The Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating Lusaka Lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) in connection with a court case involving his client Henry Kapoko. It is alleged that Fube is linked to a case in which Kapoko, the former Ministry of Health senior human resource officer, is accused of tampering with court exhibits. Kapoko, who is still...

Party of National Unity president Highvie Hamududu says the debt restructuring process will be useless if fiscal toxins entrenched in government systems are not dealt with by properly implementing austerity measures. And Hamududu has urged government to engage China as an equal sovereign partner so that a win-win solution is arrived at during the debt...

The PF and UPND have signed yet another peace accord aimed at ending political violence between the two party rivals during and after elections. Last Friday, the Electoral Commission of Zambia brought together the ruling Patriotic Front and the opposition United Party for National Development to sign a peace deal aimed at ending political violence...

President Edgar Lungu says the UPND will never rule Zambia because the opposition party does not listen to what the people want. And President Lungu has vowed that he will retain power in 2021 and rule the country until 2026 because the people of Zambia want a peaceful leader like him. Speaking at a public...

Any upward adjustment in the maize purchasing price, as suggested by President Edgar Lungu would lead to an increase in mealie-meal prices, the Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) have warned. On Sunday, President Lungu directed the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to review and adjust upwards the price of maize, saying the recently-announced K65 per 50Kg...

Eight Lusaka mayoral candidates on Tuesday turned up to wrap up their various manifestos ahead of the city's by-election today, but ruling PF candidate Miles Sampa chose to shun the event. The debate, which was moderated by Diamond TV CEO Costa Mwansa, touched on issues such as water and sanitation, running of bus stations and...

New Monze Swallows coach Fewdays Musonda says he is still hopeful that his side will survive relegation this season. Mr Musonda says he is focusing on making his players understand that surviving relegation is the only way to restoring supporters’ dwindling confidence in them. Speaking to News Diggers sports, Tuesday, Musonda said that he would...

A 35-year-old man and two of his children have suffocated to death in Lusaka's Misisi Compound. According to a statement issued by police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo, Gezani Zulu, his daughter Naomi and his son Titua died in their house between 01:00 hours and 03:00 hours, Wednesday. "Three members of the same family died out...

The rise in the number of killings being experienced in Lusaka and other cities is a result of bad and poor leadership, says International Fellowship of Christian Churches (IFCC) president Bishop Simon Chihana. Delivering a special sermon during a thanksgiving peace worship service at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross ahead of tomorrow’s Lusaka...

Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga has revealed that the province received 9,177 applications when her division has only been mandated to take up 350 recruits. Addressing Journalists at her officer, Wednesday, Katanga said of the 9,177, 5,083 were rejected because they did not meet the required standards. "We received 9,177 applications for the police recruitment....

Success has many fathers but failure is an orphan, that is why some unknown families are coming up claiming that they raised President Edgar Lungu from childhood, PF Secretary General Mumbi Phiri has said. Last week, a bereaved family in Lusaka's Kalingalinga township complained that a first cousin to President Lungu named Chazingwa had died,...

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has set August 30, 2018, for ruling on a case to answer in a matter in which a 25 year-old Lusaka woman and a Ugandan national, 30, are charged with one count of supplying drugs to induce an abortion. In this matter, Sylvia Muma and Lukyamuzi Deo are alleged to have...

Zambia Amateur Athletics Association (ZAAA) has selected a 12-member team to represent Zambia at the African Athletics Championship in Nigeria. The competition is scheduled to start on August 1 to 5 in Delta State. The 12 runners in the team are Sydney Siame, Chidamba Hazemba, Helen Makumba and Rhoda Njobvu. Others are Abigail Sepiso, Quincy...

The Zambia Air Force says its Commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese has taken leave whilst President Edgar Lungu has appointed his deputy, Major General D.M Muma, to act in his place. According to a statement issued by ZAF Colonel M. Katukula, Tuesday, Lt Gen Chimese is on leave. "Pursuant to the powers vested in the...

Barely a day after making changes to the technical bench, the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) has dissolved Red Arrows Football Club executive committee. A new executive committee led by Innocent Jere has been constituted. Jere takes over from Nolasco Chilando. Club media liaison and public relations officer Misheck Kalembwe said in a press statement yesterday...

Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Christopher Yaluma says Zambia has expressed reluctance to relax its rules on the importation of wheat flour from other SADC countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). According to a press release issued by First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at Zambia's High Commission in South Africa Naomi...