Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says government has set aside K18 million out of the K36 million it owes officers who participated in phase three of the mobile insurance of National Registration Cards conducted prior to the August 2016 elections. Speaking at a media briefing today, Kampyongo said government, through the department of National Registration,...

A 78-year-old farmer has pleaded not guilty to defiling his granddaughter. According to facts before court, Luckson Sakala had carnal knowledge of his granddaughter twice in December 2016 and threatened to kill her if she told anyone. Sakala was allegedly fond of touching the juvenile’s breasts and on one occasion, her mother Betty Mwale and...

Solicitor General Abram Mwansa has opposed the joining of the Head of State to his 2021 eligibility case saying he enjoys immunity. This is in a matter in which four opposition leaders want the ConCourt to determine whether or not President Edgar Lungu qualifies to re-contest in 2021. The UPND has asked the ConCourt to...

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has called on government to procure bullet proof jackets for law enforcement officers, particularly those working in sensitive operations like the anti-robbery squad. Commenting on the Ndola incident where two police officers from the flying squad were killed by criminals in an exchange of fire yesterday, Commission Spokesperson Mweelwa Muleya...

Public and Private Drivers Association of Zambia president Josiah Majuri says the reduction in fuel pump prices is very minimal such that it cannot result in a reduction of bus fares. In an interview with News Diggers! yesterday, Majuri commended government for the reduction in fuel pump prices but called for further reductions so that...

Vernon Mwanga says it is unprecedented for a party that has just formed government to start campaigning 4 years ahead of the next election. And VJ says only the courts of law can make someone accept election results. Speaking when he featured on Prime TV’s Oxygen of Democracy programme on Monday, VJ observed that Ministers...

Minister of Justice Given Lubinda has launched consultations into the stakeholder engagement on the development of a Political Parties Bill which he says will provide for the regulation of campaign financing. And Lubinda says preference for private training institutions by law scholars is one of the reasons why the Zambia institute of Advanced Legal Education...

Angry UNZA students yesterday dumped rubbish bins in UNZASU president Adrian Matole's room for siding with management’s decision to bar over 8,000 owing students from writing exams this month. Yesterday, a meeting was called between management and UNZASU to discuss the issue but Matole shunned the meeting. Upon learning that Matole shunned the meeting, male...

Zambians want Hakainde Hichilema to be freed from prison, but not all of them. Others don’t care about him, instead, they want President Edgar Lungu to stop globetrotting and save money. Again, some Zambians are not bothered whether the Head of State accumulates more flying hours than a homeless hummingbird, but they want finance minister...