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Margibi County Senator-elect Nathaniel F. McGill has issued a disclaimer here detaching himself from several WhatsApp and Facebook accounts bearing his name describing them as fake.

Perry B. Zordyu — As Liberian Government officials continue to face the wrath of the United States Government, the US Embassy near the Liberian capital,

Liberia’s Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah, Jr., says he believes that he has been sanctioned by the United States Department of State because he supposedly favored ArcelorMittal Limited (AML) over an American Company, High Power Explorations Inc. (HPX).

Former Liberian presidential candidate Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has lauded the United States government through its Treasury Department for sanctioning Liberian officials, saying it’s Liberia’s best Christmas gift.

This paper has been speaking to a lot of Margibians following the United States’ latest visa restrictions that also affected Senator James Emmanuel Nuquay from Margibi, about their reaction to the latest American Government decision.

Amid the U.S. sanctions against Liberian officials for corruption allegations here, the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia or CENTAL says corruption report has revealed that about 90% of Liberians think issues of corruption still remain a daunting challenge in the country.

The United States Government says officials designated in Liberia and their families are banned for life, from entering the United States.

A day after his designation by the U.S. State Department along with two other top officials, Senate President Pro-Tempore Albert Tugbe Chie, is fighting back, vowing to take advantage of U.S. legal system to remove their names and those of their targeted family members from visa restrictions.

India's former Consul General in Liberia and Jeety Conglomerate Chief Executive Officer Mr. Upjit Singh Sachdeva has announced forty-five jobs at Jeety Rubber Factory for Booker Washington Institute (BWI) students.

Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Koijee responding to the United States Government’s Treasury Department sanction issued against him here says “sanctions will never silence him.”