By CHUSA SICHONE – THE African Union (AU) has appealed to African countries and the international community to come to the aid of its member states affected by the deadly Ebola virus. AU Commission chairperson...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – CHIEF Ufwenuka of the Tonga people in Monze has asked the Government to send animal vaccines to mitigate livestock diseases in the chiefdom. The traditional ruler said lots of cattle in...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – THE Kabwe Municipal Council has suspended a councillor who is appearing in court for alleged illegal land allocation. The full council meeting has resolved to suspend Waya Ward councillor Edward Lungu for six months with immediate effect. Kabwe...

By YVONNE CHATE – THE Luanshya Municipal Council has begun the process of installing solar street lights in the district at a cost of about K1, 500. Council public relations manager Gideon Thole said in...

By KASONDE KASONDE – TWO out of the three cholera patients admitted to Lukanga Clinic have been discharged. Central Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Ronald Sinyangwe said health personnel were working round the clock to ensure...

By PRUDENCE CHOTA – A NDOLA magistrate’s court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to three years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a plasma television. Magistrate Easton Kafunyi sentenced Kelvin Mbewe of 504 Twapia Township...

By PHELILE MWANDILA – ZESCO has completed the removal of power installations in readiness for the expansion of Lusaka’s Burma and Chilimbulu roads. Zesco public relations manager Henry Kapata said in an interview yesterday that...

  By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – MUSCIAN Robert Chunga popularly known as ‘Bobby East’ and his partner Ruth Inonge Mukanga yesterday pleaded not guilty to production of a sexual video with intent to corrupt people’s morals....

POLICE in Chinsali have recovered the body of a man suspected to have been murdered, after it was found floating on the Chambeshi River. The man’s arms and legs were bound together and the body...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has purchased more than 100,000 bags of maize from Kabwe farmers, surpassing the 50,000 set target, District Commissioner Patrick Chishala has disclosed. Kabwe has since received...