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President Weah in surprise return to football as Nigeria defeat Liberia

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2018 0

Liberia President and former World Footballer of the Year George Weah made a surprise return to international competition in Monrovia on Tuesday, playing in the country’s 2-1 loss to Nigeria. The match came up a few weeks short of his 52nd birthday and Liberia had arranged the friendly to

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Nigeria’s Buhari receives Liberia’s Weah inside Aso Villa

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received the recently inaugurated President of Liberia, George Weah, in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Weah’s motorcade arrived the forecourt of the president’s office at about 12:30 pm, and was received by Buhari and some other top government officials. As at press time, the two leaders were holding […]

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George Weah tutors Nigeria on winning World Cup in Russia

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2018 0

Liberian President, George Weah, has said the Nigerian national football team, Super Eagles, have the potential to win the World Cup billed for Russia in June if the rights things are done. Weah is the only African player to win the coveted World Best award in his days as a professional footballer. Responding to a […]

Africa

Weah withdraws nominee for Liberia’s justice ministry

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2018 0

Liberia’s new president George Weah has appointed a new justice minister following media reports and criticism that the one he had originally chosen, Charles Gibson, had his lawyer’s licence revoked for embezzling a client’s money. Africanews report said that Gibson was one of the appointees named on a list of ministers released by the presidency […]

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Libaria’s Weah makes first appointments

Ihesiulo Grace 23 January 2018 0

Liberia’s President George Weah on Tuesday made his first appointments less than 24 hours after his swearing in on Monday. Seven names made the first batch of appointees, including former Senate Pro-Tempore Gbezohngar Findley, who has been named Minister of Foreign Affairs. Findley, according to local media, is a close ally of immediate past President […]

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BREAKING: Weah sworn in as Liberia’s 24th president

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2018 0

Football legend, George Weah, has been sworn in as the 24th President of the Republic of Liberia. Weah took his oath of office at exactly noon inside the 35,000 capacity Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia. At least eight African Heads of States, including President Muhammadu Buhari represented by Vice Present Yemi Osinbajo, and […]

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George Weah inauguration: Obasanjo, Saraki, Okorocha arrive Monrovia

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2018 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, arrived Monrovia on Monday morning for the swearing in of Liberia’s President-elect, George Weah. Obasanjo’s plane touched down at the Roberts International Airport (RIA) at 8:01 a.m. (9 a.m. Nigerian time) while Saraki arrived at 9:02 a.m. On hand to receive them were […]

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Liberia’s Weah invites Wenger to inauguration

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

Liberia’s new president elect George Weah has revealed to the BBC that he has invited Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to his inauguration 22nd January. Wenger was Weah’s manager at French side Monaco between 1988 and 1992, however, Wenger is not sure he will able to attend. “I have been invited by George to come to […]

Africa

Liberia’s Weah invites Wenger to inauguration

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told the BBC that he has invited by Liberia’s new President George Weah to his inauguration later this month. The Arsenal manager was Weah’s boss at French league team Monaco in the 1990s. But Wenger could never have imagined the young player would go on to become president of Liberia. […]

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Liberia: The rise of George Weah

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2018 0

George Weah’s emergence as Liberia’s President-elect after the December 26 run-off election generated considerable interest among Nigerians for a number of reasons. Number one is George Weah’s popularity. The first African footballer to win the Ballon D’or, FIFA Player of the Year, three-time African Footballer of the Year, ex-Monaco, ex-Paris Saint-Germain, ex-AC Milan,

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World leaders, football legends to grace Weah’s inauguration Sunday

Ihesiulo Grace 30 December 2017 0

…Security operatives beefed up …Ellen Johnson Sirleaf writes name in gold With the emergence of George Weah as Liberia’s president elect in the runoff presidential pool held on 26th December, the flood gate has opened for world leaders and football icons to converge in Liberia to celebrate the latest Africa’s symbol of democracy. The inauguration […]

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BREAKING: Ex-Footballer, George Weah Is Liberia’s President-Elect

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2017 0

George Weah becomes the first ex-footballer to get into the highest position in their country. Former Ballon d’Or winner, George Weah has been announced as the President-elect of Liberia. The 51-year-old former World Footballer of the Year swept thirteen (13) out of the fifteen (15) counties with his 73-year-old opponent Joseph Boakai getting only two […]

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George Weah wins Liberia presidential elections

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2017 0

Retired footballer turned politician, George Manneh Weah, has won the Liberia Presidential election. The 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or winner, succeeds President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. In 2011 he also ran for the vice-president role on the losing ticket but now, at the age of 51, is strongly placed to emerge […]

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Liberia: Weah Promises Jobs at Final Campaign Rally

Ihesiulo Grace 24 December 2017 0

Former soccer star George Weah is confident of winning the presidential election when Liberians go to the polls on December 26. He promised more jobs and a better future to voters at the final campaign rally in Monrovia on Friday night (December 23). The only African ever to win FIFA World Player of the Year […]

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Odds favour ‘President’ Weah as supporters rejoice over election lead

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

Popularity votes across Africa and Liberia has shown that the odds favous the ex-football star, George Opong Weah as emerging Liberia’s nest president, following a run off election in November. George Weah won the first round of Liberia’s presidential election with 38.4 percent of the vote. Vice President Joseph Boakai came in second with 28.8 […]

Football Sports

Keshi Not Eagles’ Problem, Says Weah

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

Former African and World Footballer of the Year, George Weah, has said the problems that have seen Nigerian football struggle over the last years has nothing to do with Stephen Keshi, but rather with the team. The former AC Milan striker also says it doesn’t mean the team is bad, but they probably lack team […]