Top news items in major Zambia media outlets

The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Monday.

-- The Zambian government has warned that its patience on opposition leaders failing to recognize President Edgar Lungu as duly elected was running out and that it will not option but to arrest and charge such people with treason.

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo said it was treasonable for some opposition leaders to continue claiming that Lungu was not Zambia's president following the disputed 2016 general elections. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- Zambia's tax agency has started enforcing a law to seize goods and vessels used in smuggling among tough measures adopted to curb the vice.

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) commissioner-general Kingsley Chanda said both goods and vessels falsely declared would be forfeited to the government without compensation following the new measures which came into effect on March 31, 2017. (Times of Zambia)

--Zambia has acquired enough points to qualify for a loan facility of up to 1.6 billion U.S dollars from the International Monetary Fund, a senior official from the finance ministry has said.

Mukuli Chikuba, the permanent secretary in the ministry said the government was currently in discussions over the prospects of acquiring a loan facility from the IMF, although a final decision was yet to be made. (Daily Nation)

-- A hospital in Zambia's Ndola city on the Copperbelt Province has banned members of staff from using cellphones during working hours.

Nola Teaching Hospital Senior Medical Superintendent Alex Mukupe said the ban was aimed at improving service delivery as it has been established that most of the workers spend most of their time on phones.(The Mast) Endit