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By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The Elections Coordinating Commission (ECC) has raised alarm on the just ended Representatives and Presidential elections flagging that there were some serious administrative and technical lapses. The ECC Chairman, Oscar Bloh, told a news conference Thursday, October 12, in Monrovia that ECC observers observed inconsistences in how staffs of the National Elections Commission addressed the issue of voters’ names missing from the Final Registration Roll. “In 75 percent of observed polling places with missing names, these voters were permitted to vote; however, voters in 25 percent of these polling places were denied the…

NEC Announces More Provisional Results By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor In Monrovia Latest reports of provisional results of the Presidential and Representative elections in Liberia show that George Manneh Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) top in 12 of the 15 political subdivisions (counties), and closely followed by Vice President Joseph Boakai, standard-bearer of the ruling Unity Party. The only three counties that Senator Weah is not leading are Lofa, Nimba and Grand Bassa. In Lofa, Vice President Joseph N. Boakai is leading, Sen. Prince Johnson leads in Nimba, while Cllr. Charles Brumksine is leading in Grand Bassa…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia Liberians are poised to elect their leaders tomorrow, Tuesday, October 10, when polling commences in earnest in the presidential and legislative elections. There are 20 presidential candidates in this year’s elections, and all candidates claim they will win. The 1986 Liberian Constitution article 83 (a) states; voting for the President, Vice–President, members of the Senate and members of the House of Representatives shall be conducted throughout the Republic on the second Tuesday in October of each election year. The data released by the National Elections Commission for these elections for voters for the…

Preaching License Withdrawn Bu Sierra Leone Government By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone A Nigerian Evangelist who is Founder and General Overseer of the Christ Revival Evangelistic Ministries, also known as, “Sanctuary Praise Church”, Evangelist Victor Ajisafe, has been interrogated by the Criminal Division of the Sierra Leone Police for allegedly misrepresenting the history of the Country and called Islam a violent religion. Evangelist Ajisafe’s Church did not open its doors last Sunday as he is being processed to face possible prosecution in Freetown. He has meanwhile publicly apologized to the government and people of Sierra Leone and…

By Prince Wonplu in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County The Liberian Government Hospital in Buchanan over the weekend received an Ambulance from Save the Children, valued a little over $50,000usd. Presenting the Ambulance to the Health Facility, Save the Children Acting Country Team Leader Reashue Kammah said the Liberian Government Hospital must see the need to properly make use of the Ambulance. According to Mr. Kammah the Ambulance was purchased by an International Organization called International Medical Corps. Receiving the ambulance on behalf of the Liberian Government Hospital, LGH Administrator Isaac Bannie said the gesture is welcoming and will be used…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone As part of its corporate social responsibilities, First Bank of Nigeria (FBNBank) Sierra Leone has last Friday donated assorted food items to the children at Don Bosco Fambul on Fort Street in Freetown and the aged at the King George IV Home of the Aged in Grafton, Western Area Rural District. Speaking to pressmen after the donation on Friday, Sierra Leone’s FBNBank Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Adekunle Amujo, said the donation was part of their activities that they did from Monday to Friday last week, adding that since September 25-29, FBNBank was…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia The governing Unity Party Standard Bearer Joseph Nyumah Boakai, opposition Liberty Party Standard Bearer, Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine, main opposition Coalition for Democratic Change Standard Bearer, Senator George Manneh Weah, and the All Liberian Party of businessman turned politician Benoni Wilfred Urey and others recently boycotted the second presidential debate organized by the Deepening Democracy Coalition. The Deepening Democracy Coalition had earlier held the first presidential debate which Benoni Urey, Charles Brumskine and Joseph Boakai attended, but the public and the organizers said they were dismayed the invitees failed to show up for…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monvoria With less than eleven days to the holding of the Representatives and Presidential elections, Liberty Party of Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine has filed formal complaints with the National Election Commission (NEC) against the Coalition for Democratic Change of Montserrado County Senator George Manneh Weah alleging electoral violence perpetrated by CDCians Speaking at the regular press briefing Wednesday, September 27, at NEC’s headquarters in Monrovia, Chairman Jerome George Korkoya said that the Liberty Party complained the CDC alleging campaign violence which occurred in Sanniquelle, Nimba County. “This complaint has been referred to our independent…

By Joseph S. Margai in Freetown, Sierra Leone A press release issued by Marie Stopes Sierra Leone (MSSL) has noted that in 2016, the organization prevented 101,220 unintended pregnancies. The organization succeeded in preventing the pregnancies by providing contraceptive services and distributing condoms to sexually active youths and adults. The press release, which was issued recently during the commemoration of the World Contraception Day (WCD), also noted that in 2016, MSSL’s teams provided family planning contraceptive services to 444,456 countrywide, thereby preventing 59,510 unsafe abortions. “Excluding the free distribution of 1,080,002 condoms, MSSL was able to prevent 1,073 maternal deaths.…

The road leading to towns in Lofa County are deplorable, but that is not stopping politicians and presidential candidates and their campaign teams from venturing into the County to get their fair share of the votes. The latest presidential candidate to seek support of the Lofaians is the standard-bearer of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Alexander B. Cummings. A press of the ANC statement issued in Monrovia, September 25th, says after touring Margibi, Nimba and Bong counties, Mr. Cummings and some stalwarts of his party including its Chairman, Mr. Lafayette Gould, were received by thousands of partisans and supporters who…