Author: Lennart Dodoo

MONROVIA – Solway Mining Liberia Limited while dealing with an encroachment allegation raised by steel giant ArcelorMittal, some of the beneficiaries of the intestate estate of the Late Lassana B. Dunbar, are also raising allegations that the company is illegally negotiating the lease of some 600 acres of land the company is currently occupying.

Dear Senator Abe Darius Dillon, Do not get weary when the public scrutinizes your every move, especially as it relates to your activities in the Senate. You see, before you went to the Senate, the majority of Liberians had given up on the entire Legislature and held the opinion that nothing good can come out of there. The majority of lawmakers were deemed corrupt and not acting in the sole interest of the Liberian people. Senator Dillon, please go back and review the voting results that took you to the Senate. It’s overwhelming. You gave not the people of Montserrado…

MONROVIA – The standoff between Solway Mining Company and ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) over the alleged encroachment of Solway on AML’s concession area is yet to be decided by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, however, President Weah says he would prioritize Liberian businesses as he and the owners of Solway “are my family, we lived together in the same house so you can see they’re my family and I have their interest”.

MONROVIA – A potential one-billion-dollar investment poised to be the biggest in the mining sector in West Africa is facing crisis here in Liberia and the Liberian government, and the legislature all have a hand in this – probably for the ultimate good of the state, or perhaps, for self-benefits.In September, Liberia and ArcelorMittal signed a landmark third amendment to the company’s Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) which would pave way for the expansion of the company’s operations with additional investments.The HurdlesThere have been so many sticky and unresolved issues surrounding the passage of the new MDA which has been languishing…

MONROVIA – FrontPageAfrica has obtained a communication sent to the Management of Monrovia Club Breweries by the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation requesting the entity to make advanced payment on its monthly bill to a private company.

Liberia Maritime Authority Commissioner, Lenn Eugene Nagbe MONROVIA – The Commissioner of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), Lenn Eugene Nagbe, has told FrontPageAfrica that the authority is working assiduously with Russian counterparts to have the Liberian flagged vessel, SMARTA, released unconditionally to its owners. The Smarta was seized by Russian-controlled separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine. The Smarta, according to Reuters, was last in the news in April, when Russian forces seized the port area in Mariupol and detained the vessel’s Ukrainian crew. At least half a dozen commercial vessels were trapped at Mariupol when the Russian invasion began in February, and the region’s…

MONROVIA – The Liberia Chamber of Commerce (LCC) during its 70th Annual General Assembly held on Tuesday, reelected Cllr. Natu Oswald Tweh to steer the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce for the next two years.

MONROVIA – FrontPageAfrica has gathered details, unknown before, into a suit by Moisema A. Dorley, alleging the CBL Governor, Aloysius Tarlue has refused to pay the rent for his house in which the Governor lives.

MONROVIA – Multiple attempts by media outlets, including the FrontPageAfrica, to get comments from the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) under whose watch over 1.5 million gallons of petroleum products worth about US$6 million have proved futile.

MONROVIA – Last Tuesday’s Lofa County senatorial by-election won by Cllr. Joseph Jallah, an independent candidate backed by the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), certainly brought a lot of intrigue and some political lessons and perhaps, regrets, to the fore.