LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says he will commence legal proceedings against the filling station owner over a claim that he bought fuel for taxi drivers in Ndola’s Masala area on Sunday. A video emerged on social media in which a person in the background was claiming that Lusambo gave taxi drivers in the area...

THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has failed to clarify whether vehicles with “ECL 2021” number plates have been registered, but says special number plates can only be specifically assigned to one vehicle. And PF chairman for elections Yamfwa Mukanga says he has only seen one car with the registration number “ECL 2021.” In...

THE Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has condemned PF cadres' attack on Chete FM in Nakonde. In a statement, Monday, CCZ general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya said if left unchecked, the continued shrinking media space in the country was a time bomb that may explode out of control. "The Council of Churches in Zambia...

NDOLA High Court Judge Yvonne Chembe has sentenced a 23-year-old man to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour for indecently assaulting two girls below the age of five. This is in a matter in which Shadreck Phiri was charged with two counts of defilement but was convicted on charges of indecent assault. Phiri, on January...

MINISTER of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has ordered police officers never to succumb to lawlessness. Meanwhile, Kampyongo has insisted that the only people who should be scared of the Cyber Security Bill are criminals. At a press briefing, Monday, Kampyongo said daring police would not be tolerated. “When a police officer is in a combat,...

PF NATIONAL mobilisation committee chairperson Richard Musukwa says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s illusion that he's winning the August 12 general election will make him go mad. Commenting on Hichilema’s remarks that whether President Edgar Lungu liked it or not he would be removed from government this year, Musukwa argued that Hichilema was “living an illusion”...

RELIGIOUS Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili the huge donations being made by members of the ruling party are biblical and it is not up to the recipients to question the source of their finances. And Rev Sumaili says Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu should learn to be balanced by also pointing out the good things which government...

A 32-YEAR-OLD Nigerian man has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly concealing his personal identity and citizenship by obtaining a green National Registration Card (NRC) using a Zambian name. In this matter Kolapo Bello Afeez, a designer, is charged with concealing of true identity contrary to section 52(2) read with 56(1) of...

THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it still stands by its position that the Constitutional Court did not make any ruling on President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility for this year's election. But Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa says it is clear that LAZ has no appetite to challenge President Edgar Lungu's nomination, a development he says...

PATRIOTIC Front Davies Mwila says President Edgar Lungu will this Thursday open the Lusaka Provincial elections at Mulungushi International Conference Centre. And Mwila says the PF general conference will be held on April 10 to 11. Meanwhile, Mwila says the party is dealing with Lusaka Province PF chairman Paul Moonga's "opposition are trying to bribe...