Delegates at the eighth regular sitting of the Nimba County Council have unanimously endorsed the appropriation of over US$800,000 for the rehabilitation for farm-to-market roads across the county to enhance the transportation of their farm products to bigger markets. This amount is drawn from the US$2.7 million budget approved at the council sitting.
Taa Wongbe Commits to Not Running as Independent If He Loses CPP Primary
The Alternative National Congress’ Taa Wongbe has announced that he has signed a memorandum of understanding with the opposition Collaborating Political Parties in a bid to further his plans of attaining the group’s endorsement in his pursuit of Nimba’s senatorial seat in the 2020 election.
Nimba Lawmakers Concerned Over Sen. Prince Johnson’s ‘Stage-managed’ PMC Election
The manner in which the election of officials of Nimba’s Project Management Committee was conducted during the just-ended Nimba County Council Sitting has created a controversy, as many are accusing Sen. Prince Johnson of illegally stage-managing the process.
Liberia’s Comptroller General Linked to Nimba County Sitting Bribery Allegations
The comptroller general of the Republic of Liberia who also serves as secretary-general of Pres. George Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change, Janga Augustus Kowo, has been accused of dishing out US$12,000 to delegates attending the Nimba County Council Sitting to vote for his partisans who are competing for positions on the county’s Project Management Committee.
Laid Off ArcelorMittal Workers Block Railroad in Demand of Severance Packages
Workers laid off by mining giant ArcelorMittal have entered their third day of peaceful protest against the company for its reported failure to provide them with benefits they say they are due.
Sen. Prince Johnson Endorses Rep. Jeremiah Koung for 2020 Senatorial Election in Nimba
Less than a week after a leaked recording emerged of Sen. Prince Yormie Johnson describing the representative of Nimba’s first electoral district as a “greedy politician,” the self-proclaimed ‘godfather’ of Nimba has now pledged his support to Rep. Jeremiah Koung.
COVID-19 Resurfaces in Tappita, As Jackson F. Doe Hospital Records Three New Cases
Authorities at the Jackson Fiah Doe Memorial Regional Referral Hospital in Tappita say they have recorded three new cases of the Coronavirus and are expecting the arrival of an additional two in the coming days from an adjacent health facility.
Nimba’s Criminal Court E Sentences Three for Statutory Rapes
Three men ranging from 19 to 80 years of age have be sentenced by Criminal Court E at the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court in Sanniquellie for three separate statutory rapes.