Police arrest 2 suspects in abduction case
ZAMBIA Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga has revealed that Police have apprehended two of the suspects wanted in the case in which 13 females were held captive in a house in Lusaka’s Chalala area. A video has gone viral on social media in which one of the alleged suspects is seen apologising to the affected families…...
Immigration nabs Findlay for ‘illegal entry’, possessing two passports
LUSAKA businessman and former president Edgar Lungu’s friend Valden Findlay has been arrested and detained by the Immigration Department for giving false information to a public officer. Confirming the arrest in an interview, Findlay’s lawyer Milner Katolo said his client was innocent, and expressed displeasure at the failure by officers to grant him bond. He…...
Zesco Utd has enough ammunition to punish Royal AM – Numba
ZESCO United coach Mumamba Numba says the team has enough ammunition to write a new chapter when they face South African side Royal AM in the CAF Confederations Cup first leg tie in South Africa this weekend. Speaking in an interview yesterday, Numba said the team is wary of the threats posed by Royal AM…...
FAZ disciplinary committee investigates Nchanga – Nkana game
THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) says it is disappointed and upset with the behaviour of hooliganism witnessed during the MTN Super League fixture involving Nchanga Rangers and Nkana football club over the weekend. FAZ general secretary Adrian Kashala says the association has initiated disciplinary proceedings against all those involved in the fracas in the…...
Nothing exciting about CDF increment, it’s just figures- Mundubile
MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says the increase in the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to K28.3 million in the 2023 national budget is nothing to be excited about because they are just figures. In an interview, Mundubile claimed that the first K1.9 million from last year’s CDF was only disbursed last week in…...
Kapiri Immigration nabs 39 Ethiopians and Somalis for Illegal entry
THE Kapiri Mposhi Immigration Office has apprehended 34 Ethiopians and five Somalis for illegal entry following a tip-off from members of the public. In a statement, Monday, Department of Immigration public relations officer Namati Nshinka said preliminary investigations suggested that the 39 were either abandoned by smuggling or trafficking brokers or were in the process…...
People who steal public funds deserve to be hanged – Andeleki
KATOMBOLA UPND member of parliament Clement Andeleki says people who steal public funds deserve to be hanged or slapped with longer sentences of not less than 25 years. In an interview, Monday, Andeleki, who is also chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Human Rights and Governance, said there must be capital punishment for corruption…...
If you beat anyone, you won’t have our blessings, UPND rebukes its youths
UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has cautioned party youths who have vowed to start beating ‘problematic’ opposition leaders not to take that route, saying they won’t have the party’s blessings. UPND North-Western Province youth Chairperson Bruce Kanema recently warned all opposition political party leaders to desist from disrespecting President Hakainde Hichilema because they will be beaten…....
Mumbi Phiri, Lungu’s barber deny murder charge
FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri and former president Edgar Lungu’s barber Shebby Chilekwa have pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder before the Mongu High Court. In this matter, it is alleged that on October 6, 2019, Mumbi and Chilekwa in Kaoma, Mongu, jointly and whilst acting together murdered Lawrence Banda. The…...
My daughter was kept in filthy conditions, laments parent, as neighbours rescue Pamela, 12 other abducted females
THE Zambia Police Service says it has managed to safely rescue mobile money agent Pamela Chisumpa and 12 females aged between 17 and 28 who were held captive in a house in Lusaka’s Chalala area. But one of the neighbours has narrated how they rescued the girls from the said house and took them to…...
