By Staff Writer President Edgar Lungu is expected in Turkey to attend the inauguration ceremony of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scheduled for Monday, July 9, 2018 in the capital, Ankara. Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji said President Lungu is expected to attend the inauguration ceremony at invitation of his Turkish counterpart. Mr Malanji, who was […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE There was sperm presence in the vagina of the minor that was sexually defiled by Victor Phiri popularly known as C4, a Police witness has said. Martha Phiri a Police Officer at Chiwempala Police Station told the Chingola Magistrate Mr Kalutwa Chiluba this morning July 7, that there was presence of sperm […]
By JOHN SAKALA A Security Guard of Lusaka’s Makeni has been bundled and later stabbed to death by criminals at the place he was guarding. Binwell Kolala 28, a Security Guard at Zambia-Zaire shops was found dead with legs and hands tied from behind. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said Mr Kolala was found dead with […]
By JOHN SAKALA The Chamber of Mines Chief Executive Officer Sokwani Chilembo has said that mine rescue department at any mine is a beacon of hope to miners in times of disaster. Speaking at Chingola’s Golf Club this morning when Chamber of Mines donated a bus to Zambia Mine Rescue Association (ZMRA), Mr Chilembo said […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba Zesco says it is on course with most projects embarked on in the province of Copperbelt to improve its power supply and avoid power rationing. The various power expansion projects have made the power utility firm to be well above the demand of power which is needed during peak hours. Demand Side […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba National Democratic Congress (NDC) party 2021 Presidential candidate Chishimba Kambwili has dismissed assertions that he has plans to reconcile with the ruling Patriotic Front ( PF) and President Edgar Lungu. In a press statement made available to The Independent Observer today, Dr Kambwili urged all NDC party structures across the country to ignore such […]
By Nchimunya Miyoba The case in which a Chinese national allegedly shot and wounded a-16-year-old boy failed to take off in the Chambishi Magistrate Court today because the accused refused to plea in absence of his lawyer. Appearing before Magistrate Steven Mabona was Cheng Yuan Song of Baolo Mines in Chambishi Particulars of the offense […]
By ALICE ANCHILEMBE The indictment in which Victor Phiri popularly known as C4 was facing two counts of rape by abducting a-15-year-old girl has been amended from rape to sexual defilement. This was after the state had applied that the case be amended accordingly considering the accused has not yet been put on defense. Then Magistrate Mr […]
Top Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe has made the final cut for the match officials for the quarterfinals at the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Sikazwe has had a good World Cup so far officiating the Belgium versus Panama match and the Japan match against Poland. He will be involved in his fourth match on […]
A 39 year old man of Nsansamwenje Village in Isoka District in Muchinga Province has committed suicide by taking unknown toxic substance. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Chola Katanga has confirmed the incident to ZANIS in Isoka today. Mr Katanga identified the deceased as Lazerous Sichone, adding that the deceased took his life after family members […]
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Alice Nachilembe
