Author: Olando Testimony Zeongar

SANNIQUELLIE – Nimba County Superintendent, Kou Meapea Gono, has disclosed a plan to modernize an artificial lake, Lake Telleh, in the Northeastern Liberian county, for tourism purposes.An artificial lake or man-made lake is a human-created body of water formed by damming a river or stream designed to serve specific purposes such as water storage, power generation, or recreation.Other countries with large artificial lakes include Ghana, Lake Volta, Lake Kariba, which lies on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Lake Nasser, located in Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan, and Lake Mead, located on the Colorado River in the United States of…

TAPPITA – Police in Nimba County have arrested, charged, and sent to court, Prince Wogbeh, a 53-year-old man, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl (name withheld).The rape survivor’s grandmother, Sarah David, told Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) over the weekend that the incident occurred during the night hours of last Tuesday, 28 October 2024, in central Tappita Community, Nimba County.Grandmother Sarah narrated that during the night hours of the fateful day, she had gone in the room of her grandchildren when she discovered that the rape survivor was not in bed as she usually would be along with the other…

BUCHANAN – Grand Bassa County Superintendent, Julia K. Bono, has died at age 69, Rural Reporters News Network has independently gathered.Bono succumbed to death early Monday, at the Liberian Government Hospital, in the port city of Buchanan, with the cause of her death yet unknown.On April 18 this year, the Executive Mansion announced Bono’s appointment as superintendent of Grand Bassa County. She was appointed along with five others including Paul Y. Piah, Grand Bassa County Financial Officer; Moses G. Henry, Grand Bassa County Development Officer; James W. Duen, Administrative Officer for Grand Bassa County; Lady Benson, Mayor, Edina City, Grand…

MONROVIA – The Government of the United States of America through its embassy near Monrovia, has pledged support to working with the new boss of Liberia’s Office for War and Economic Crimes Court (OWECC), Cllr. Jallah A. Barbu.Following a recommendation from a search committee, based on Cllr. Barbu’s extensive experience and qualifications, he was appointed by President Joseph Boakai over the weekend to head the OWECC, after the man previously nominated to the post, Cllr. Jonathan Massaquoi’s nomination was withdrawn by the Liberia leader reportedly due to public outcry over Cllr, Massaquoi’s human rights record.In a U.S. Embassy statement released…

UPPER NIMBA – Nimba County is poised to get its first-ever turfed soccer facility amid a groundbreaking ceremony over the weekend for an artificial turf project valued at over US$600,000 at the Gompa Sports Stadium.The Gompa Sports Stadium artificial turf project is FIFA-funded and forms part of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) football development plan aimed at modernizing football facilities across the country.Under its tailored support styled FIFA Forward Fund, the world governing body for football provides funding for football development projects in the countries of its member associations. The FIFA Forward Fund aims to promote sustainable and responsible football…

MONROVIA – At long last, President Joseph Boakai, has dismissed the suspended leadership of the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA), with the Liberian leader nominating a new Director General for the agency.In early June this year, President Boakai, with immediate effect, suspended without pay, pending investigation now dismissed Director General Abraham S. Kromah along with his two deputies, Gbawou Kowou, and Hassan Fadiga, who had also been sacked by the President.The men were suspended for a fracas that occurred between them, where there were reports of the brandishing of firearms, at the Sinkor Headquarters of the LDEA on 3 June…

SINOE – Jackson Tweh Gba alias Peakie, a famous fisherman in Sinoe County, has been presumed dead after going missing at sea over two weeks now, family sources have told Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN).Peakie reportedly went missing at sea on 17 October 2024, when he left early that fateful day on a fishing expedition in Grand Kru County’s Seebeh Community, where he resided prior to going missing.Some of the missing fisherman’s customers, who are fishmongers, were the first to raise an alarm that Peakie had gone missing after they did not see him return following his departure on a…

LOWER LOFA – Residents of Lofa County’s electoral Districts #1 and #2, situated within Tangia Administrative District, are cut off due to bad road conditions exacerbated by damaged bridges, which are major sources of transportation in those areas, Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) has independently gathered.For over a decade now, citizens and residents in those parts of Lofa County have been suffering the brunt of bad roads and damaged bridges, RRNN has verified.Businesspeople and citizens of Tangia Administrative District no longer carry out their normal activities within the area due to deplorable road conditions compounded by damaged bridges, according to…

GBARPOLU – The President of Gbarpolu County’s rural women’s organization, Bendu Jah, has come under fire from several women in the county, who are calling for her removal from the post. RuralReporters News Network (RRNN) has reliably gathered women of Gbarpolu County have already declared a vote of no confidence in Jah, and are calling for her unconditional removal as president of the Gbarpolu County Rural Women organization.During the observance of International Rural Women’s Day recently, in Koniga Chiefdom, Bopolu District, Gbarpolu County, Marten Kamara, a representative of the aggrieved women who want their president removed, accused the embattled president…

NIMBA – A thunderous lightning strike Tuesday killed a 12-year-old lad and left an eight-month pregnant woman, Princess Wehyee unconscious, in the Airfield Community, Saclepea City, in Nimba County.Following the incident, the lightning strike survivor was rushed to the Comprehensive Health Center, in Saclepea City, for medical attention, where she spent a night, got treated, and discharged.Between the hours of 5 PM and 6 PM on that fateful day, she along with her brother, Preston Wheyee (the deceased), were sitting at home when accompanied by a torrential downpour, the lightning struck, instantly killing her brother, the 12-year-old, and leaving her…