By NATION REPORTER THE landslide victory the UPND has scored by sweeping all the local government by-elections is a phenomenal sign that Zambians have endorsed President Hakainde Hichilema for the 2026 general elections, Cornelius Mweetwa has said. “We shall win in 2026 because the 57 by-elections the UPND has won out of 60 is a litmus test that the party is still strong on the grassroot. It is a full endorsement for President Hichilema for the 2026 general elections,” Mr Mweetwa said yesterday in an interview. Mr Mweetwa said Zambians had shown that they had endorsed President Hichilema and U ..read more

By NATION REPORTER THE promotion of Lieutenant Colonel Innocent Mutinta by President Hakainde Hichilema has sparked an uproar in the Zambia Army and other defence wings with many describing the elevation as not on merit but tribally inclined. Some Zambia Army personnel took to social media condemning the sole promotion of col Mutinta, who was in 2016 retired in national interest and was reinstated together with other officers only a year ago. President Hichilema, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces early this week promoted Lieutenant Colonel Innocent Mutinta to the rank of Colo ..read more

By NATION REPORTER THE Catholic Church is harbouring hatred against President Hakainde Hichilema and its priests would have wished the head of State was removed from State House, a UPND operative Mark Simuwe has claimed. The UPND is also calling for the arrest of Catholic priests for preaching about hard economic times Zambians are going through as a result of the high cost of living because according to the ruling party, the clerics were but just human being like any other. But George Chisanga has said President Hakainde Hichilema’s silence and failure to condemn his senior party officials an ..read more

By LUCY PHIRI THE Lusaka Magistrate Court yesterday heard how Lusaka businessman, Francis Muchemwa, was allegedly making a declaration of no return to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in his two companies on pretext that the companies where not making profits. According to a document named Tax compliance status report presented in court, Muchemwa allegedly failed to pay tax to ZRA despite making profits. When the matter came up for continued defence, Muchemwa told Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate, Davies Chibwili, that in 2012, he registered one of his business Fril pub and grill and made gr ..read more

By NATION REPORTER A CIVIL society organisation has predicted that President Hakainde Hichilema’s ending will be worse than that of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu because he has adopted hatred, mistreatment and demonising against the immediate past President as the new style of governing the country. Joseck Kunda, the chief executive officer for the Movement for Promoting National Values and Principles says President Hichilema should prepare himself not only for a bad exit, but booing by citizens. Mr Kunda, the executive director of a civil society organisation that promotes and protects the rig ..read more

By NATION REPORTER EXPELLED Matero Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament, Miles Sampa, has been accused of allegedly going to bed with the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) for money. The accusation has been made by Ms Charity Banda, a longtime member of the PF, the former governing party. Ms Banda, a self-confessed student of the “Sata Academy,” alleged that she could not believe when Mr Sampa tried to entice her into joining him in his crusade to decapitate PF during lunch they had together after she tried to get the truth out of him CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ..read more

By LUCY PHIRI THE Director of Public prosecutions (DPP), Gilbert Phiri, has appealed in the Lusaka High Court against the acquittal of Patriotic Front (PF) vice president, Given Lubinda. Lubinda was acquitted on April 18, 2024, in the Subordinate on four counts of possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime contrary to section 71 (1) of the Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act No. 19 of 2010, of the Laws of Zambia, the charges he denied. Mr Phiri an appellate in the matter said in the notice of appeal, that the appeal was based on grounds that the trial court erred in law when it f ..read more

THE Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) has urged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to enforce the Electoral Code of Conduct through swift and transparent investigation of violations as an election assessment indicates malpractices in the run up to ward by-elections in parts of the country. The ECZ is conducting nine ward by-elections in some parts of the country. CCMG Steering Committee chairperson Andrew Mwenda says parties or individuals found wanting should be sanctioned for violating the Electoral Code of Conduct. Bishop Mwenda says observers deployed by CCMG reported severa ..read more

By NATION REPORTER DR. CHRIS Zumani Zimba and his co-accused Portipher Gwai in the trumped-up gassing case for which he had been incarcerated for eight months only to be acquitted has demanded for over K200 million compensation. In the writ of summons filed before the Lusaka High Court, Dr. Zimba and his co-accused has sued the Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha as the first defendant, National Prosecution Authority as second defendant, Gilbert Phiri in his capacity as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as third defendant and Catherine Lwimba as fourth defendant. The duo is arguing that they w ..read more

By NATION REPORTER PROFESSOR Geoffrey Lungwangwa says the cry of hunger and the high cost of living will go if the government focuses on production as goods and services will be affordable to many Zambians. Prof Lungwangwa said in an interview that to sort out economic woes the country was facing, there was need for Government to focus on production in all sectors of the economy. “Production should not be a political party mission but a national programme. When Government focuses on production, this cry of hunger will go away,” he said. Prof Lungwangwa said the nerve centre of the economy was ..read more