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THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged Chama District Education Board Secretary(DEBS) Titus Mbewe for corrupt practices involving over 2 million. The Commission disclosed that Mbewe, while serving as DEBS for Mkushi…
POLICE on the Copperbelt have arrested a 41- old man in connection with the theft of K5 million from a company bank account belonging to Coretech Supplies Limited in Kitwe. In a statement, Saturday, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Rae…
FORMER Health Minister Dr Elijah Muchima says issues surrounding ZAMMSA started way before the UPND came into power. On Friday Health Minister Prof Roma Chilengi disclosed that K16.1 million worth of contracts at ZAMMSA were awarded to an…
POLICE on the Copperbelt have arrested a 24-year-old farmer in connection to the death of a grade 10 pupil in Lufwanyama District. The deceased, identified as Grace Japao, was found dead in a bush approximately 500 metres from the house…
THE Bemba Royal Establishment says it has received reports of “heavily armed” people forcing villagers to show them the grave of the late Mutotwe Kafwaya. In a statement, Saturday, Secretary to the Chitimukulu Richard Mukuka disclosed that…
INSPECTOR General of Police Graphel Musamba says a man has been arrested in Lusaka’s Mtendere Township for illegal possession of a pangolin valued at K340,000. Musamba also disclosed that another man has been arrested in Lusaka for being…
AMNESTY International has called on authorities to facilitate a medical assessment and ensure confidential access to a lawyer and family for former Petauke Central MP Emmanuel Jay Banda. The organisation has also called on the Zambian and…
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says persistent insecurity in the Great Lakes Region requires innovative and coordinated responses. Speaking at the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in Lusaka on Friday, Vice-…
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested two Food Reserve Agency (FRA) depot clerks for soliciting a K2,500 bribe from a farmer, in exchange for FRA-branded grain bags which are supposed to be free. The accused are Hapenga Beene,…
CHIPOKOTA Mwanawasa has left her role as Policy Advisor to the President and has been appointed Country Executive Director at Trafigura. Mwanawasa, previously worked as Deputy Head of the Presidential Delivery Unit. She has direct mining…
ABOUT 400 pieces of African elephant ivory believed to have been smuggled from Zambia have been seized in Thailand. In this video, Thai customs officers seized the tusks which had been declared as processed timber from Zambia, following an…
POLICE have disclosed that Lima Constituency NRPUP MP Kelvin Kaunda allegedly used stones and fists to assault Anthony Mwamba, who sustained a deep cut on his forehead and a swollen upper lip. Preliminary investigations reveal that on…
THE Ministry of Lands and the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) have agreed to collaborate to align land lease agreements. The Ministry and ZDA have also agreed on the need to monitor investors on renewal of their licences to ensure they do…
THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has urged government to use Zambia’s election to the UN Human Rights Council to demonstrate its commitment to human rights, constitutional governance and the rule of law. Zambia was elected to the United…
UPND Legal and Constitutional Affairs Chairperson Jack Mwiimbu says there is no law prescribing a timeframe within which President Hakainde Hichilema must appoint Cabinet. But DPP leader Antonio Mwanza has argued that the delay in…
UPND Deputy Secretary General Getrude Imenda has challenged the Tonse Alliance to name the people they claim threatened their candidate in the Mandevu by-election. Imenda says the opposition must just withdraw from the election if they…
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says government has found itself in an unfortunate situation where some public servants will be retired in national interest. Vice-President Nalumango says all civil servants must implement UPND policies,…
DAG Hammarskjöld NRPUP MP Ezra Tembo has vowed not to be silenced from speaking the truth in Parliament. Tembo, who is also NRPUP President, says he will critic the government by asking difficult questions, as that is what democracy…
In the Tuesday, 12 Oct. 1976 issue of the Caymanian Compass, one of the top articles was “Cayman register bank involved in multi-million fraud scheme” and reported that the First Kensington Bank, registered in the Cayman Islands, had its…
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged Zambians planning to travel to the US to verify visa requirements with the US Embassy in Lusaka due to the suspension of immigrant visas and certain non-immigrant categories for Zambian nationals.…
HEALTH Minister Prof Roma Chilengi says K16.1 million worth of contracts at ZAMMSA were awarded to unregistered supplier. Prof Chilengi has also disclosed that K1.4 billion in contracts were awarded despite internal audit objections,…
SOUTHERN Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Yolanta Malunga’s contract has been terminated. This follows the firing of Eastern Province deputy permanent secretary Dr Lewis Mwape, whose contract was also terminated last week. In a brief…
POLICE have confirmed the apprehension of fugitive former Petauke Central MP Emmanuel Jay Banda, adding that he’s in the country awaiting formal arrest and charging. On Thursday, impeccable sources told News Diggers that a joint taskforce…
FORMER Energy minister Mathew Nkhuwa, who served under the PF administration, has joined the UPND. Nkhuwa served as Energy minister and Chingola constituency member of parliament under the PF administration from 2016 to 2021. Speaking…