Author: Selma Lomax

Gbarnga, Bong – The Intelligence Officer of the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Darwolo Melen otherwise known as Darius Melen, is at the center of major controversy after a Nigerian national, Henry Cheigwu, claimed that the LDEA officer withdrew over L$400,000 from his mobile money account following a raid on her premises. During the raid, which was carried out in April this year, the LDEA reported that they had raided Cheigwu of drugs in the value of over L$7 million. Cheigwu, who denied of being a drug dealer, claimed that the alarm raised by LDEA was intended to raid his…

Gbarnga, Bong County – Bong County Superintendent Esther Walker Monday said she is overwhelmed by her reinstatement to the post after her suspension in February this year by President George Manneh Weah.

SUAKOKO, Bong County – Cuttington on Friday and Saturday conferred degrees on over 600 students. The university handed out 266 bachelor’s degrees, 261 masters’ degrees and 50 associate’s degrees.

Suakoko, Bong County – Cuttington University is set to award 678 undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees on Friday, June 28, at the school’s annual commencement ceremony in the Samuel D. Ferguson Hall in Suakoko, Bong County. 

Bong and Nimba Counties – The Center for Justice and Peace Studies (CJPS) over the weekend collaborated with the police in Bong and Nimba counties to provide training for community watch forums from 18 communities in six districts in the two counties.

Gbarnga, Bong County – Joint security investigators in Bong County have recommended to the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) the transfer of three LDEA officials from Bong County following an investigative report into a criminal facilitation and negligence of a case reported by Teddy Glegneir of the Camp Tubman Military Barracks against LDEA’s Bong County Commander, Alex Toweh, Chief of Operations Prince Boimah and Intelligence Officer Darius Melen.

GBARNGA, Bong County – The National Youth Movement for Transparent Elections (NAYMOTE) has ended a one-day open budget discussion in Bong County using the Citizens’ Guide to the National Budget.

Gbarnga, Bong County – Sordid details and betrayal appear to be the twin dominant factors behind murders and attempts to murder in Bong County, crime statistics with police in the county have shown.

Suakoko, Bong County – Police in Gbarnga, Bong County have arrested and charged two students of Cuttington University age 29 and 33 for allegedly forcing a girl into a home and raping her. Collins is a prospective graduate of Cuttington having defended his thesis last Friday.

Suakoko, Bong County – Stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Liberia say they support a move by the Borlaug Higher Education for Research and Development Program, (BHEARD) to integrate the activities of the different centers and research programs and to better align with the country’s priorities in developing country’s agriculture sector.