A Russian attack on Ukraine is “still very much a possibility” and the human cost would be “immense”, US President Joe Biden has said. In remarks televised nationally, he said the US was ready to respond decisively to such a move. The US president said Russia had now massed some 150,000 troops on the border […]
A 10-year-old boy has been rescued after spending eight hours in the crushing mechanism of a rubbish lorry in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. The boy, identified by police as Majed Mubarak Ibrahim, was working with a truck run by the Khartoum State Cleaning Corporation. It is believed he was pulled into the lorry as he threw […]
By CLOZZEN. BIKALE Over 40 workers from Stone King Construction Company of Lusaka have down tools demanding for their unpaid salaries for three months. The construction company is based in Lusaka has a contract in Solwezi. Raphael Mukomongo who spoke on behalf of others said Stone King Construction Company owes the workers’ salaries for three months. […]
By CHINOYI CHIPULU Chililabombwe Municipal Council (CMC) has warned traders in the district against selling food stuffs that is not fit for consumption to the public. CMC Assistant Public Relations Manager Evelyn Mulenga said selling decomposed food is against the law and those found wanting will be prosecuted. This came to light after the Local […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA President Hakainde Hichilema is scheduled to participate in the Sixth European Union African Union Summit planned for the 17th to 18th February, 2022, in Brussels, Belgium. Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo says President Hichilema will also travel to the Vatican City, after accepting an invitation to be granted audience […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) say yesterday’s accident in Kapiri Mposhi involving a Goods Train and a Fuel Tanker was caused by driver negligence. RTSA Head of Public relations Frederick Mubanga said the accident at a rail crossing in which two lives of train operators were lost could have been […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Anti- Corruption Commission has charged and arrested the wife of former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo for being in possession of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime worth USD 378,000. ACC’s spokesperson Queen Chibwe in a statement said that Ms Lusambo, 37, of Chamba Valley area in Lusaka, has […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Police in Lusaka have jointly charged Thelma Jongolo 29 and her boyfriend Enerst Miti 28 for murdering her sister and burring behind her house. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said brief facts of the matter are that the duo whilst acting together murdered Agatha Jongolo 34, at Hellen Kaunda in Lusaka. Mr Hamoonga […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Zambia Medical Association is disappointed by revelations that the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) erroneously distributed drugs to two facilities that are under Quality Control. The Association’s Secretary General Kaumba Tolopu said while the association knows that errors in the supply chain management of pharmaceutics are bound to occur, […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says on the basis of the 2022 national budget, Government has started implementing some of the key provisions in the budget. Ms Kasanda said that Government has not backtracked on its promise delivery it made Zambians; contrary to insinuations by some people that Government is not honoring […]
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