Former defense minister George Mpombo says the Chilanga Parliamentary by-election is cavorting in a Carnival of political violence due to the presence of morally depraved and half-baked nitwits. Speaking to News Diggers! in an interview, Saturday, Mpombo said peaceful elections were not expected in a venom and virulence filled campaign atmosphere which was rampaging political...

Renowned political strategist and lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) says the Patriotic Front leadership lives in fear of being banished by President Edgar Lungu and as such, members are not performing their duties. And KBF says the morally bankrupt PF under President Edgar Lungu has made numerous mistakes that are difficult to defend, hence his...

Public Health Specialist Dr Canisius Banda says proper management of cannabis will be a game changer for Zambia's economy. And Banda has described President Edgar Lungu as a man abreast with the times. In an interview, Dr Banda hailed government for considering decriminalizing medical marijuana. “Being educated, informed and passionate about this country, it is...

PF supporters from the seven constituencies in Lusaka yesterday presented a petition to secretary general Davies Mwila, demanding that disciplinary action is taken against Justice Minister Given Lubinda, Lands Minister Jean Kapata and Higher Education Minister Prof Nkandu Luo, for dividing the ruling party. And Mwila promised that he would report the "treacherous" ministers to...

The Nyau dancers in Chipangali district of Eastern Province who abducted two girls on Saturday afternoon on allegations that the girls mocked them, are now demanding a ransom of K60 and two chickens. But the provincial police command has warned that it will not condone the abuse of children by Nyaus in the province on...

Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili says he is shocked that Lusaka lawyer Lewis Mosho wants to get rich in one day by demanding K5 million as compensation after Lusaka High Court threw out his petition to join the impeachment case with costs. And Kambwili expressed happiness that the PF government has accepted that...

In commemorating Africa Freedom Day, President Edgar Lungu challenged Zambians to be bold enough to confront things that have gone wrong in the country and Africa in order to enhance the fight against corruption. President Lungu said Zambia and Africa need to do more to put a stop to corruption because it robs the country...

Suspected PF cadres on Monday night beat up, tased their UPND colleagues in Chilanga's Chimanja Ward, leaving them unconscious. And Mwaliteta says Chilanga residents despise the PF because the men have hands as hard as stone, which prevent them from 'feeling their women' due to insane workloads in order to survive. UPND campaign manager, Obvious...

Police say eight people died in road traffic accidents during the Africa Freedom Day long weekend. Police assistant public relations officer Godfrey Chilabi revealed in a statement, Tuesday, that 188 accidents were recorded in which 58 people were also seriously injured. "During the African Freedom Day long weekend (24th-28th May 2018), 188 Road Traffic Accidents...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) says Zambians should be worried that the country still has no meaningful social and economic transformation to talk about despite having been a mining hub in the last 100 years. In statement to commemorate Africa Freedom Day, which fell last Friday, CTPD executive director Isaac Mwaipopo noted...

The Electronic Voucher lacks transparency in the selection of agro-dealers as some of them have been conniving to benefit from some farmers’ e-cards, says Party of National Unity president Highvie Hamududu. And Hamududu, the former UPND Bweengwa member of parliament, dismissed repeated criticism of the e-voucher by some politicians because it remains a progressive platform...

Two suspected UPND cadres charged with the murder of a PF member in Kanyama last year have denied committing the offence in the Lusaka High Court saying the prosecution witnesses accused them because they were members of the opposition. And one of the accused persons identified as Fabian Mwanza has testified that he was arrested...

A detective inspector at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe police station, Patrick Changwe, has narrated to the Lusaka High Court that he found Precious Mangesana's body lying in a pool of blood with three cartridges 1.5 metres from her body. He has further narrated that Precious' body was found 15 metres from Nshinka Kaputo's house with car...

The state has informed the Kitwe Magistrates' Court that the Director of Public Prosecutions has not yet given instructions to commit the 19 members of the notorious Tokota gang to the High Court. A state prosecutor told magistrate Yvonne Nalomba, Monday, that the case was not yet ready to proceed to the High Court when...

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