The Siavonga Magistrate Court has convicted a Lusaka motorist and sentenced him to one year imprisonment with hard labour for driving under the influence of alcohol. According to the Warrants of Execution made available to the Road Transport and Safety Agency, the court has sentenced Steven Malupande of Lusaka for driving under the influence of alcohol contrary to section 157 ...

National Guidance and Religious Affairs Minister Godfridah Sumaili says Prayer has the ability to revive and enhance the country’s developmental agenda. Reverend Sumaili says the country should deal with some of its challenges through prayers and Christian activities. Speaking at the gospel musical concert of renowned American Pastor and Gospel Musician Donnie McClurkin at Woodlands stadium yesterday, Reverend Sumaili said ...

First Lady Esther Lungu has urged teachers to monitor pupils’ activities on the computers to avoid negative effects of Information Communication Technology (ICT). Mrs. Lungu says this will help protect them from exposure to illicit images and information as well as exposure to cyber crime. Speaking when she received a donation of 50 desktop computers, 50 tables and 50 chairs ...

Seven pedestrians and one passenger on a bicycle died on the spot in separate accidents which happened yesterday, in North Western, Eastern, Copperbelt and Lusaka Provinces. In North Western Province, two female juveniles aged one year and seven years respectively of Longwani Village died on the spot while another aged four sustained serious injuries after they were hit by a ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) says it has collected K1.9 billion from the tax debt out of which K719.22 million is directly attributed to the tax Amnesty on interest and penalties. ZRA Commission General Kingsley Chanda has told a media briefing that the K719.22 million collected as at 31st July, 2017 has been largely been paid by micro, small and ...

Eminem is making plans to change his living situation, with the sale of his Michigan mansion. (AllHipHop News) Eminem is making plans to change his living situation, with the sale of his Michigan mansion. The rapper is looking to get a little over $2 million dollars for his 17,500 square foot mansion in Rochester Hills. According to Realtor.com, Em’s mansion ...

Justin Bieber seems like the lonely one. The “One Less Lonely Girl” crooner was rebuffed in an embarrassingly public Twitter display, after he desperately DM’d a gym’s Instagram to try and get contact info for one of their pretty employees, Jessica Gober. The former child star — seemingly turned internet creeper — DM’d the Georgia gym where Gober works after seeing ...

Many Kenyans have ignored opposition leader Raila Odinga’s call for a strike over disputed elections. In the capital Nairobi and other cities, many shops remain open. At least 24 people have been killed in violence since the 8 August election, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has said. Mr Odinga said the poll was rigged to give President Uhuru Kenyatta ...

Twenty people have been killed and a number wounded in a terror attack in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says. Gunmen opened fire on customers seated outside a restaurant, witnesses said. Foreign nationals are among the dead, but details are still emerging. The attack is now over, authorities say, with the two assailants also ...

Scores of people are feared dead and others remain trapped after a mudslide near Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. A hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains, leaving many houses covered in mud. A BBC reporter at the scene says many people may have been asleep when the mudslide occurred. The number of casualties is not ...