Advocates for the declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation chairperson Bishop Billy Mfula says if the issues Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for National Development (UPND) are not resolved soon enough, they will blow up. At a media briefing in Lusaka today, Bishop Mfula observed that the longer differences remained unresolved, the...

Government has signed an on-lending and grant agreement with the Luapula Water and Sewarage Company amounting to $40 Million for water and sanitation programs in Kawambwa, Mansa, Mwense, and Samfya. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Finance spokesperson Chileshe Kandeta today, the agreement was signed by Finance Minister Felix Mutati and Luapula Water...

FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says the level of inconsistency among government officials suggests that they discuss personal issues instead of policy matters when they meet as Cabinet. And Mwanza says it is incorrect for Finance Minister Felix Mutati to say Zambia is too poor to choose who to help us because the country has an...

Police have arrested a 33-year-old Nakonde man who allegedly shot dead his wife and her lover in front of his children last evening. Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo confirmed this in a statement. “Police in Lusaka have arrested a 33 years old man identified as Peter Siwale, a clearing agent in Nakonde of Muchinga Province...

Over 850 University of Zambia students with outstanding balances will not be allowed to write examinations next month. According to a an internal memo posted on several notice boards at Zambia’s highest learning institution along with the complete list of affected students, lecturers have also been instructed not to allow them to attend classes. “The...

President Edgar Lungu says he will not shy away from creating new districts because he wants people in rural areas to benefit from infrastructure development. Speaking when he commissioned 10 newly built medium low cost housing units in Chembe District yesterday, President Lungu said he had directed Minister of Local Government Vincent Mwale to consider...

SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Chembe says there is need to take the country off the political path in order to focus on the national agenda of delivering development. In an interview with News Diggers! Chembe said declaring President Edgar Lungu as the PF’s candidate in the next general election, four years prior, was not necessary....

Hakainde Hichilema’s wife Mutinta has asked the Lusaka High Court to throw out a case in which a Lusaka man sued her for libel claiming K5 billion saying it is incompetently before court. In his statement of claim, Simon Bobo had alleged that Mutinta issued a fabricated story on April 30 that he blocked her...