Category: Metro

Information reaching this publication indicates that former Zambia President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is wanted by the law enforcers. The former President has confirmed of the development in a statement posted on his official facebook page seen by this publication. According to Lungu, the Zambia Police Service has opened 25 dockets against him based on formal…

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean woman Moreblessing Nhema has stirred controversy by inviting her alleged lover, Stephen, to live with her and her husband, Beven Nyamoto. The unusual living arrangement raised concerns, leading to a confrontation with Moreblessing’s cousin, Zvikomborero, who accused her of using a love potion on her husband. The situation resulted in Zvikomborero moving out,…

POLICE in Mufulira have apprehended a 21-year-old woman who has allegedly been circulating obscene videos of herself naked and having sex on her social media platforms. The woman has been sharing the pornographic materials on her TikTok account and Facebook. Copperbelt Province police commanding officer Peacewell Mweemba said that Mercy Mwakesa of Ndeke Township in…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has launched a scathing attack on some of the country’s top judges after he was barred from running for parliament on Monday. In his first interview since the ban, Mr Zuma told the BBC that the Constitutional Court was wrong to decide he was unfit to run, based on…

The President of Kenya,William Ruto, has become the first African leader to visit the home of the leader of the United States of America (USA) White House after 16 years an African leader went to the White House. Some of the leaders who visited the White House are Nelson Mandela from South Africa in 1994,…

Police in Lusaka have arrested a 37-year-old man of Makeni for authoring and circulating a fake letter that claimed that First National Bank was closing in Zambia. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga had stated that Nkandu Kataya, has been detained and officially charged with three offenses. “On May 20, 2024, the Police received a report concerning…

More than 1,000 people in Mozambique have died because of a lack of care amid a health workers’ strike, a union leader has told the BBC. The strike by 50,000 union members began three weeks ago after negotiations over working conditions collapsed. Doctors are not on strike, but union leader Anselmo Muchave said many health…

Kenya’s government has defended the cost of President William Ruto’s trip to the US. The price of hiring the luxury private jet in which he and his delegation travelled is estimated to be $1.5m (£1.2m), according to Kenya’s private KTN TV station. “The benefits from this visit far outweigh such a million times,” government spokesman…

Footage shows some of the final moments of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi before he lost his life in a helicopter crash on May 19, 2024. Raisi was en route to the city of Tabriz in northwest Iran, returning from a dam opening ceremony on the Azerbaijan border when the aircraft crashed amidst heavy fog. The…

After creating a sextape at work and sharing it on social media, a lady named Katiana Kay lost her job. Katiana is currently making waves on social media due to her dismissal for purposefully making and sharing the explicit video. She reportedly worked at a fast-food restaurant where she performed various tasks. The incident has…

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the former president, Jacob Zuma, cannot stand as an MP in this month’s general election. The development comes barely days after the court in South Africa allowed him to contest as President in the forthcoming polls. Zuma resigned from ANC recently and joined the former president’s new party,…

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country in poor weather. The 63-year-old, a figure representing conservative and hardline factions in Iranian politics, was president for nearly three years, and appeared on track to run for re-election next year.…

Information reaching this publication indicates that the newly recruited nurse in Zambia identified as Bianca Chipo Kafata has died suddenly after complaining of a headache. The nurse was recruited by the Zambian government in December last year. Bianca was from the 2023 graduating intake of Registered Nurses from Roan School of Nursing. She was posted…

Here is the newly released Dashcam footage shows the moment a driver lost control of a semi-truck after a multi-car collision on Clark Memorial Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky IN United States of America. A 33-year-old Trevor Branham has been charged for his alleged role in the crash, Branham’s Chevrolet truck can be seen speeding and swerving…

A pathologist, Prof Shokunle Shoyemi, yesterday told a Magistrate court in Ikorodu that the cause of death for Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, known as ( Mohbad) could not be determined as his body was too decomposed by the time an autopsy was performed. The musician died on September 12, 2023 and was buried the…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in a small town north-east of Bratislava. On Wednesday evening Defence Minister Robert Kalinak said Mr Fico had been in surgery for over three hours and that the situation was “bad”. Slovak politicians including the president have called the shooting…

A 47-year-old theater male nurse at Kaoma District Hospital has allegedly committed suicide by injecting himself with a painkiller used in theaters. Western Province Commissioner of Police, Mukuka Chileshe, who confirmed the incident in a statement to ZANIS today, named the deceased as Naphy Banda, a resident of Mulamba Compound in Kaoma district. Mr. Chileshe…

Brazilian lady based in USA Colorado Claudia de Albuquerque Celada  has become paralyzed after consuming canned soup contaminated with the bacteria C botulinum in April 2024. These toxins attack the nervous system and can result in paralysis. 23-year-old Celada,  was on a work exchange program in Aspen when she started suffering dizziness, double vision, and…

Several schools are reopening in Kenya after the start of term was postponed by deadly flooding. Police and transport officials have been deployed to ensure students get to class safely. More than 1,600 schools across the country may not reopen yet due to floods, the authorities said. Muslim leaders have expressed concern over student safety…