By Abubakarr Bah
NDA defense questions High Court
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Defense lawyer for the National Democratic Alliance, Dr Bu-Buakei Jabbie has said in court that the High Court of Sierra Leone has no jurisdiction to pass judgment in the NDA case.
ActionAid rescues girls in Nimikoro
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
The Acting Manager of ActionAid Sierra Leone, Kono says his organization is ready to inject more support into the promotion of girl child education in the district as represented by an intervention amounting to Le 300
Million.
Port Loko parents angry with WAEC
By Tejan Ayoub Joaque in Port Loko
Some aggrieved parents in the northern Sierra Leonean district of Port Loko have criticised the West African Exams Council (WAEC) for withholding the school-leaving WASSCE results of hundreds of their children. WAEC says the students had spied in the exams.
Former Zambian president for Sierra Leone polls
The former Zambian president, Rupiah Banda is to lead the Carter Centre's election observer mission to Sierra Leone, according to the organisation's Vice President for Peace Programmes, John Stremlau.
Nigerian president visits Sierra Leone today
Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan arrives today in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown less than three weeks before the country goes to the polls. The one-day visit is his first since he became president.
A State House source says he will be awarded one of the country's highest honours.
He will also meet with the electoral conmission and political parties, among others.
Nigerian troops led the West African intervention force, ECOMOG, which restored democracy in the country in 1998 and helped end the revel war.
