18/08/2025
𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐤 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐊𝐅𝐌 𝟗𝟗.𝟓 & 𝐎𝐊𝐓𝐕
➢ 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑬𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒔; 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 2,807 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 13,130 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆
The University of Liberia (UL) has released the results of its entrance and placement examinations for the 2025 academic year, revealing that 9,299 out of 13,130 candidates were unsuccessful.
Speaking at a news conference Monday in Monrovia, UL President Dr. Layli Maparyan disclosed that only 2,807 candidates, representing 29.32 percent, passed the exams.
Dr. Maparyan explained that 614 candidates were absent, while 12,516 sat for the tests.
She noted that the University saw a significant increase in applications this year, reflecting what she described as the institution’s growing reputation and dynamic development.
The UL President congratulated all applicants for their dedication and hard work and officially welcomed the new cohort of students joining the University’s academic community.
➢ 𝑨𝒈𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑼.𝑺. 𝑬𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑰𝑮 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒅 𝑻𝒘𝒆𝒉 𝑨𝒎𝒊𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
Aggrieved employees of the Ministry of Transport have petitioned the United States Embassy in Monrovia, urging sanctions against Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman, Justice Minister Oswald Tweh, and others over the alleged alteration of the Liberia Traffic Management Concession agreement.
The employees claim that the original 25-year concession agreement was unlawfully modified, specifically pointing to changes on page 12 of the document.
At a well-attended press conference Monday, the group questioned Inspector General Coleman’s role in the traffic management deal, raising concerns about whether his public statements and endorsements align with the official responsibilities of his office.
➢ 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆
The Ministry of Justice has announced that it has reached an agreement with the aggrieve commercial drivers to resume normal transportation services this Tuesday.
Ministry of Justice Communication Director Jutonu Kollie told OK FM that the agreement followed a long meeting held between the Ministry of Justice officials and authorities of the aggrieved comerical drivers.
The drivers protested on Monday demanding change in the high ticketing fees, allged police harassment and intimidation and the controversial Liberia Traffic Management Inc. Concession.
Mr. Kollie said it was agreed that the leadership of the dirvers will also meet with authorities of the LNP at the police headquarters on Wednesday August 20, 2025
