The Ministry of Justice announces that it was constrained to secure from the Monrovia City Court a warrant of arrest for Mr. Roosevelt Quiah for the commission of the crime of forgery committed by him while he was on the soil of the Republic of Liberia. The Ministry says that its action grows out of the fact that Mr. Roosevelt Quiah, purporting to be acting by a corporation formed and operating under the laws of the Republic of Liberia, under the name and style of Liberia Iron Ore Company (Bong Mines), forged the signature of the Minister of Lands, Mines, and Energy, and the seal of the Ministry of Lands, Mines, and Energy, by which, under a purported Mineral Development Agreement and other documents, the Ministry of Lands, Mines, and Energy was stated to have granted a Class A Mining license and concession for twenty-five (25) years to the Liberia Iron Ore Company to prospect, explore and conduct iron ore mining activities in the Bong Mines and Wologisi areas. These representations were false and fraudulent as the documents were forged.
Senator Innis Runs from Arrest
Published: 04 July, 2008
Senator Nathaniel K. Innis
MONROVIA, Grand Bassa County Junior Senator Nathaniel K. Innis has begun running from a writ of arrest issued against him for reportedly flogging his niece mercilessly.
No Money to Try Bruno 'Killers'
Published: 03 July, 2008
The late Bruno Michiels
GRAND BASSA COUNTY, State prosecutor in the case of slain Belgian Bruno Michiels Friday, June 20, 2008, requested the Circuit Court in Buchanan Grand Bassa County to reassign hearings owing to lack of funds.
Ex-NIC Chairman on Impersonation Charge
Published: 02 July, 2008
MONROVIA, National Investment Commission (NIC) former chairman in the defunct National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL), who was arrested recently for allegedly forging the name of Lands, Mines and Energy Minister, Eugene H. Shannon, yesterday filed a US$10,000 criminal appearance bond with the Monrovia City Court.
Wild Dogs Bite Ghanaian to Death
Published: 01 July, 2008
MONROVIA, Police in Monrovia have confirmed the detention of one Alphonso Korlowhen, who they claim allowed some dogs to bite a Ghanaian national, one Emmanuel Yealua, to death.
For Alleged Flogging of a Child:
Published: 30 June, 2008
Sen. Nathaniel Innis
MONROVIA, Senior Senator of Grand Bassa County, Nathaniel Innis, is expected to be arraigned before Monrovia City Court today, where he will formally be charged with an aggravated assault for allegedly beating a child.
BWI ROTC Instructor Goes to Court for Rape
Published: 26 June, 2008
KAKATA, MARGIBI COUNTY, A 38-year-old man, James T. Sayon, has allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl in the bedroom of the girl's father's residence on the Booker Washington Institute (BWI) campus in Kakata, Margibi County.
For Mass Student Pregnancies:
Published: 25 June, 2008
GRAND CAPE MOUNT COUNTY, Latest reports reaching the Daily Observer indicate that nine persons suspected of being involved in the mass pregnancy of female students in Guthrie, Bomi County, have been arrested.
Senator Roland Kaine: ‘Adduce proof of my involvement’
In Margibi Massacre Case:
Published: 25 June, 2008
MONROVIA, Detained Margibi County Junior Senator Roland Kaine, who is being held on suspicion of murder, has called for the intervention of the Liberian Senate to press the Justice Minister to adduce evidence of his involvement.
Sabotage Case Jurors Bribed?
Published: 24 June, 2008
MONROVIA, State prosecution stunned the court yesterday when one of its prosecuting attorneys raised suspicion that some members of the sequestered jurors must have come in contact with unidentified persons who might have tempered with the jurors.
Mr. Igboeli displays his wounded fingers with pieces wrapped in the napkin below
MONROVIA, About 15 armed robbers early Thursday morning chopped off two fingers of a Nigerian businessman, Ifeanyi Vincent Igboeli, manager of the Angels Mineral Water (AMW) business center, at his Weever Avenue home-office, adjacent Antoinette Tubman Memorial Methodist Church in Paynesville.
Three Businesses Fined for Violating Labor Law
Published: 19 June, 2008
The National Labor Court has summoned three businesses for failing to pay fines imposed on them by the Ministry of Labor for violation of the Labor Practices Law of Liberia.
Suspected Armed Robbers Turned Over to Police
Published: 19 June, 2008
Three alleged armed robbers who recently attacked an officer of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) at the Bong Mines Pier have been turned over to the Liberian National Police (LNP) for prosecution.
Investigation into Stadium Disaster Stalls
Published: 19 June, 2008
Augustine Toe Photo by Alaskai Moore Johnson
MONROVIA, Investigation into the death on June 1, 2008 of 10 football fans while attending a match between the Lone Star of Liberia and The Gambia is stalled, according to the head of the investigation committee, Augustine Toe.
Dogs' Killer Goes to Court
Published: 19 June, 2008
Alleged dog eater with his pot of dog meat
MONROVIA, Police in Monrovia have arrested and charged a 35-year-old man with cruelty against animals and theft of property for allegedly killing two dogs for consumption.
Narcotic Drugs Seized in Buchanan
Published: 18 June, 2008
A 33-year-old man identified as Abraham Yeah is presently under thorough interrogation at the Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA) office in Buchanan for his alleged illegal possession of narcotic drugs.
Preliminary examination into the gruesome murder case of late Bishop John Alfred Quao of Logan Town, failed to be heard, after the alleged murderers had been arraigned before the Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice on Monday.
Former NTGL Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant, Lusine F. Kamara and Rep. Edwin Snowe
Economic Sabotage Case Halted
Published: 18 June, 2008
MONROVIA, After corroborative testimonies given by state prosecutors, three key witnesses in the US$3.6 million and L$11.6 million economic sabotage case, the state on Monday requested the court for suspension of the trial, for a week, owing to some engagement of the prosecuting team.
Margibi County Senator Roland Kaine, the alleged mastermind behind the murder of the youths
Senator Kaine, 14 Others Arraigned
Published: 18 June, 2008
MARGIBI COUNTY, Margibi County Senator Roland Kaine and 14 others suspected of involvement in the recent massacre of over 16 persons were yesterday charged with murder and detained at the Kata High Prison.
Zwedru Correction Palace Reopened After 18 Years
Published: 17 June, 2008
The Palace of Correction in Zwedru will admit the first batch of prisoners anytime soon following a commissioning ceremony of the rehabilitated prison facility. Officials from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the Ministry of Justice led the commissioning ceremony. The UNMIL staff were led by Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, (DSRSG) for Rule of Law, H.M. Bonso, while Deputy Minister for Justice for Administration, Sienie Johnson led the Justice Ministry team.
A stockpile rice at the Free Port of Monrovia Photo by Alaskai Moore Johnson
4,000 Bags of Rice Disappeared At LAC
Published: 17 June, 2008
GRAND BASSA COUNTY, Several employees have been dismissed and other imprisoned in connection with the alleged disappearance of at least 4,000 bags of parboiled rice at the Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) in Grand Bassa County.
Two persons from District Number two, Grand Bassa County, David Sayweh and Browne Taylue had been imprisoned at the Monrovia Central Prison for a period of six months each for committing perjury during testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia.
Terror Grips Shoe Factory Residents
Published: 16 June, 2008
MONROVIA, Terror and fear gripped more than 900 residents of the Shoe Factory Community in Gardnersville early Saturday when a businessman and a father of three was discovered dead in a pool of blood.
Several suspected notorious thieves (rogues) whose language is lawlessness have re-surfaced in earnest at Monrovia's largest food market, Red-light in Paynesville.
BONG COUNTY, Police in Gbarnga, Bong County, are investigating George Wolbah, 45, and Henry Lepolu, 52, for their alleged involvement in the burglary of Phebe Hospital Pharmacy in Suakoko District, Bong County.
MONROVIA, Police Crime Services Department (CSD) of the Liberia National Police (LNP) has charged one Rev. Boima J. Fartoma and one Samuel Amofa to the gruesome murder of Bishop Alfred John Quao.
US$300,000 Counterfeit Seized in Buchanan
Published: 09 June, 2008
GRAND BASSA COUNTY, The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of Grand Bassa County Police Detachment has arrested a 45-year-old man, Jerry Roberts, with US$300,000 counterfeit notes in Buchanan.
US$3.6M Economic Sabotage Case Resumes Monday
Published: 06 June, 2008
MONROVIA, Selection process of jurors in the ongoing US$3.6 million and L$11.6 million case involving former officials of the erstwhile National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) were completed yesterday and the case is expected to resume on Monday with the first State witness taking the stand.
Motorcyclist Held for Woman's Death
Published: 05 June, 2008
As the rate of motorcycle accidents escalates in Bassa, police in Buchanan are holding a motorbike operator, one Solomani Soue, for being responsible for the death of a woman.
'I Killed My Grandpa to Stop His Suffering’
Published: 05 June, 2008
Police in the provincial town of Gbarnga, Bong County, have charged one Aaron Bondo, 25, with murder and arraigned him in court, for allegedly killing his 65-year-old grandfather, Peter Ben.
Postal Syndicate Unearthed
Published: 05 June, 2008
Jeremiah Solunteh, Minister of Post and Telecommunications
MONROVIA, Jeremiah C. Solunteh, Minister of Post and Telecommunications, has disclosed that an Israeli company (name not given) has printed and flooded the international market with 'fake Liberian postal stamps'.
MARYLAND COUNTY, At least one thousand Nyanboes from several villages along the Nyanbo belt in Maryland County, dressed in traditional war gears, have occupied the main administrative building in the county and are holding parades and war dances in the principal streets of the town in protest of two of their kin killed recently.
Armed Robbers Strike Again
Published: 03 June, 2008
LNP Inspector General Beatrice Munah Sieh
Despite several crafted operations of the Liberia National Police (LNP) to combat and curb the numerous armed robberies throughout the nation, armed robbers in their dozens on Sunday June 1, 2008 struck the Paynesville community in Monrovia.
More Accounts on Carter Camp Horror
Published: 30 May, 2008
A former fighter of Taylor's NPFL
MONROVIA, Helen Kpah, a witness, had revealed that the massacre of more than 500 persons on June 6, 1992 at Carter Camp, Margibi County, was the handiwork of the then armed rebel group, National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL).
Man Charged with Statutory Rape
Published: 30 May, 2008
Levi Johnson, a man presumed by police to be over 34 has been charged with statutory rape after being investigated for allegedly abusing an 11-year-old in Fiamah, Monrovia.
Ex-Defense Minister Faces TRC
Published: 29 May, 2008
KAKATA, MARGIBI COUNTY, The mother of a former fighter killed while serving as bodyguard to Daniel Chea, Charles Taylor's Defense Minister, says she will like to see the ex-army chief before the TRC, adding that she is not asking for retribution.
Nurse Claims Gang Attack in Voinjama
Published: 28 May, 2008
Lofa County Supt. Galakpai Kortimai
A nurse, Sarah J. Kpehe, 35, told the Daily Observer Tuesday that on the night of May 25, 2008, as she returned from work, she was attacked by armed men near the premises of the police depot in Voinjama. She said she was beaten and had her mobile phone stolen.
Bishop Quao’s Assassins Elusive
Published: 28 May, 2008
MONROVIA, The Liberia National Police (LNP) has confirmed that there has not been any arrest made in connection with the gruesome murder of Salvation Church of God's Bishop John Alfred Quao.
Bishop Quao Hacked to Death
Published: 27 May, 2008
MONROVIA, A Bishop was assassinated late Monday night after a woman, who claimed to be in distress, awoke him to come and pray over her ailing child. (This was later proved to be a scam). Reports say on recognizing the caller's voice, the Bishop opened his room door to usher in the caller. He was immediately hacked to death by four other accomplices of the woman, reports disclosed. His assailants immediately escaped. The police have now launched a rigorous search for the suspects.
White Land Ownership Stirs up TRC Hearings
Published: 26 May, 2008
SANNIQUELLIE, NIMBA COUNTY, Latest proposal to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) by a leading prelate for whites or non-negroes to be citizens of Liberia and accorded land ownership rights has triggered heated debate at the TRC public hearings in Sanniquelli, Nimba County.
Rights Groups Concerned about Journalist Jarkloh's Detention
Published: 23 May, 2008
About nine human rights activists have strongly condemned what they term as the illegal detention of a Liberian journalist, Bill Jarkloh and his fiancée Korpo Kortimai at the Monrovia Central Prison on allegations of rape/sodomy and kidnapping.
Police and CID officers displaying uprooted marijuana at the station
Seven Acres of Marijuana Farms Destroyed
Published: 23 May, 2008
NIMBA COUNTY, On a joint operation to crack down on the production and trafficking of narcotic drugs, security forces in Nimba, headed by the Drugs Enforcement Agency (DEA), LNP, in collaboration with UNPOL and backed by FPU and the UNMIL Bangladeshi forces, raided two marijuana farms in the Sokopa area between Nimba and Bong counties.
Photo of the seized items at the Yekepa Police Station awaiting auction
Nimba Commerce Cracks down on Smugglers
Published: 23 May, 2008
NIMBA COUNTY, The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Nimba County Office, has taken stringent steps in cracking down on those involved in smuggling rice, cement, palm oil and gasoline into Guinea despite the Government's ban on the export of those commodities.
Taylor's Loyalists Angered at Blah's Evidence
Published: 23 May, 2008
Former President Moses Z. Blah
MONROVIA, UNMIL forces have moved in to barricade the residence of former president of Liberia, Moses Z. Blah, in Paynesville in an effort to avert any attacks on residents.
Two men were recently discovered with about 194.2 grams of gold worth more than US$6,000 as they attempted to leave the country through an unofficial border crossing point of Zoamill, near Ganta.
LPC Fighters Slaughtered 550 in Bong
Published: 22 May, 2008
GBARNGA, BONG COUNTY, Fighters of George Boley's defunct Liberia Peace Council (LPC) slaughtered nearly 550 civilians in and around the town of Kpolokpa, Bong County, in 1994, a witness told commissioners of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Julu's Atrocities Disclosed
Published: 20 May, 2008
Rtd. General Charles Julu, ex-AFL Chief of Staff
NIMBA COUNTY, A witness told commissioners of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that former Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) Chief of Staff, General Charles Julu, while serving as LAMCO's Plant Protection Force (PPF) chief, executed two prominent citizens of Nimba before ordering a bodyguard to execute others.
Narcotic Drugs Worth L$1M Seized in Ganta
Published: 20 May, 2008
NIMBA COUNTY, Police in Ganta have seized 270-kilogram of narcotic drugs with a street value of L$1 million while on patrol on a Ganta-Saclepea road upon tipoff.
Former NTGL Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant and Rep. Edwin Snowe
Delay in Ex-NTGL Officials' Theft Case
Published: 20 May, 2008
MONROVIA, The US$3.6 million and L$11.6 million economic sabotage case involving former Finance Minister, Lusinee F. Kamara, and others of the erstwhile National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL), yesterday failed to resume owing to lack of petit jury for the penal.
Who Killed Jackson Doe, Others?
Published: 20 May, 2008
NIMBA COUNTY, Hundreds of citizens and foreign residents who over the weekend gathered at the Sanniquellie City Hall, Upper Nimba County, were completely silent and overwhelmed by grief as several witnesses narrated to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia on the mass arrest and summary executions of scores of prominent Nimbaians during the country's 14-year brutal conflict.
CBL Security Detained for Alleged Rape
Published: 19 May, 2008
A man identified by police as Kelvin Boima Greene, believed to be in his late 50s, has been charged and detained for allegedly raping a 9-year-old minor.
Fisherman Charged for Murder
Published: 19 May, 2008
A local fisherman and resident of King Gray in ELWA Community, Isaac David, 24, was on Saturday, May 10, 2008, arrested by police in Monrovia for his alleged involvement in the murder of another fisherman, Sieh Freeman, 22, a resident of Marshall, Lower Margibi County.
The seat of Bong County local government Photo by Alaskai Moore Johnson
Man in Court for Allegedly Smuggling Rice
Published: 19 May, 2008
GBARNGA, BONG COUNTY, A 25-year-old man, Mohammed Kromah, is expected to appear before Gbarnga Magisterial Court tomorrow Tuesday, May 20, 2008 for allegedly smuggling 100 bags f Chinese parboiled rice into neighboring Guinea.
Former president Charles Taylor, Former president Moses Blah, Benoni Urey and Cyril Allen
Blah Widens Net
Published: 19 May, 2008
THE HAGUE, Former President Moses Blah's three-day testimonies at the Special Court in The Hague and cross-examination by the Court's chief prosecutor, Stephen Rapp, has been revealing but the highest point yet is a startling disclosure that Cyril Allen and Benoni Urey, and not frontline generals, were those consulted by Charles Taylor the most on decisions taken.
Smuggling Syndicate in Lofa
Published: 16 May, 2008
Rep. Moses Kollie
Lofa County Representative for Salayea and Zorzor Districts, Moses Y. Kollie, said he had unearthed a syndicate in Lofa County that is responsible for the smuggling of rice and petroleum products in huge quantities into Guinea.
THE HAGUE, NETHERLAND, Prosecution key witness in the ongoing trial of Charles Taylor, Mr. Moses Blah, a one-time staunch ally of the indicted Liberian leader, has told the Court Wednesday that his former boss Taylor knew and was complacent about atrocities in Sierra Leone as far back as 1991.
Bryant, Snowe, Others Linked to Theft at LPRC
Published: 13 May, 2008
Charles Gyude Bryant, Chairman, erstwhile NTGL
MONROVIA, With the US$1.3 million 'Economic Sabotage' case against the former chairman of the erstwhile National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL), Charles Gyude Bryant, presently on ice, another indictment has been drawn against him and four other persons for 'Economic Conspiracy' against the State.
