By NORMA SIAME – POLICE in Mbala have arrested a couple for collecting dowry and marrying off their school-going underage daughter to an older man. Northern provincial education officer Nero Mwanapabu said the young girl...

By DELPHINE ZULU – THE Supreme Court has dismissed an election petition by Patriotic Front (PF) losing Chipangali Constituency candidate Lucas Phiri for lack of merit. Supreme Court Judge Mervin Mwanamwambwa in his judgment yesterday...

By JAMES KUNDA – TWO men in Mwansabombwe District have been hospitalised after consuming poisonous roots believed to be sex boosters. Meanwhile, a seven-day-old infant has escaped death after being dumped in a pit latrine....

By DELPHINE ZULU – VICE President Inonge Wina has said the gender inequality gap is still wider in the African region due to non-inclusiveness of women in key positions at all levels. She said despite...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THE Government has maintained its stance on the new mining taxation regime because it was formulated to deal with fraud in the old system. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said the new...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set April 14, 2015 as the date for the Chawama Parliamentary by-election. The seat fell vacant after area Member of Parliament (MP) Edgar Lungu...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA and CHATULA KAMPO – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has travelled to Mfuwe in Eastern Province for a retreat where he will also complete selecting members of his Cabinet. President Lungu said at Kenneth...

By CHARITY MOONGA and JULIUS PHIRI – UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) legal chairperson Jack Mwiimbu has said that party president Hakainde Hichilema is eligible to contest the 2016 presidential election under that party....

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD boy yesterday narrated how his mother axed his father following a misunderstanding. The boy told Kabwe High Court Judge-in-Charge Mwiinde Siavwapa that his mother picked an axe and hacked...

By CHARITY MOONGA – FIRST Republican President Kenneth Kaunda is still admitted to Lusaka Trust Hospital. Meanwhile, Vice-President Inonge Wina yesterday visited Dr Kaunda in hospital. Dr Kaunda’s special assistant Sunday Musonda said in an...