GOVERNMENT SEEKS LEGAL OPINION OVER ECL’S ISSUES
Government has engaged legal minds to give guidance on how former President Edgar Lungu should be treated. Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka, Minister of Information and Media Cornelius…
LUNGU’S ELIGIBILITY TO CONTEST 2021 AND FUTURE ELECTION CHALLENGED
A Zambian citizen has petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging former Republican President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to contest any future election. According to a petition filed at the Constitutional Court Registry…
GOVT SIGNS $79.8 MILLION PPP FOR KATETE-CHANIDA ROAD, BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE
The government has signed a 25-year-old 79.8-million-dollar agreement for the construction of the 55-kilometer Katete-Chanida road and border infrastructure under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Eastern Province. Apart from…
SELFIE GOES WRONG, MAN DROWNS IN VIC FALLS
Rescuers in Livingstone, Southern Province, are searching for the remains of 23-year-old Lastone Kazwele, who was swept by a current at the famous boiling point of the Victoria Falls. According…
COSTA MWANSA IS NEW MOAZ PRESIDENT
Diamond TV Chief Visionary Officer, Costa Mwansa, was on Friday, voted in, unopposed, as President of the Media Owners Association of Zambia (MOAZ), for a three-year tenure. The event took…
NAKONDE JEALOUS WIFE ALLEGEDLY KILLS HUSBAND
The police in Nakonde District of Muchinga Province Northern Zambia have arrested a 19-year-old woman in connection with the murder of her 26-year-old husband. Gracious Sinkala was assaulted by his…
EX-FIRST LADY ESTHER LUNGU, POLICE READY FOR TRIAL IN THEFT CASE
Former First Lady, Esther Lungu, and four others have been taken to court for alleged theft of motor vehicles, certificate of title and concealing money reasonably suspected to be proceeds…
COURT DISMISSES EX-DPP SIYUNYI’S PETITION OVER HER DISMISSAL
The Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition by former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lilian Siyunyi, who is challenging the decision of President Hakainde Hichilema for having suspended and later…
NDOLA COUNCIL OFFICIALS ESCAPE BEATING
Ndola City Council officials escaped beating by an angry mob at Kapalala market when they attempted to stop illegal construction of shops. Speaking before the meeting was disrupted, Ndola Mayor,…
TWO CHOMA ILLEGAL MINERS DIE, ONE BATTLING SEVERE INJURIES
Two women from a polygamous marriage have died, while one has sustained injuries after a landslide as they were mining Tin in Masuku of Choma District, Southern Province. The deceased…