By JULIUS PHIRI? – Eastern Province prisons commander Paul Mwizabi Simasiku has said the release of prisoners who were pardoned by President Michael Sata will help decongest the correctional facilities in the province. Last week,...

By JULIUS PHIRI – A NYAU has been shot dead by a villager in Lundazi in unclear circumstances. The Nyau had entered Kazumba village in Chief Mwasemphangwe’s area on Thursday last week but some villagers...

By NAKUBIANA SHABONGO – GOVERNMENT takes great exception to a statement by opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema for questioning the morality of the governance system that subjects citizens to modes of transport such as the...

By MOFFAT  CHAZINGWA – COPPERBELT University (CBU) students have gone on a class boycott over the unpaid meal allowances for the third academic term. The students, who on Monday blocked Jambo Drive with burning tyres,...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned Attorney General Musa Mwenye to state the correct position on the autonomy of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ). The committee led by Chipangali...

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – PROMOTION chasing Division Three side Afrisports has written to the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) to investigate possibilities of match fixing by Young Power Dynamos. Afrisports director Gabriel Kaunda said he...

By JAMES KUNDA – THE final Draft Constitution released to Parliament has guaranteed freedom and independence of the media. According to part five, sub-section 36 (2), the State shall not control or interfere with any...

By GODWIN MUBANGA- A RESIDENT of Mulilansolo Village in Chief Mubanga’s area in Chinsali has died after he was beaten by his brother in a quarrel over nshima. Danny Chikula, 30, died after allegedly being...

By CHUSA SICHONE- FIFTEEN people died in road traffic accidents recorded countrywide during Zambia’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. The 15 died out of 168 road traffic accidents recorded between Thursday last week and yesterday. Zambia Police...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA- THE Public Account Committee (PAC) yesterday took to task the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) for failure to reconcile loan recoveries of more than K4.8 million paid by its borrowers. The 2012...