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A global political affairs analyst, Mr Paul Ejime says Nigeria and other African countries have a lot of lessons to learn from the just-concluded presidential election in Liberia. The election was won by Joseph Boakai, a former Vice President of the country, who defeated incumbent President, George Weah, in a keenly contested run-off election on Nov. 14. Boakai got 50.89 ...

The presidential candidate of Liberia’s opposition Unity Party Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai, has carpeted President George Weah for endless foreign junketing, claiming it was returning the country to pre-war conflict situation. The former Vice President, at a briefing in Monrovia, stated the major problem confronting Liberia at the moment was lack of leadership. Urging Liberians to be prepared to vote ...

Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria will visit the troubled Mambilla Plateau in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba before leaving for Accra, Ghana, later today.

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former world footballer of the year, George Weah on his election as the next President of Liberia. In a statement released on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President commended Liberians for the peaceful conduct of the election. He also lauded the outgoing President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for ensuring ...

Former president, Goodluck Jonathan, says Liberia is becoming a model of democracy in Africa and beyond, having attained “political stability.’’ He told journalists in the capital, Monrovia, during Tuesday’s presidential run-off election, that democracy had been institutionalised in Liberia. He spoke in his capacity as co-leader of the United States’ National Democratic Institute (NDI) International Elections Observation Mission to Liberia ...