https://www.liberianobserver.com/ Liberia's First Independent Daily en Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:23:37 +0000 Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 +0000 https://www.liberianobserver.com/prosecutor-pleads-senators-suspend-secretary-singbeh Published August 12, 2021 Months after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) could not get the support from Senate Pro Tempore Albert Chie to have Senate Secretary Nanborlor Singbeh temporarily suspended from his position to go through a case in which he is involved, in court; the… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 45d48323-c8ec-4edb-88e6-7ee05d64843a Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/removal-tenured-officials-violates-constitution — Supreme Court slams Boakai for illegal action The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 24, delivered a landmark precedent decision in the tenure dispute over five Autonomous Public Commissions and Agencies (petitioners), whose leaderships the Executive Branch (respondent) sought to replace.… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) aa2a8187-319c-4a25-843c-33db6d094002 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 06:40:37 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-supreme-court-descends-gracious-ride — Gives Taxi Company a 5-day ultimatum to provide Board Resolution The Supreme Court has issued a five-day ultimatum to Gracious Ride Transport Service to provide evidence of ownership amidst a case involving the seizure of the company’s vehicles by President Boakai’s Assets Recovery… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 0d916b9d-1e83-4520-a51e-2c0843c4955b Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:41:30 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-boakais-assets-recovery-taskforce-first-supreme-courts-test-today President Joseph Boakai’s Assets Recovery Taskforce, established to legally engage past government officials who reportedly acquired or converted public resources to private use, will have its first-ever appearance at the Supreme Court on Monday, April 1. The appearance of the Task Force… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 9af957c6-1663-4043-84ea-efbd4bbceae4 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 07:31:38 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberias-push-war-crimes-court-gains-traction-us Liberia’s civil society organizations, justice campaigners, war victims and survivors, and the human rights community have joined forces to push for the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court in the country. Following an initial resolution by civil society organizations submitted… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) fb7901fb-cd06-4c38-a405-2ce35190ec39 Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:15:43 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-supreme-court-halts-boakais-assets-recovery-task-force-operations The Supreme Court has halted the operations of the Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Team set up by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to recover and retrieve public resources and properties that were illegally acquired or converted to private use by officials of past governments. The… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 683abc4d-9713-4478-97e3-1a31206ec6b5 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:31:11 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-supreme-court-rule-epas-tenure-case-soon The Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling soon regarding the ongoing leadership crisis at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Justices at an oral argument on Tuesday, March 26, questioned whether President Joseph Boakai's nomination of Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo as Acting… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) c13989bf-aea8-41da-81a7-efd6675e0587 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:45:06 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-supreme-court-hear-epas-tenure-case-today The Supreme Court is expected today, Tuesday, March 26, to begin proceedings into an appeal filed by former Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Wilson Tarpeh, and the government of Liberia over the latter’s decision to terminate his service at the agency despite… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) dfcf8500-4877-433e-9208-26b736f72ef8 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:10:21 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-did-lucas-richards-forcibly-abort-his-liberian-wifes-pregnancy — Prosecution Witnesses link the American missionary to destruction of the pregnancy of his Liberian wife, Jessica Lloyd One of the medical doctors who performed the Dilation and Curettage (DnC) to stop Jessica Lloyd's heavy bleeding after her three-month pregnancy was allegedly aborted… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 0656c802-093e-4659-86e6-c542d0928468 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 06:43:30 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-inchr-fails-investigate-14-yrs-human-rights-violators — Dr. George Boley alleges, describes Cllr. Dempster Brown as a failure The former leader of the defunct rebel group, Liberia Peace Council, has accused the chairman of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR), Cllr. Dempster Brown, of failing to enforce the act that… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 66f7a9e9-2d57-485a-b83c-f993e7a1ad3e Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:40:58 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-criminal-court-denies-us-citizen-seeking-medical-care-abroad By Abednego Davis A U.S. citizen, Lucas Richards, on trial for attempting to murder his wife, Jessica Lloyd, was on Wednesday, February 28, denied permission by Criminal Court ‘B’ to travel abroad for medical care. The victim, Jessica Lloyd, survived the attack and is actively involved… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) c374a391-7b61-4246-a23f-34c077a10815 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 07:24:20 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-lwscs-manager-walks-free-lacc-discontinues-us80k-case In a dramatic twist of events, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has decided to discontinue the case against George Nyenkan, the Materials Manager at the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC), along with five others, including high-ranking officials, on allegations of… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 99f6e09e-b570-413d-b8d5-09df12735326 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:29:16 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-chief-justice-yuoh-judges-divided-over-supreme-courts-bench-nomination — As Judges demand exclusive rights to Supreme Court Bench nominations Controversy has arisen within the Liberian judiciary as judges express their desire to be considered for nomination to the Supreme Court Bench. This comes as President Joseph Boakai prepares to nominate a replacement for… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) b6ef7152-a388-4511-b3fb-8fa9840a5b21 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 07:27:28 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-cllr-livingstone-hits-back-county-atty-sesay-over-us150k-saga — Says Sesay collected US$3K from Prosecution’s funds despite denying that he didn’t get a cent  A new revelation has emerged in the ongoing saga involving a reported misappropriation of US$150K by prosecutors of the Ministry of Justice. The funds were intended for the prosecution of the… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) c46c3684-3f29-4f54-83bf-947d252c0588 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 03:57:19 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-us150k-allegedly-misappropriated-prosecutors … in Former Chief Justice Scott’s murder trial Cllr. Swahilo Sesay, Montserrado County Attorney, has accused prosecutors representing the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of misappropriating US$150,000 that was allocated for the prosecution of the Charloe Musu murder trial. This accusation has… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 0e81475f-54f1-4d36-add1-c2779dc8228c Wed, 14 Feb 2024 07:10:30 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-supreme-court-launches-strategic-plan-judicial-innovations The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 6, launched its second Strategic Plan for the Judiciary (SPJ) following the successful implementation of the 2018-2023 Plan. The plan, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh said, is a product of a consultation process involving justices, judicial staffers… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 95323ca5-0a3d-4b01-a001-9fff816a6172 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 07:14:05 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-court-ruling-links-ex-police-ig-others-us12k-extortion Judge Ousman Feika of the Civil Law Court for Montserrado County rendered a ruling on Wednesday, January 31, ordering former Police Inspector-General Patrick Sudue to return US$12,000.00 seized from Chris Geeplay Weah, a petitioner. In his ruling, Judge Feika highlighted that the… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 06de75f1-28aa-43b6-bce6-f46954aaedeb Fri, 02 Feb 2024 06:34:38 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-czech-investors-accuse-protem-chie-interference-us5m-theft-cases — Express frustration over shielding ‘fraudster’ Senate Secretary Singbeh Political interference and corruption in Liberia’s justice system have had a profoundly negative impact on the judiciary and are undermining the credibility, efficiency, productivity, trust, and confidence of the… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 435d402d-337f-4c0f-9e4f-9861a03fe820 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:28:25 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-scourt-declines-hear-case-weahs-nominee The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 9 declined to decide for now whether Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh should recuse herself from participating in the determination of the petition for prohibition filed against President George Weah’s nominee for the Supreme Court Bench, Cllr. Frank… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 4b3945df-8ed0-48c8-ad5d-b622dccdd196 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:23:33 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-slim-chance-weahs-supreme-court-nominee …. Will Chamber Justice Wolokollie lift the stay order on Cllr. Dean’s confirmation hearing? There is a degree of uncertainty surrounding the confirmation hearing of President George Weah’s nominee for the Office of Associate Justice, Cllr. Frank Musah Dean, as the Senate Judicial Committee… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) f0670ded-b48b-40d5-9a88-9e266722683f Tue, 09 Jan 2024 06:23:32 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-judge-peabody-faces-suspension-over-ethical-breach The Judiciary Inquiry Commission (JIC) has recommended a one-year suspension without pay and benefits for Resident Judge Kennedy Peabody for breaching his professional code of ethics. The complaint against Judge Peabody was filed by Prince Kanneh, a former employee of Lebanese… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 89b9c881-df69-421c-bb4f-c34c5dca3ccc Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:14:54 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-court-arrests-journalist-sekou-sheriff-alleged-blackmail-criminal-coercion In a surprising development, Journalist Sekou Sheriff, CEO of The Voice of Liberia (VOL), a radio station in Monrovia, was arrested on Thursday, January 4, by a sheriff of the court after the Monrovia City Magisterial Court issued a warrant for him. The charges brought against Sheriff… 2f1e99e7-9093-4f75-858f-14a6ec178794 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 07:45:17 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-supreme-court-halts-associate-justices-confirmation — As Unity Party files a request for a writ of prohibition The confirmation process for Justice Minister Frank Musah Dean’s ascendency to the Supreme Court bench has been temporarily halted as the high court issued a stay order. The Supreme Court, through the Justice-In-Chambers, Jamesetta… harmonwilliam89@gmail.com (William Q. Harmon) 213ba5cd-4966-4358-969c-9deb8bac66b2 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 06:11:50 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-jury-finds-ex-chief-justice-scott-others-guilty — “We, the trial jurors in the case, after careful consideration of the evidence, hereby agree that the defendants are judged guilty,” 11 out of the 12 jurors said in their ruling after deliberating for less than an hour. Former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott, along with three other family… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 2dcaff0d-abad-4ccc-94b9-957da934bd9e Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:07:47 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-jury-decides-scotts-murder-case-today The jury hearing the murder trial of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott, Rebecca Youdeh, Alice Johnson, and Gertrude Newton is expected to decide the fates of the accused through a guilty or not-guilty verdict December 21. The jurors’ deliberations will have wide latitude in deciding… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 10d7e69d-d40f-4d36-ad2e-084e1a0e1329 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 07:07:45 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-supreme-court-rules-favor-team-kanubah-controversial-pul-election …. Says Justice Nagbe’s err in lifting stay-order on PUL activities The Supreme Court of Liberia has ruled in favor of the National Campaign Management Team of Julius Kanubah in a case seeking to overturn a controversial mandate by Associate Justice Joseph Nagbe. In a verdict delivered on… liberianobserver@gmail.com (Staff Editor) e8bf1055-a7b2-40c5-9374-3a7d3ebc39ad Wed, 20 Dec 2023 07:00:02 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-charloe-musus-murderer-male — Pathologist says Dr. Matthau Okoye, an experienced forensic pathologist, has provided new information in the trial of Charloe Musu’s murder, which has the potential to sway the trajectory of this landmark murder case. According to Dr. Okoye, the evidence he found during his forensic… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) 43611614-470b-4dc1-8450-03ea42d4b07e Thu, 14 Dec 2023 06:48:27 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-us-sanctioned-koijee-testify-charloe-musus-murder-trial In a significant turn of events, Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Koijee, recently sanctioned by the United States government, will now be permitted to testify as a special witness for the defense in the ongoing trial of Charloe Musu’s murder. This reversal comes after the Presiding… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) bb9a047d-293b-4750-b1a0-9c26cd980adb Tue, 12 Dec 2023 06:20:28 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-defeated-district-12-rep-candidate-withdraws-electoral-disputed-case — Pledges support to Representative-elect Jerry K. Yogboh Prof. Richmond S. Anderson, a defeated candidate in the 2023 Montserrado County District #12 Representative election, has withdrawn his case at the National Elections Commission (NEC), paving the way for the announced winner of the… dyates460@gmail.com (David A. Yates) 85f4b03f-2fee-40b7-8354-ec7f8e23f764 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:55:11 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-supreme-court-decide-koijees-appearance-court The Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments regarding the potential appearance of Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Koijee, at Criminal Court ‘A’ to testify in the ongoing murder trial in connection to the death of Charloe Musu. The high court has to decide whether Koijee's call log should… abednegodavis75@gmail.com (Abednego Davis) bf218d18-8e07-46e0-928b-6b6d94644b80 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:51:51 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily