Argentina’s Congress has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, a ground-breaking move for a region that has some of the world’s most restrictive termination laws. Senators voted in favour of the bill after a marathon session with 38 in favour, 29 against and one abstention. Until now, abortions were only permitted in […]
Frank Lampard’s situation at Chelsea could “turn ugly” if they do not go on a winning run soon, says their former striker Chris Sutton. The Blues would have gone top of the Premier League with a win at Everton on 12 December. But Monday’s 1-1 draw with Aston Villa means they have taken four points from five matches […]
The Zambia Police Service has instituted investigations to impound all buses that were involved in ferrying cadres to police headquarters in Lusaka when UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema was being interrogated. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says more than 32 buses full of cadres were spotted last week Wednesday. Mrs. Katongo disclosed this to ZNBC news in […]
ZESCO Limited says the load shedding hours will be reduced during the festive season. ZESCO Public Relations Manager Hazel Zulu says customers will now be experiencing up to 4 hours of load shedding with effect from today 23rd December 2020 to 2nd January 2021. Ms. Zulu notes that the decision is necessitated by the expected […]
The Ndola City Council has recorded a case of exhumation at Kawama Cemetery. A grave, belonging to Frances M Kabwe, was found open and the coffin and body was found missing. The grave was found open on Friday by Ndola City Council workers. Frances Kabwe was born in 1953 and was buried on August 2, […]
Hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped last week from a boarding school in north-western Nigeria have been released, local authorities say.A spokesperson for the governor of Katsina state, Abdul Labaran, said 344 had been freed and were all in a good condition.However, other reports suggested some remain in the hands of their captors.The attack was claimed by […]
Nigeria-based Islamist militant group Boko Haram has said it was behind last week’s kidnapping of hundreds of schoolboys in the north-western Nigerian state of Katsina. More than 300 pupils are unaccounted for, but others managed to escape. The authorities had previously blamed “bandits” for the attack. Boko Haram has been notorious over the last decade […]
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Harry kalaba has paid to the state the money that he illegally accrued in 2016 when parliament dissolved ahead of the 2016 General Elections. Mr. Kalaba who owed the state over K 60,000 made the payment at Zanaco premium house branch and later submitted the receipt at the ministry of Justice.Mr. […]
Zitukule Consortium has commended Zambia Statistics Agency for providing context to the 2020 Electoral Commission of Zambia ECZ set figure of 9 million voters.Association Executive Director Nicholas Phiri says although this development has come too late, it does validate concerns that the ECZ has insulated itself from stakeholder’s participation in the management of electoral process […]
PF Media Director Sunday Chanda has called on the opposition alliance to accept all the verdicts being passed by the constitutional court. Mr. Chanda says the opposition alliance should not be selective in interpreting court decisions. Mr. Chanda says just as the alliance has accepted the ruling on the repayment of salaries by Cabinet ad […]
