POLICE have released National Democratic Congress (NDC) spokesperson Saboi Imboela without charge after being questioned for Defamation of the President. In an interview, Imboela said after being questioned at Lusaka Central Police, Wednesday, police searched her residence where they seized her daughter’s laptop and her school certificates. “The police yesterday did call me that I...

INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja says police have launched investigations to bring to book the perpetrators of the clash between two PF youth groups that took place in Chawama on Tuesday. In a statement, Wednesday, Kanganja condemned the fracas saying it caused anarchy and disturbed the peace of innocent citizens. “I wish to condemn...

POLICE in Lusaka have launched a manhunt for Lieutenant Nigel Mwaba, aged 33, of Zambia Army who is suspected to have murdered Dr Tasila Tembo. In a statement, Wednesday, acting police spokesperson Danny Mwale announced that Dr Tembo’s body was found in a decomposed state covered with leaves in an army training centre in Mikango...

ENERGY Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says the fuel shortage in the country will be normalized within the next week. And Nkhuwa says the shortage has been engineered by a few disgruntled truckers adding that the transporting associations that have a partnership with the government have no grievances with their employers. Nkhuwa was responding to a written...

LAWYERS representing NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili in a case he is charged with contempt of court have asked the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to summon EEP leader Chilufya Tayali to show cause why he should not be sent to prison for contempt of court for allegedly commenting on the matter. And Lusaka magistrate Nsunge Chanda has...

ASKING civil servants who wish to aspire for political office in the 2021 general election to resign will not improve efficiency in the public service because some elements will still remain aligned to the ruling party, says Dr Sketchley Sacika. But Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Cosmas Mukuka says the rationale of...

NAMWALA UPND member of parliament Moono Lubezhi says the distribution of wards that have been captured in the ongoing mobile issuance of National Registration Card (NRC) in her constituency is not equitable as highly-populated areas have still not been covered. In an interview, Lubezhi complained that so many wards in her constituency had not been...

THE Constitutional Court has ruled that President Edgar Lungu acted constitutionally when he relieved Mutembo Nchito State Counsel of his duties as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in 2016. The ConCourt says this is despite the fact that the letter of dismissal erroneously referred to Article 144 of Act No.2 of 2016 and not the...

EMBATTLED National Restoration Party (NAREP) president Steven Nyirenda says it is shameful that Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya can deny that government closed Prime TV and The Post Newspapers when evidence clearly points to the contrary. Last week, Siliya said it was a total fabrication to argue that government closed Prime TV and...

THE United States Embassy has awarded K2.5 million to six Zambian community-based organisations to help promote civic participation, press freedom, entrepreneurship and creative expression among the youth. In a statement, Tuesday, US Embassy public Affairs Officer Sean McIntosh announced that the funds were channelled to six individual community-based organisations as grants. “Today, the US Embassy...