Author: Rural Reporters News Network

Lamine Yamal , Dani Olmo , and Pau Cubarsi are the three Barcelona players selected to travel to the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris next week, per Relevo.Lamine Yamal and Olmo are the two Barca players shortlisted for the Ballon d’Or top 30. However, Real Madrid’s Vinicius is considered the favourite to win the award for the first time in his career. Pau Cubarsi is travelling because he has been nominated for the Kopa Trophy, although Lamine is expected to win that category. Edited: Jesefu Morris KeitaSource: Tribuna

Barcelona are in a very good place at the moment, with Wednesday’s 4-1 victory over Bayern Munich being their 11th win in 13 matches this season. Hansi Flick has been a revelation since taking over from Xavi Hernandez during the summer, and these methods appear to be working wonders.Flick’s messages have been well-received, and this latest one was delivered after training on Thursday – the first team’s penultimate session before El Clasico on Saturday evening. According to Diario AS, the coach’s words were rather simple: “it’s time to rest, sleep well and recover!”Barcelona are one of many teams to have…

That in two budget cycles embattled Speaker Koffa was able to swindle $9.7 million instead of the allotted amount $2.6 million for his office for the period under review.This is from a Press Release issued by the majority members of the House of Representatives as published by the FrontPage Africa newspaper….. What is your take?A detailed review of the 2022 and 2023 budget outturn reveals that Speaker Koffa, during his tenure as Deputy Speaker, manipulated the budget to divert millions of dollars to his office. In 2022, while the Legislature approved $1.5 million for his office, Koffa received $5.6 million in…

SINOE – A famous fisherman, Jackson Tweh Gba alias Peakie, has gone missing in Sinoe County, Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) has gathered.Peakie, who left for a fishing expedition since the early morning hours of Thursday, 17 October 2024, is yet to return and has not been seen by any member of the Seebeh Community, where he resides in Sinoe County.Some fishmongers, who are customers of the missing fisherman, raised alarm recently, informing Seebeh Community Sectional Chief, William Wleh Nimely that Peakie has not returned since he was last seen leaving on a fishing expedition Thursday, 17 October.Upon hearing the…

By Elijah M. BoimahGRAND CAPE MOUNT – As Liberians brace themselves for yet another entertaining round of the country’s 15-county most exciting traditional annual sporting events, the National County Sports Meet (NCSM), Grand Cape Mounty County’s Superintendent, Foley Kiatamba, has appointed a nine-man Sports Steering Committee headed by Mohammed Kughan Daramie, to ensure victory for the western Liberian county for the 2024-25 version of the NCSM.Following their appointment, Daramie and team immediately appointed other sub-committees including Sales and Marketing, Logistics, Technical, for both Kickball and Football, among others, so as to fast-track the work of the Sports Steering Committee.Between late…

MONROVIA – Barely a day after Rural Reporters News Network (RRNN) reported that two officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) were embroiled in a fistfight that left one critically wounded and hospitalized; RRNN has been reliably informed that the injured officer, Patrolman Elton Bahn, has died at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, in Monrovia.RRNN reported Thursday that Patrolman Bahn and an LNP officer of the Police Support Unit (PSU), Jeremiah Takpor, had a clash over a food-related disagreement, resulting in a fistfight that sent Officer Bahn to the hospital, with reports of him suffering a spinal cord injury.The…

By Samuel BorlayLOFA – The Kamatahun Hassala Clinic, in Lofa County’s Wanhassa District is in dire need of medical supplies and health personnel, as a concerning shortage of personnel and medical supplies has hit the health facility.The Officer-In-Charge of Kamatahun Hassala Clinic, Kolee Ngafua has cried out for increased staffing and the urgent need to address the shortage of medical supplies at the clinic.He’s calling on the Government of Liberia (GoL) to come to the aid of the health facility, describing the current situation there as being critical.Speaking recently to our reporter in an exclusive interview, Ngafua stated that the…

BUCHANAN – A 35-year-old man, James Kiazolu, who lost three of his fingers to an industrial accident in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, is demanding an Indian-owned company, Liberia Hardware, to employ him or pay him US$30 thousand in benefits.As a result of the industrial accident, two of Kiazolu’s fingers were amputated, while another was left crippled and no longer useful.Kiazolu, who sustained the crippling injury on August 1, 2022, while working as a carpenter in the woodwork shop of Liberia Hardware, joined the company the year earlier as a contractor.Following the accident, the management of Liberia Hardware footed Kiazolu’s medical…

The University of Liberia came into existence formerly as Liberia College in the 1800s.When the forefathers thought on the formation of a University during that period, the Socio-economic and scientific condition of Liberia were backward as compare to today. Being cognizant of the power and the need for education, the founding fathers took the challenge in the midst of extreme illiteracy amongst the population and initiated the formation of the University. Kudos!!!Since the formation of the University, it has been faced with many challenges which includes poor infrastructures, financial difficulties, adequate personnel etc. In the midst of these challenges, the…

The Southeast Regional Network of Community Land Development and Management Committee (SRNCLDMC) wants land authorities to promptly handle land matters in the Southeast and other parts of the country.In a statement issued on Tuesday October 22, 2024 at the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) in Monrovia, SRNCLDMC called on the LLA to speedily resolve all boundary disputes in the country, especially in the Southeast.The group also called on the LLA to issue deeds to communities that have completed their Customary Land Formalization (CLF). “The Liberian government should fully support the Community Land Development and Management Committees (CLDMC) to function as outlined…