INCARCERATED NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili’s application for bail, pending appeal, could not be heard yesterday morning as Lusaka Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba has adjourned the matter to Thursday for ruling. Magistrate Simusamba is expected to rule on whether or not Kambwili’s application for bail is competent before him and whether or not he can...

POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo has stressed that police cannot fail to pick up UPND president Hakainde Hichilema if he refuses to comply with a summons, but that the opposition leader has not been summoned yet. In an interview, Katongo expressed disappointment that Hichilema had continued to portray a wrong image to the public that he...

THE PF is setting a bad precedent by refusing political leaders to visit Chishimba Kambwili in prison because they may one day face the same situation, says NDC deputy national chairperson for mobilisation Fabian Mutale. Meanwhile, Prison Service Commissioner General Chisela Chileshe says the Commission will issue a comprehensive statement on the State’s continued refusal...

LUSAKA Magistrate Nsunge Chanda has ruled that former Zambia Airforce commander Eric Chimese’s emoluments are not classified material. This is in a matter in which Chimese is accused of abuse of authority of office and money laundering relating to properties in Ibex Hill and Lilayi. Chimese is jointly charged with Chita Lodge director James Chungu....

A SHORTAGE of fuel has hit some parts of the Copperbelt and North-Western provinces following truck drivers' strike in protest over poor conditions of service. And the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has revealed that the fuel shortage has been triggered by widespread industrial action by truck drivers, who downed tools in protest over poor conditions...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has presented the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) amendment Bill No.11 of 2020 for first reading to National Assembly. And Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has referred the bill to the parliamentary committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs. Meanwhile, two other bills namely; the Non-Governmental organization amendment...

THE Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) says murder convict Beatrice Hangwende, who is also a Lusaka business woman has been released from prison because she exhibited good behaviour. A News Diggers investigation has revealed that Hangwende was released from Prison on September 5, 2020 but her co-accused who were convicted along with her have remained in...

MAZABUKA Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says the PF has reduced chiefs to vuvuzelas because the ruling party is good at patronising citizens of which traditional leaders have not been spared. But Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says it is scary to imagine what the UPND will do to those who have opposing...

MINISTRY of Health permanent secretary technical services Dr Kennedy Malama has announced that the country has recorded 85 new COVID-19 cases out of 2,050 tests done in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases recorded so far to 15,982. And Ministry of Health director for infectious diseases Professor Lloyd Mulenga says the...