By JULIUS PHIRI – TWO Zambians have been arrested for defacing a passport while 22 other foreign nationals have been arrested for various immigration offences, the Immigration Department has said. The two Zambains were arrested...

RABECCA CHIPANTA and MILDRED KATONGO  – CHIEF Madzimawe of the Ngoni people in Chipata has urged his fellow chiefs countrywide to take a leading role in uniting the people and help fight tribalism and regional...

By PASSY HAACHIZO – MULUNGUSHI University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airtel which will see the mobile phone service provider sponsor some programmes at the Kabwe-based public institution. The MoU will also...

By MILDRED KATONGO  – FRECA Mining Construction Company has been awarded a contract to construct the Mwinilunga-Jimbe Road at a cost of US$100 million. North-Western Province Minister Dawson Kafwaya said the Government had engaged Freca...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – CHIEF Mwanachingwala of the Tonga people in Mazabuka, Southern Province, has been unwell for the last two years and is appealing for finances to seek specialist treatment. The traditional leader said...

By MICHELO HIMAAMBO – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has said the newly-created ministry of National Development Planning is now operational and has embarked on a new focus to diversify the economy under a transformative agenda. Ms...

By MILDRED KATONGO  – UNACCOUNTED-FOR revenue in the latest Auditor General’s report has increased from K67 million in 2013 to K390 million for the financial year ending December 2014. The unvouchered expenditure is where payment...

By STELLA SIMUTOWE – POLITICAL campaign floodgates will open on May 16 this year for the August 11 general elections, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has announced. ECZ chairperson Esau Chulu said the campaigns...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE European Union (EU) is confident that Zambia will conduct free and fair elections scheduled for August this year. The EU has said it has confidence that the Electoral Commission of...

By DELPHINE ZULU – THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has urged BSBK Limited, the contractors working on the 113 kilometre road from Samfya to Kasaba Bay via Lubwa in Luapula Province, to expedite the works....