In an effort to build a professional army, 21 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) yesterday graduated from a ten-month military police (MP) training at the Edward Beyan Kesselly (EBK) Barracks outside Monrovia.

As global prices continue to increase, Vice President Joseph N. Boakai is encouraging Liberians to engage in private initiatives for the good of the country.

Grand Bassa County Representative Byron Brown has expressed fear for the wave of killings and armed robberies in the country.

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) says its attention has been drawn to the July 3, 2008 front-page publication of The News Newspaper, captioned: "FINANCE WARNS FDA AGAINST INDEBTED LOGGING COMPANIES.

The Liberian government says the probability of discovering oil off its shores is a 50-70 chance, adding that there are good prospects ahead.

Outgoing World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative Dr. Eugene Nyarko has called on the Liberian government to place more emphasis on maternal health.

Grand Bassa County Senator Nathaniel Innis reportedly eluding prosecution at the Monrovia Magisterial Court for allegedly assaulting a lady has appealed to his colleagues to intervene in order to thwart his arrest and subsequent prosecution.

The Ministry of Justice announces that it was constrained to secure from the Monrovia City Court a warrant of arrest for Mr. Roosevelt Quiah for the commission of the crime of forgery committed by him while he was on the

It has been nearly a week now since it was learnt that the Magisterial Court had prepared a writ to be served on Grand Bassa County Senator Nathaniel Innis to answer to charges of "Aggravated Assault."

A twenty-two-year-old man identified as Prince Borkay of Camp Johnson Road has allegedly raped an eight-year old child.

Members of the Sekyere East District Association of Small Scale Industries (SEDASSI), drawn from Effiduase and Asokore in Ashanti Region, have attended a four-day workshop, organized by the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC).

Against the background of the scepticism being expressed over the proposed Niger Delta Summit, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua yesterday reaffirmed that the summit would not be another "pointless and diversionary jamboree, as some fear."

The Niger Delta region is Nigeria's and Africa's largest marshland, and the third largest wetland in the world. The region has a steadily growing population put at about 40 million people as of 2006. The population growth has not been

The National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) has said that Federal Government's reduction of the HIV/AIDS funds by twenty-five percent this year could affect the campaign against the epidemic in the country.

The Minister of State, at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, has commended the banking industry for the role it played towards the success story of the economy.

Ecobank, a household name in The Gambia for efficient, friendly, customer focused and excellent banking services, yesterday, opened two new branches. The new branches are at the Kanifing highway and West Field.

AN ACCRA Fast Track High Court (FTC) determining the ownership status of "Kasapa Telecom" between the Ghanaian corporate entity, Kludjeson International Limited (KIL) and its overseas business counterparts, Hutchison Telecommunications Limited and Certwell Limited, has opened the floodgate for evidence

Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Ghana has rounded up the 21days of Y'ello Care challenge programme, which made its staff to engage in various activities in communities across the country.

Governor Ibrahim Idris has warned the new staff of Kogi Savings and Loans limited, to adhere strictly to the tenets and ethics of mortgage banking.

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday joined other eminent Nigerians and groups in the call for the removal of Prof. Ibrahim Gambari as the chairman of steering committee of the proposed Niger Delta Ssummit.