By CHILA NAMAIKO – THERE will be no extension of the voter registration exercise beyond February 29, this year, as doing so will adversely affect preparations for the August 11 general elections, Vice-President Inonge Wina...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA  – TWO former bodyguards of the United Party for National Development (UPND) vice-president Geoffrey Mwamba have engaged the bailiffs to help them obtain goods worth K700,000 from him to recover money owed...

By STEVEN ZANDE – THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has projected positive economic growth from 2016 onwards despite the challenging economic outlook the country is experiencing now. BoZ Governor Denny Kalyalya said at the presentation...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – THE Tribunal constituted to probe the alleged misconduct of suspended Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mutembo Nchito, will proceed, following the Supreme Court’s decision to set aside leave to apply for...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday returned to Zambia to a resounding welcome at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) after a week’s visit to Europe, a trip he described as overwhelmingly successful....

By CHILA NAMAIKO – COOPERATING partners have pledged support towards the implementation of the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) and have since called for a multi-sectoral approach to accelerate socio-economic development. The 7NDP, to run...

By KASONDE KASONDE – SECRETARY to the Cabinet Roland Msiska has expressed concern over the high number of youths who drink alcohol as well as abuse drugs and called for the need to have a...

From CHARLES SIMENGWA, in Paris, France – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has assured a prominent consortium of French investors (French blue-chip executives) of security of their potential investments in Zambia because of political stability in the...

By JAMES KUNDA – THIRTEEN of the 27 suspects who escaped from Chelstone Police station in Lusaka last week have been re-apprehended. Lusaka Province Commissioner of police, Nelson Phiri said that 14 other suspects were...

By CHILA NAMAIKO and PEPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – TWO MMD factions yesterday clashed in Lusaka leaving their party secretariat damaged while five motor vehicles among them, a Toyota Hilux and two public mini-buses damaged extensively. The...