MONROVIA, Oct. 21 -- In this and the last three years, The DayLight published a series of reports, exposing a Nigerian-owned logging company's offenses. Yet, the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) ignored each of the six investigations, approving the firm's operations.

Over eight months after the newspaper's last story, Iroko Timber and Logging Company has ceased operations. An FDA online portal identifies Iroko as "inactive." The company is indebted to the Liberian government and the Central River Dugbe Community Forest in Sinoe, where it operated.

"There are signs that Iroko may not return to the community. As I speak, most of their workers are now working with different companies," said Ernest Slah, a local leader, in a phone inte...