Author: Olando Testimony Zeongar

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…

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,…

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. Rural Reporters 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…

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…

NIMBA – Concerns are mounting over bad road conditions in the upper region of Liberia’s largest county, Nimba, Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) has reliably gathered. Nimba County, located in Liberia’s northeastern region, is the country’s most populous county, and is also the largest in size, covering a land area of 11,551 km2 or 4,460 square kilometers. Bad road conditions in Upper Nimba are taking a toll on many in Upper Nimba, especially road users, who are mostly business people, according to an RRNN reporter in the area. Our reporter quotes commuters, particularly business people as complaining about bad road…

BOMI – The Board of Directors of the Bomi County Community College (BCC) has dismissed the institution’s Comptroller, Anthony Benson, on charges of allegedly squandering thousands of United States dollars belonging to the BCC, Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) has gathered. State Radio Bomi County correspondent quoting BCC’s President, Dr. Zobong Norman, is reporting that Benson was recently relieved of his post based upon audit reports, which unrivaled that the dismissed Comptroller aided the misappropriation of over US$212,000 during the administration of Dr. Abemelech Gbatu, former president of the BCC. The audit reports unearthed huge financial misconduct on the watch…

GRAND BASSA – Normal learning activities at a government-run school, the Juah Town Public School located in Grand Bassa County’s electoral District #2, is yet again being impeded by the acute shortage of chairs and lack of supply of test books, Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) has gathered. This embarrassing situation has persisted for four years including this year, according to Juah Town Public School Principal, Obediah Johnson, who disclosed that the inadequacy of chairs for pupils is adversely affecting attendance and is greatly impeding the learning process at the institution since the commencement of academic activities this year. Although…

NIMBA – State Radio’s Upper Nimba correspondent has reported that the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) Nimba County detachment has arrested a 64-year-old woman with 114 wraps and a black nylon full of marijuana in Sanniquellie City, Nimba County. The woman identified as Sannie Mulbah was arrested in the Garmagbein Community, following a tipoff received by the LDEA from community dwellers, according to Madison Gallar, LDEA’s Nimba County Officer in Charge. Officer in Charge Gallar estimated the street value of the drugs confiscated from the 64-year-old at 30,400 Liberian dollars, alleging that Mulbah has been selling drugs for years. The…

RIVER CESS – The Neegba Junior High School, a public institution of learning founded over 60 years ago in River Cess County, has been elevated to the senior high level, making it River Cess County’s fourth senior high school. In a bid to make secondary education accessible and affordable in Yarnee District, River Cess County, the county’s school system recently elevated to the senior public high school level, the Neegba Junior High School, which was founded in 1957. This is the second academic transitional of the institution since its formation, as the Neegba Public School, originally established as an elementary…

By Olando Testimony Zeongar MONROVIA – A presidential directive issued Thursday, annulled several high-profile diplomatic portfolios in ambassadorial and trade and investment reps categories respectively. According to Information Minister, Jerolinmek Piah, by directive of President Joseph N. Boakai, all Ambassadors-at-Large, Special Envoys, and Trade and Investment Representatives portfolios are with immediate effect canceled. An Ambassador-at-Large is a diplomat of the highest rank who is accredited to represent a country and its people internationally. S/he is entrusted to operate in several neighboring countries, a region, or sometimes hold a seat in an international organization like the United Nations or the European…