Author: Rodney Sieh

Monrovia – Lamenting what he calls the deteriorating state of lawlessness in Liberia in the wake of the latest attack on his Roots FM 102.7 radio station Monday, Talk Show Host Henry Costa says he is prepared to hire people who have knowledge and expertise in using guns in a bid to curb repeated attacks on his facility. “The next time you come there, people will die and they will die at my instruction,” Mr. Costa vented in a Facebook post Monday.

“Senator Doe-Sheriff fought a great fight. Her impeccable record of service to Nation and contributions to women upliftment will always be remembered and celebrated. As she bid us farewell, may her soul rest in perfect peace and may light perpetual shine on her.” – President George Manneh Weah said in a statement Sunday. Monrovia – Tributes and condolences are pouring in from all sectors of Liberia and around the world following the death Saturday of Montserrado County Senator Geraldine Doe-Sheriff.Dubbed ‘Zico’ owing to her early days as one of Liberia’s pioneering women footballers, the late Senator was pronounced dead at about 5:15 Saturday afternoon at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital…

The Late Senator Geraldine Doe-Sheriff The Senator had been a member of the Senate since she won her seat on the ticket of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) in 2009 before switching to the former ruling Unity Party. Her current term was set to expire in 2021. Accra, Ghana – Montserrado County’s Junior Senator Geraldine Doe-Sheriff who has been battling cancer for a little over a year now has died. Family sources confirmed the news to FrontPageAfrica late Saturday that the Senator succumbed to the killer disease at the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital in Accra, Ghana, where she had gone…

LONDON – When the Liberian-German-born Freddy ‘Pretty Boy’ Kiwitt enters the ring at the York Hall Bethnal Green in London later this month, the sky would be the limit depending how easily he is able to knock out the impressive Irish boxer, Paddy Gallagher for the World Boxing Organization’s European Welterweight title. The fight on Saturday, February 22nd puts Kiwitt, who has won fourteen of his professional bouts, lost two with eight knockouts against Gallagher, who has won 15 of is pro fights, has four losses and nine knock outs, dueling for bragging rights to Europe’s WBO title. “This fight…

Former Liberia Football Association president Musa Bility Monrovia – The former Liberia FA boss stepped down from two Caf posts and wrote an explosive resignation letter criticizing the organisation’s leadership Ex-Liberia FA (LFA) chairman Musa Bility has written a damning resignation letter, slamming the Confederation of African Football (Caf) leadership over the way the game is run on the continent. Bility expressed “sadness and a huge sense of disappointment” as he resigned from the Caf emergency committee and as president of the African Nations Championship (Chan) standing committees. He however, remains a member of the Caf Executive Committee but warned…

Monrovia – Mary Williams’ fiery voice on the Hott FM morning Show has been muted from the airwaves for a little over a week now, with speculations pointing to pressure on the station’s management from the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change.

Dear Readers, As yet another year comes to a climax in Liberia, we are once more reminded about the essence of democracy and the value of power placed in the right – or wrong hands. The right turn can lead a country to achieving the impossible greatness – and the wrong turn can lead a country to a painful and ugly road less traveled. Too often Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic has allowed itself to fall in the trenches of oblivion, due to the failures of those elected by the people to serve or appointed by leaders/rulers in authority, to simply…

Monrovia – When Augustine Weah took a year off from his job at the United Nations in hopes of feeling the waters of the still-infant government headed by George Manneh Weah, he had no idea it would lead to his arrest and subsequent short stint in jail. Report by Rodney D. Sieh, [email protected] Weah, a representative of the Burkinabe company, GELPAZ Construction in Liberia, was one of three persons picked up last month after the Civil Law Court in Monrovia issued a Writ of Ne Exeat Republica on the Managing Director of the National Housing Authority (NHA), and his deputy for administration,…

Monrovia – An investigation by FrontPageAfrica has uncovered multiple layers of corruption, fiscal mismanagement, kickbacks and waste resulting in millions of dollars in losses from the Liberian government coffers in just the first year of Coalition for Democratic Change government headed by George Manneh Weah. Repot by Rodney D. Sieh, [email protected] In January, the President used his first annual message to announce salary cuts by a quarter as he warned of tough times ahead for a “broke” country. Said President Weah: “The state of the economy that my administration inherited leaves a lot to do and to be decided.…

Dear Readers, Over the last few weeks, we have had a lot of jabs thrown our way from a lot of folks close to the corridors of power in Liberia, regarding the image being portrayed in the media about Africa’s oldest republic. There are some of you who feel that we publish way too many negative stories about corruption, greed, abuse of resources, and the lack of transparency and accountability in government. Thus, driving investors away and projecting Liberia in a bad light. In one of a couple of interactions with former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf since leaving office, she too…