toxic ethylene…
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Empress Njamah’s ex-lover, Nicholas Jack Davis charged to court in Liberia
Beautiful actress, Empress Njamah’s ex-lover, Nicholas Jack Davis, has been charged to court in Liberia. Nicholas was seen taken to court in handcuffs, In a trending video on social media, Nicholas is facing charges including rape, sexual assault, simple assault, felonious restrain, terroristic threat, criminal coercion, menacing, robbery, armed robbery, theft of property, forgery or…
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Tigray-Ethiopia: Writing a bloody peace in hopelessness – By Owei Lakemfa
Ethiopia, which along with Liberia were the only two African countries Europe was unable to colonise, has been bathed in blood many times in the last six decades until a bloody peace was written on November 2, 2022.
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Weah-led govt corrupt, must be kicked out, says former Liberia VP Joseph Boakai
The Presidential Candidate of Liberia’s Opposition Unity Party and the Country’s former Vice President, Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai, has urged Liberians to kick out President George Weah over corruption that is capable of returning the country to the nation’s pre war conflict situation if not brought to a halt immediately. The former Vice President, at…
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Liberia: A Dream Deferred – By Owei Lakemfa
Liberia, which along with Ethiopia are the two African countries never colonized, marked its Bicentennial as an emergent country, and this Tuesday, July 26, 2022, observed its 75th Independence Anniversary. On that historic date, the five most prominent persons on the dais who are from four countries, were of contrasting nature.
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Osinbajo departs Abuja for Liberia’s bicentennial celebration
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo departs Abuja on Monday for Monrovia, to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the inauguration of the year-long commemoration of Liberia’s bicentennial anniversary. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice-President, made the declaration in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
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Liberian President, George Weah confers award on Nigerian Army officers
President George Weah of Liberia has conferred award of “Distinguished Service Order of the Republic of Liberia” on some Nigerian Army senior officers at the nation’s 65th Armed Forces Celebration. The Director, Army Public Relations Officer, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Saturday, said the award was in recognition of their outstanding contribution to…