Chief Munkonge of the Bemba speaking people of Kasama says 15 northern chiefs are angry with President Edgar Lungu and they want to meet him so that they can scold him for certain decisions he has made. And Chief Munkonge says there is no development in his chiefdom simply because he is related to UPND...

Police in riot gear yesterday blocked United Party for National Development (UPND) youths in Kabwe from conducting a parallel procession as part of the International Youth Day celebrations. The police officers. who were led by district deputy commanding officer Martin Moka, blocked Freedom Way to prevent the UPND youths who attempted to march from their...

Zambia Association of Public Universities and Colleges coordinator Dr Geoffrery Tambulukani says local university rankings cannot improve when they are constantly closed for various reasons. And Dr Tambulukeni has lamented that local universities are understaffed, taking away time for research from lecturers. Speaking on ZNBC's Sunday Interview, Dr Tambulukani explained that closing universities so often...

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says President Edgar Lungu is happy that the dialogue process is finally on course because he has progressive views on the Constitution, Public Order Act and other issues which need reform. Speaking to journalists at the Freedom Statue during Youth Day celebrations, Chanda...

Patriotic Front media director Sunday Chanda says the ruling party is aware that the UPND plans to table a motion alleging bias on the part of the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini over his decision to declare the Chilanga seat vacant whilst retaining the Munali and Lusaka Central seats. In a statement,...

Chiengi FDD member of parliament Given Katuta says government's reasons for extending the fishing ban are flimsy and unconvincing. At a media briefing at Parliament building, Monday, Katuta charged that some government officials had interests in large fishing companies. "You may want to recall that all fishing areas in this country, with the exception of...

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Mwamba has donated K300, 000 to marketeers, youths and taxi drivers in Kasama’s River Rest area as part of Youth Day celebrations. According to a statement issued by the UPND media team, Mwamba had pledged to make the donation during the party's card renewal exercise on Saturday. “K100,000 was to be shared...

Lusaka lawyer Elias Chipimo has backed Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini’s decision to declare the Chilanga Parliamentary seat in Lusaka vacant following the sentencing to death of its parliamentarian Keith Mutaka. Chipimo who is also opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) president explained to News Diggers in an interview that according to the amended...

Zambia and Kenya have so much in common and a lot to learn from each other. Politically, these too countries face identical challenges; thus tribal differences, electoral violence as well as malpractices, disputed elections and refusal by the losing candidate to recognise the legitimacy of the elected President. In the case of Kenya, much as...

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says time has not yet come for UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and President Edgar Lungu to sit on a dialogue table, saying party committees first have to meet and come to an agreement. On Thursday Professor Ibrahim Gambari and his Commonwealth delegation met the two leaders separately to push the...