By XAVIER MANCHISHI –  THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Luapula Province has arrested four inmates at Nchelenge State Prison for trafficking in cannabis. DEC assistant public relations officer Chibu Mwansa Tembo confirmed the arrest...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Ministry of Energy says it will engage Dalbit Petroleum, the company contracted to bring fuel into Zambia, to see how best it could use local transporters. Permanent Secretary Charity Mwansa...

By SYLVIA MWEETWA – A MULUNGUSHI University lecturer in Kabwe has been fined K5,000 after he was convicted for killing a pedestrian or face a nine-month jail term in default. Kabwe High Court judge Elita...

By CHUSA SICHONE
 – THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has urged MMD Chisamba Member of Parliament Moses Muteteka to resign following his conviction and subsequent five-year sentence slapped on him for theft of a...

By MAYA NTANDA – RESIDENTS of Kitwe’s Riverside Township threw stones at firefighters after they failed to quench a fire that swept through a market destroying property worth thousands of Kwacha. Riverside market was gutted...

By KASONDE KASONDE – GOVERNMENT has released K104 million for the construction of township roads in Mkushi District. Central Province Minister Obvious Mwaliteta said Keren Engineering Company had been awarded a contract to construct 20.2Km...

By CHUSA SICHONE – GOVERNMENT has challenged the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) to take keen interest in studying the Auditor General’s report and investigate financial irregularities it highlights. Meanwhile, the Commission has launched a three-year...

By BRIAN HATYOKA – TOURISM and Arts Deputy Minister Lawrence Evans has expressed disappointment at the low turnout of operators in Livingstone during the just ended Institute of Hospitality Zambia Annual General Congress. The Congress...

By CHILA NAMAIKO – GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect lifted the recent ban on the movement of pigs and pork products in Southern Province. In December last year, Government banned the movement of pigs and...

By CHARITY MOONGA – THE Parliamentary committee on foreign affairs has called for a clear legal framework in the local integration of more than 10,000 Angolan refugees living in Zambia. The members of the committee...