THE Lusaka Muslim Society has named a road in Lilayi after former Republican President Rupiah Bwezani Banda. And Banda says the honor will give him the strength to fight cancer of the colon which he has been diagnosed with. The Rupiah Bwezani Banda road is a one kilometer stretch at Total filling station, off Kafue...

POLICE Spokesperson Esther Katongo says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is not among the the party officials who have been summoned by police in Muchinga Province. This came after UPND supporters vowed to escort Hichilema to Mpika where he had been summoned for interrogation in connection with the abduction of two police officers. On Thursday last...

FORMER President Rupiah Banda says he has been diagnosed with cancer of the colon, and wishes the people of Zambia to be aware of his situation, which he says until now, had only been known to close relatives. The former president who ruled between 2008 and 2011 has asked Zambians to pray for him as...

NDC vice president Joseph Akafumba says the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has hit a snag because despite being incarcerated, Chishimba Kambwili is not barred from contesting elections next year. And UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says the only reason Kambwili is in prison is because Zambia is being ruled by an autocratic and brutal regime. Speaking...

INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja claims two police officers from Mpika Police Station by abducted by UPND cadres who were in the company of their party leader Hakainde Hichilema. But UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says Kanganja should be the last person to make such an allegation against the victimised UPND supporters because he...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia Chapter president Rueben Lifuka says the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) should complement the work of Smart Zambia by investigating all culprits who have been swindling government of its resources through unjustified salaries and benefits. And Lifuka has urged Smart Zambia to ensure the exercise to clean up...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says the Patriotic Front government has been able to provide a 2021 budget that is based on resilience, growth, food security and hope for young people. But Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says the 2021 budget does not address the hardships which people are facing. Debating the...

TOURISM Minister Ronald Chitotela says tourist operators have described the 2021 national budget as a “tourist budget” because of various stimulus packages in their favour. And Chitotela says artists have also assured him that come 2021, they will retain President Edgar Lungu for giving them the first ever incentive amounting to K30 million. Speaking when...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a Bio-Medical technologist of Levy Mwanawasa Hospital for issuing fake COVID-19 clearance certificates. ACC public relations manager Timoty Moono in a statement disclosed that the suspect identified as Kingsley Kakoma aged 35 years of Kasangula Road in Lusaka has since been charged with one count corrupt practices contrary to...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu's former Special Assistant for Project Implementation and Monitoring, Lucky Mulusa, says Zambia is right in the last stages of a failed State. And Mulusa, whose last post in government was Minister of National Development Planning, has revealed that he broke ranks with the Patriotic Front after noticing that collective responsibility was turning...