A 16-year-old boy of Lusaka's Kanyama Compound has told the Magistrates’ Court that smoking marijuana helps him play football. The Court has, however, wondered why he is not playing in the Zambia national team as proof that cannabis helps boost performance. In this matter, the juvenile is facing one count of trafficking in psychotropic substances....

Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says the command is investigating a matter in which Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Lawrence Sichalwe circulated a pornographic video on WhatsApp. Responding to questions from journalists who wanted to know what police was doing about the matter, Katongo said it did not matter whether one posted obscene material by mistake...

Senior Chief Hamusonde of the Tonga-speaking people says the 2021 general elections will not be peaceful if the Church is not allowed to lead the national dialogue process as it is the only non-partisan mediator. And chief Hamusonde says people in his chiefdom have not yet received farming inputs from government. In an interview Chief...

Headman Kaondo in Chieftainess Nyanje chiefdom of Sinda District Stephen Banda says the probability of people developing malnutrition in the area is high due to lack of food. In an interview, the traditional leader feared that communities will experience devastating hunger this year because government had failed to release inputs in good time to pave...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a Kasama Central-based police officer for corrupt activities involving over K5,000. In a statement, Thursday, ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono stated that Arnold Mutunda, a police officer, aged 31, was arrested for corrupt practices as a public officer, contrary to the law. “Arnold Mutunda, aged 31, has been...

A 17-year-old boy of Lusaka’s Chilenje South area has admitted stealing a 55 inch Plasma TV valued at K21,000 from his neighbour's house. And Lusaka Magistrate Nsunge Chanda has granted the Juvenile bail of K5,000 in own recognizance with two working sureties. Magistrate Nsunge advised him to reflect on his life, saying it is not...

After taxpayers vehemently complained and challenged the First Lady to rescind her decision of traveling with a 25-member government delegation to receive four fire trucks donation in the United States of America, madam Esther Lungu went ahead. It is not like the people’s cry fell on deaf ears, State House heard what citizens complained about...