Category: Metro

A MASTER guide at a Seventh Day Adventist church has been committed to the High Court for sentencing after a magistrate found him guilty of indecently assaulting a 12-year-old girl. Collins Chikwangala was found guilty of tying the victim before he inserted an object in her private part while he covered her face. While he…

The church of a controversial South African preacher has been burned down after he allegedly wielded machetes at a primary school and forcibly removed his grandchildren. Pastor Mboro’s Incredible Happenings Church was set alight by angry schoolchildren on Tuesday, local reports said. The day before, a widely circulated video appeared to show Pastor Mboro –…

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country following anti-government protests in which hundreds of people have reported been killed. Reports indicate that she and her sister have been taken to safety by army helicopter. While her exact whereabouts are unclear, international media reports that she is thought to be heading to…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said he will make Israel “regret” the “cowardly” killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh yesterday in Iranian capital Tehran. According to BBC, Pezeshkian says Iran would “defend its territorial integrity, honour, pride and dignity”. Haniyeh , who was based in Qatar, died in an airstrike when he was attending…

A video has gone viral on X showing the moment a student made a blunder during a class presentation, Infront of classmates. In the video, the student connected his laptop to a projector, ready for presentation without knowing that did not switch off the laptop properly at home. After he connected to the projector, the…

A 27-YEAR-OLD student, reportedly expecting twins, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for breaking into a house where she even had the luxury of taking a bath before stealing goods worth K680. It is not the first time Mishael Njobvu Ababa has been found on the wrong side of the law. Five months ago,…

Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an Israeli attack in the Iranian capital, the group has said. According to Iranian media, Haniyeh was staying at a building for war veterans in Tehran when the attack occurred around 02:00 (00:00 GMT). Some reports suggest he was killed in an air strike. Haniyeh, 62,…

The Drug Enforcement Commission DEC under the Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit (AMLIU), has formally seized a property which houses two (02) Double – Storey Flats situated in Ibex Hill area in Lusaka District in Lusaka Province. DEC spokesperson Allan Tamba says this comes following the ongoing investigations being carried out by the Drug Enforcement Commission…

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress (ANC), the party he once led, after campaigning for a rival party in the 29 May general election, local media is reporting. The ANC’s disciplinary committee found him guilty of “prejudicing the integrity” of the party by joining uMkhonto we Sizwe…

THE High Court has acquitted a 25-year-old man of Kitwe who was accused of murd£ring Catholic priest Deodatus Mbebe, whose body was found dumped near his girlfriend’s house in Ndola’s Pamodzi in 2022. The verdict, delivered by Ndola High Court Judge Greenwell Malumani on Monday afternoon, led to emotional scenes as the priest’s girlfriend and…

A Ghanaian couple was punished by the gods for their disrespectful behavior at Lake Bosomtwi. While at the lake, the couple disregarded local customs and engaged in sexual activity in the water. Their actions were seen as a direct disobedience to the gods, who are believed to protect the lake. The couple soon experienced severe…

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has fired two senior members of government including the foreign minister in a mini-cabinet reshuffle, her office said. The changes came as Hassan seeks to regain trust from foreign powers over a programme of economic and political reforms, including easing restrictions on opposition parties and media, that some critics had…

The bodies of a couple who set off on a sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean have been found on a washed-up life raft almost six weeks after they were last seen. Briton Sarah Packwood and her Canadian husband Brett Clibbery are thought to have abandoned their yacht and perished before washing up on Sable…

ZIMBABWE – A video circulating online has created controversy in Zimbabwe, featuring a lady supposedly cheating on her husband with a guy named Kabbie. The woman, who is allegedly engaged with a man in Avondale, is challenged by her husband in the video. The spouse challenges her about her adultery, admitting that he had unknowingly…

US President Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate, in an extraordinary decision that upends an already dramatic race for the White House. Mr Biden, 81, said in a Sunday written statement that it was the “greatest honour” to serve but his withdrawal…

Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema has transferred Minister of Energy Peter Kapala to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock amid power crisis in the country. Kapala has been replaced by Makozo Chikote who was Minister of Fisheries. The shake-up is with immediate effect. President Hichilema has directed the Ministers to discharge their functions with due diligence…

President Hakainde Hichilema has with immediate effect dissolved the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Board barely days after the resignation of ACC Director General. This is in pursuant to article 270 of the constitution of the republic of Zambia and section 26 of the interpretation and general provisions act chapter 2 of the laws of Zambia. In…

President Joe Biden faces new pressure to step aside because of his age – with his campaign activity currently halted due to a Covid-19 infection. The top two Democrats in the US Congress, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are both reported by US media to have met him privately…

Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema has accepted the resignation of Mr. Thom Trevor Shamakamba from his office as Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). State House Chief Communications Specialist, Clayson Hamasaka, has confirmed the development in a statement. The President thanks Mr. Shamakamba for his service to the Government of the Republic of Zambia and…

Famous Kenyan pastor Victor Kanyari has sparked outrage on social media with a live video showing him touching a woman inappropriately. In the controversial TikTok live stream, Pastor Victor Kanyari was seen fingering a woman and then licking his finger, a behavior deemed “inappropriate and wild” for a religious leader. Although the actions appeared to…