NORTH KOREA: PYONGYANG FIRES SUSPECTED ICBM
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday but it failed mid-flight, say the South Korean military. The ICBM launch is Pyongyang’s seventh this year and comes amid…
COVID-19 RESURGENCE IN CHINA RAISES GLOBAL CONCERNS
As Zambia toasts the 75 percent milestone in the Covid-19 vaccination the country is however closely monitoring the worrying situation in China were there is a resurgence of the deadly…
CHILUBI PUPILS ABANDON LESSONS FOR FISHING
Pupils at Kanama Primary School have abandoned lessons to assist their parents in fishing camps. Kanama Primary School Head Teacher Danny Masheto has expressed worry that so far a high…
SABOI IMBOELA SPENDS SECOND NIGHT IN DETENTION
National Democratic Congress Party Leader Saboi Imboela is spending her second night in detention at Kabwata Police Station. Ms. Imbolea was charged and arrested for Criminal Libel, following a complaint…
FIC STORES CLERK IMPLICATED IN ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERING
The Drug Enforcement Commission DEC has arrested a Stores Clerk at the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) for money laundering involving One Hundred and Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred Kwacha. According to…
DEC ARRESTS NHEF DIRECTORS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING INVOLVING K36 MILLION
The Drug Enforcement Commission DEC has arrested three Directors of the National Housing Empowerment Fund NHEF for alleged money laundering involving K36 million. The commission has also siezed 18 motor…
KAMPYONGO, WIFE PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO CORRUPTION CHARGES
Former Home Affairs Minister, Steven Kampyongo, and his wife, Wanziya, have pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of being in possession of properties, reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime.…
K50 MILLION RELEASED FOR LINAC MACHINE AT CANCER DISEASES HOSPITAL
Fifty Million Kwacha has been released for the procurement of a new Linac Machine at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka. CDH Senior Medical Superintendent, Dr. Kennedy Lishimpi, says that…
GOVT TAKEN TO TASK OVER FISP
Minister of Agriculture, Mutolo Phiri, has maintained that government will continue to remove all farmers that have benefitted for more than three years, from the Farmer Input Support Program. He…
STAMPEDE OVER JOBS LEAVES 12 INJURED IN SOLWEZI
Twelve people have been injured in a stampede at the Zambia Correctional Service Solwezi regional offices, when hundreds of youths turned up for job interviews. The incident has resulted in…