By REBECCA MUSHOTA THE University of Zambia (UNZA) is developing a method for the rapid detection of the Corona virus (COVID-19) that will be low cost, use low power, and based on easy-to-use point of...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA  – ZAMBIA has recorded two more deaths associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the total number of deaths in Zambia to 24. According to information released by the Zambia National Public Health...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE  – A THIRTY-YEAR-OLD banker of Lusaka who is accused of stealing K1.2 million from Atlas Mara has been freed after the Director of Public Prosecution entered a nolle prosequi. Regis Phiri, of...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE  – POLICE yesterday apprehended a Lusaka lawyer, Kaumbu Mwondela, outside the courtroom as he waited for his client’s case to be called before Lusaka Magistrate, Felix Kaoma. Mr Mwondela, one of the...

By KASONDE KASONDE  – THE ministry of Health will next month embark on a prevalence survey of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), targeting 5,610 people to help come up with a cost-effective strategy for monitoring the disease...

By SANDRA MWILA – ZAMBIA coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic says national team doors remain open for any player that has something to offer, including Collins Mbesuma. But while doors might be open, Micho says players...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has confirmed receipt of recommendations on the reopening of the bars and nightclubs, but called for patience among stakeholders. Mr Lungu said that he would be guided by...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has seized various food products worth over K80, 000 from Game Stores and Spar supermarket which contained genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). The goods seized from the two...

By MARTIN NYIRENDA IT was Woodrow Wilson, the 28th United States (US) president from 1913 to 1921, who once said: “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together”. The words of...

By MILDRED KATONGO BELARUSIAN business executive Alexander Zingman has threatened to sue News Diggers, a tabloid, for alleged defamation. In two stories on May 28 and 29, this year, the publication had alleged that he...