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ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Court (EFCC) has thrown out former First Lady Esther Lungu’s application for it to stay or halt execution of judgment which allowed forfeiture of her 15 flats. Mrs Lungu wanted the EFCC to stay execution of the judgment pending determination of an appeal against the verdict in the Court of Appeal.…

A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence, according to his upcoming autobiography. The Pope writes that, after landing in Baghdad in March 2021, he was told an event at which he was set to appear was being targeted by two suicide bombers. Both…

A Chipata-based couple has tragically taken their own lives under unknown circumstances. The wife reportedly took an unknown substance first, and the husband followed after learning she was fighting for her life in the hospital. Eastern Province Deputy Police Commanding Officer, Stephen Mayoko, identified the couple as Fredrick Mbao (32) and Elina Mbewe (24) of…

Police in Ghana have arrested more than 100 people – mostly opposition supporters of President-elect John Mahama – over acts of lawlessness. Supporters of the newly elected president who want jobs have allegedly attacked some state institutions, looted properties, and engaged in disturbances that have left some police and military personnel injured. The irate supporters…

A police officer identified as Constable Micheal Liteta who was stationed at Mutenda Police post under Chingola Central Police Station has taken his own life. Copperbelt police commissioner Peacewell Mweemba revealed that the incident occurred on the evening of December 9, 2024, around 22:00 in the inquiries office. He said the deceased reportedly used a…

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is doing “well” after undergoing surgery for a brain bleed, his doctors say. The 79-year-old was taken to hospital in the capital, Brasília, on Monday after he had complained of a severe headache. An MRI scan revealed the bleed and Lula was transferred to the renowned Sírio-Libanês hospital…

Former President of Zambia Edgar Chagwa Lungu has lambasted the Constitutional Court ruling blocking him from contesting again as President describing it a manipulated ruling. Six ConCourt judges sat down, Tuesday, to deliver judgement headed by ConCourt President Hon. Justice Prof. Mulela Margaret Munalula. In the ruling, the court said that former president Lungu is…

The Constitutional Court has ruled that former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is not eligible to contest any future elections in Zambia as presidential candidate. A panel of 6 Judges delivered the ruling this morning headed by ConCourt Hon. Justice Prof. Mulela Margaret Munalula Justice Munalula revealed that there were supposed to be seven judges on…

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back in office next month. “These people are living in h£ll,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press in his first broadcast network interview since winning November’s election. The Republican also vowed to…

Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday’s election and congratulated the opposition candidate, former President John Mahama, on his victory. “The people have voted for change,” said Bawumia. The elections come amid the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation, which saw the cost of basic goods shoot up, while young people struggled…

Pope Francis continues his catechesis cycle on the Holy Spirit and the Bride, focusing this week’s General Audience on the role of preaching in the Church, encouraging preachers to rely on the Gospel’s content and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. In continuing his cycle of catechesis on the Spirit and the Bride, Pope Francis…

Zambia Army Military Police at Army Headquarters have apprehended a suspected scamm£r who had been posing as a Lieutenant in the Zambian Army. The suspect, Edwin Chalenzeka, male aged 21 of Matero Township in Lusaka, is believed to have d£frauded multiple victims by exploiting their trust, promising them enlistment in the Zambia Army as Regular…

U.S. President Joe Biden Wednesday used part of the last day of his diplomatic visit to sub-Saharan Africa to tout the Lobito Corridor, a railway project backed by Washington that will link Angola’s port city of Lobito to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. Biden toured the railway project alongside Angola’s President João Lourenço,…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has made changes to his Cabinet, announcing that Thembi Simelane will now be the minister of human settlements. In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said Simelane would be replaced by Mmamoloko Kubayi as minister of justice and constitutional development. Magwenya quoted Ramaphosa as having said: “In order…

A senior police officer told the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court that former First Lady Esther Lungu did not commit any crime in case she is accused of stealing vehicles and a certificate of title. During cross examination, assistant commissioner of police Charles Hakuwa was asked if he saw any theft committed by the accused to which…

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia’s first female president after last week’s disputed election. The electoral commission said she had won more than 57% of the votes cast, with her closest rival Panduleni Itula getting 26%. But following logistical problems and a three-day extension…

Information reaching this publication indicates that a dentist has been shot dead by suspected thieves in the Mbuywana area of Mongu, Zambia last night. The dentist has been identified as Mr. Armstrong Samanga who was working with Lewanika General Hospital. Investigations are ongoing, and more details will be provided as they emerge. Police in Zambia…

Donald Trump has named his daughter Tiffany’s father-in-law, Massad Boulos, as an adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. The Lebanese American businessman is the second in-law to be offered a position in the incoming administration, after Trump picked Charles Kushner, his daughter Ivanka’s father-in-law, to serve as ambassador to France. Mr Boulos played a…

President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter deepened an entanglement of politics and the rule of law that has tarnished faith in American justice and is almost certain to worsen in Donald Trump’s second term. The Sunday evening move was a stunning development since Biden came to office vowing to restore the independence of…

Chad has said it is terminating a key defence cooperation agreement with France, raising questions about Paris’s waning influence in Africa’s embattled Sahel region. Chadian Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said it was time for his country to “assert its full sovereignty”. The announcement came just hours after Koulamallah’s French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot, met Chad’s President…