Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has resigned. Chanda announced his resignation at State House this afternoon. Details later.
Estranged NDC secretary general Mwenya Musenge says if the High Court does not restrain Chishimba Kambwili from portraying himself president of the NDC, a party he worked so hard for, he will be negatively impacted. This is the matter in which Musenge had sued Kambwili and the party interim Secretary General Bridget Atanga, seeking an...
A 26-year-old woman of Kitwe’s Ndeke village who is charged with forgery and impersonating an officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to get a loan has pleaded not guilty to the charges. In this matter, Mukuka Mulenga, unemployed, is facing seven counts of impersonating, forgery and uttering false documents. In count one, Mulenga is charged...
Police in Petauke district have launched a manhunt for a witchdoctor who swindled a farmer by disappearing after failing to multiply his K5,000. Confirmed the incident to journalists this morning, Eastern Province Police Deputy Commissioner, Geoffrey Kunda, says police apprehended two people who were suspected to be performing rituals at Chimate grave yard in Petauke...
An investigations officer from the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that he established during his investigations that Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela was in control of the two properties he is accused of concealing. And the ACC officer told the court that the Commission received complaints that Chitotela...
A Cyber Security Technician from ZICTA has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that he extracted pornographic materials from a 32-year-old man of Ndola's Lubuto West who is alleged to have duped women into sending nude videos of themselves upon instructions from Zambia Police. The witness was testifying in a matter in which Kafula Mwamba is...
Three people have died while two others have sustained serious injuries after a Toyota Runx they were in collided head-on with an oncoming truck in Nyimba. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has disclosed in a statement that the accident occurred on Wednesday around 14:00 hours at Chamilala area about 75 kilometres West of Nyimba Boma along...
A confident 18-year-old Zambian woman on Monday stunned world leaders and got a standing ovation for her passionate appeal for youths to be given a say on the governance of their countries. Natasha Mwansa was part of the opening plenary at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference in Vancouver, Canada, alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,...
When you talk about a control framework for financial crimes, some measures are preventative and detective, while others are reactive and corrective through the court processes. The detective measure is what the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) does for this country. They tell us who has moved which money and to where; in some cases they...
President Edgar Lungu says the Financial Intelligence Centre reports are nothing more than gossip and can be equated to Kachepa. President Lungu said this upon arrival at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport upon arrival from the Copperbelt. Below is a transcript of his conversation with journalists over the latest FIC trends report: Journalist: Your Excellency welcome...
