Former Football Star George Weah Sworn in as Liberian President

Liberians queued for miles to see the inauguration of the former footballer star George Weah as their new president on Monday 22^nd January 2018, celebrating their country’s first peaceful, democratic transition of power in 47 years by dancing as they waited.

Weah, 51, took over from Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who spent 12 years at the helm, steering the West African nation away from the trauma of a civil war.

He was sworn in as president by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Francis Korkpor.

Court Declares 21 Kings Installed by Gov Isiaka Ajimobi Illegal

An Oyo State High Court presided over by Justice Olajumoke Aiki on Friday 19 January, 2018 declared the review of the 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other related Chieftaincies in Ibadan land by the Justice Akintunde Boade Review Commission, which was set up by the Oyo State Government, as unconstitutional, illegal, null and void, and of no effect.

The commission had recommended, among others, the creation of several monarchs in Ibadan which led to the installation of 21 kings by the State Governor Abiola Ajimobi.