THE Council of Chreso University has sued former vice-chancellor Lawrence Mwelwa demanding K917,650 that he allegedly withdrew from the student affairs congress account without authorisation. The Council alleges that the said account was used as a conduit of fraud by Mwelwa who was coaxing students to make deposits in a wrong account and would later...

FIVE suspected PF cadres have been dragged to court for proposing violence and brandishing offensive weapons in a video that went viral on social media last week. This is a matter in which Kassim Lungu, 22 , a carpenter; Joseph Besa, a taxi driver; Justine Chanda, 20, a carpenter; Joseph Chanda, 20, a bricklayer and...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has sentenced a 42-year-old pastor at Pentecost Holiness of Chipembele village in Chibombo to 18 Months’ imprisonment with hard labour for corrupt practices involving forgery. According to a statement issued by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) spokesperson Queen Chibwe, Tuesday, Senior Resident Magistrate Felix Kaoma found Bruce Kaseba Chipepo, an Associate Pastor at...

Economic and Equity Party (EPP) leader Chilufya Tayali was yesterday treated to a rude shock when one of his sureties decided to withdraw, citing pressure from his family. This is a matter in which Tayali is charged with defamation of the President contrary to 69 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has rejected an application for bail pending appeal by photographer Cornelius Chellah Tukuta. Chella was recently sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour for defaming former Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya. When the matter came up for hearing, Tuesday, High Court Judge Lameck Mwale, sitting as a chief...

THE Attorney General has denied claims by former Zambia Security Intelligence Services (ZSIS) director general Xavier Chungu that $150,000 was seized from his account at Access Financial Services. This is a matter in which Chungu has sued the State in the Lusaka High Court demanding payment of US $500,000 as compensation for illegal detention. Chungu...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has asked the Lusaka High Court to strike out Chilufya Tayali's defence in a case where he has sued him for defamation. Hichilema wants the court to strike out Tayali's defence for failure to comply with the orders given by the court. In this matter, Hichilema has sued Tayali over, among...

SOLICITOR General Abraham Mwansa has argued that ECZ only has power to cancel general elections where a Presidential candidate dies, resigns or is disqualified after the close of nominations but before the election date. He adds that where a candidate for parliamentary or local government seat dies, resigns or is disqualified after the close of...

THE Attorney General has argued that the President, as head of the executive, is mandated to conduct executive functions including assenting of bills until the President-elect is sworn in. And the Attorney General has said that President Edgar Lungu did not contravene the law when he assented to a bill after the dissolution of Parliament....

LUSAKA High Court Judge Sharon Newa has sentenced five men to four years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing K1 million and US$2,000 cash from a motor vehicle belonging to an Indian national. In this matter, Mike Kawela, James Ngosa, Lackson Musonda, Geofrey Mwaba and Chileshe Malama were charged with one count of stealing from...