ARSENAL SET TO OPEN NEW CONTRACT TALKS WITH SAKA. (PHOTO).

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 Arsenal set to open new contract talks with Saka Arsenal are set to open formal talks with Bukayo Saka over a new contract as the forward enters the final two years of his current deal. Saka has been unavailable since December after sustaining a serious hamstring tear in the victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park - an injury that eventually required surgery. But his importance to Mikel Arteta's team remains unquestioned with the club preparing to meet the player's representatives over a contract extension.Arsenal want to avoid any uncertainty regarding their star player's future and will make securing Saka to a longer contract one of their top priorities. The 23-year-old England international signed his current contract - understood to be worth a minimum of Ā£10m per season - in 2022. But that contract is due to expire at the end of the 2026-27 season with early moves towards opening concrete talks already initiated. The process is expected to accelerate in the not to...

LIBERIA SUSPENDS 457 OFFICIALS FOR FAILING TO DECLARE ASSETS. (PHOTO).


 Liberia suspends 457 officials for failing to declare assets


Liberian President Joseph Boakai, who has pledged to fight endemic corruption, suspended on Wednesday more than 450 government-appointed officials for failing to declare their assets, AFP reported.


The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) identified 457 officials, including the minister overseeing the budget as well as ambassadors, as having not declared what they own before a November deadline, as required by the country's code of conduct for state officials.


The officials have been "suspended for a period of one month without pay or until they submit the required declarations", the president's office said.


Liberian law requires public functionaries to declare their assets when they take up and vacate their positions.


'Committed to good governance'


Boakai, elected in November 2023, "remains steadfast in his commitment to good governance, integrity, and the rule of law", the statement said.


"Failure to comply with asset declaration requirements undermines national efforts to combat corruption and ensure accountability," it added.


"I think it's a good news", political analyst Abdullah Kiatamba said. "I hope he maintains the trend, but it is in the best interest of the country."


Liberia, a West African country with a population of five million, is seeking stability after years of civil wars and an Ebola epidemic in 2014.


State oil company CEO suspended


According to the NGO Transparency International, Liberia ranks 135th out of 180 countries in its corruption perceptions index.


Last week, Boakai suspended the president of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), Rustonlyn Suacoco Dennis, on suspicion of corruption, and an investigation has been launched.

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