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MINISTER of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane has sued Lumezi Member of Parliament Munir Zulu in the Lusaka High Court for defamation of character. Dr Musokotwane wants the outspoken lawmaker to pay him damages for accusing him of being corrupt and having received a US$250,000 bribe. He further seeks an order directing Mr Zulu […]

A MAGISTRATE yesterday refused to release passports belonging to three Chinese and a South Korean accused of trafficking a Vietnamese for purposes of sexual exploitation. Magistrate Idah Phiri said releasing the travel documents may defeat the purpose of securing the attendance of the accused persons. This is in a case four Asians are charged with […]

A 53-year-old man of Lumezi district of Eastern Province has died after being attacked and trampled on by an elephant. Elias Ng’uni was in the company of three other people when the elephant attacked and killed him as they were trying to collect firewood in a nearby bush. The three other people that he was […]

THE Zambia National Team has left for Comoros ahead of tomorrow’s Group H Africa Cup of Nations in Moroni. The Football Associations of Zambia (FAZ) states that Coach Avram Grant’s lads left aboard a chartered flight and will arrive in Moroni mid afternoon. The team is expected to have a training at the Stade Malouizini […]

By NATION REPORTER 

FORMER President EDGAR Lungu and his wife, Esther have thanked Zambians for standing with them in the most trying times of their lives after     the State moved to arrest and detain the former First Lady for more than 10 hours on Wednesday.

A 29-year-old councillor of Kitwe’s Lubuto ward in Chimwemwe constituency, Peter Kapikila has been arrested for falsely obtaining more than K200,000 from 57 pupils. The said councillor is believed to have obtained the money from Grade 12 and nine pupils who were supposed to write their General Certificate Education (GCE) at Make a Difference Academy […]

The maker of an extremely spicy tortilla chip sold as the One Chip Challenge and popularized as a dare on social media is pulling the product after the family of a Massachusetts teenager blamed the stunt for his death.

…experts warn of impact of cancellation of fertiliser tender on crop production and national food security

By NATION REPORTER

AGRICULTURE experts are concerned with the government’s stalling and cancellation of tenders for the supply of Urea fertiliser, warning this could impact the 2023/2024 farming season.

CHIENGE Member of Parliament Given Katuta has pleaded not guilty to threatening violence against Times of Zambia photographer Henry Chunza. On July 25 this year, police in Lusaka arrested the lawmaker after Mr Chunza complained that she allegedly spat on him after he took photographs of her as she took a walk of shame from […]

says violence, hate speech, offensive language should be consigned to the dustbin of political history

By NATION REPORTER

VETERAN Politician Vernon Johnson Mwaanga has chastised political leaders in the country for their propensity of propagating violence, hate speech, bitterness and offensive language, advising that such virulent political culture should be consigned to the dustbin of political history.