"Sama Lukonde has resigned to the Head of State." This headline is from the newspaper LE PHARE, which notes: "Respectful of the texts, Prime Minister Jean Michel Sama Lukonde tendered his resignation on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, to the Head of State, Félix Tshisekedi.

The head of the government of the "Warriors" has thus sportingly complied with the constitutional provision that prohibits the holding of multiple positions by ministers, national deputies, provincial deputies, and other public office holders, writes this daily. The paper continues: "The immediate consequence of the act taken by the aforementioned is the collective resignation of the government, 39 members of which were elected as national deputies."

Still on this subject, FORUM DES AS headlines: "Sama Lukonde and his ministers will continue to wield power with limited competencies." Although resigned, the newspaper points out, the Sama Lukonde government will continue to wield power with limited competencies to ensure the continuity of the State.

Regarding the summons by the General Prosecutor's Office at the Supreme Court of the governor of the city of Kinshasa, "Ngobila summoned this Thursday to the General Prosecutor's Office at the Supreme Court," headlined LA PROSPERITE.

For this newspaper, "The judicial noose tightens a little more around Gentiny Ngobila, the governor of the city of Kinshasa, who is expected this Thursday, February 22, at the General Prosecutor's Office at the Supreme Court."

The reason for this invitation has not been communicated to the interested party, specifies LA PROSPERITE. He is therefore supposed to appear at the prosecutor's office at 2:30 pm for facts that will be communicated to him on the spot, notes the newspaper.

For LE PHARE, still on this information, "General Prosecutor's Office at the Supreme Court: Ngobila leads the way." In its article titled as such, the newspaper writes: "As is tradition in judicial annals, the reason for this 'invitation' is not specified."

But in the Congolese political microcosm where brains run at "Grand V3" speed, the paper indicates, an association is quickly made with the case of his disqualification by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI).

Furthermore, the newspaper adds: "Be that as it may, public opinion believes that the invitation issued to Ngobila by the General Prosecutor's Office at the Supreme Court should have a close link with the case of electoral frauds. This unsuccessful candidate for the national and provincial legislatures could thus be the first suspect to be heard by the justice, notes LE PHARE, which considers it a "Case to follow."

Regarding the funeral of the leader of the party "Bundu di Mayala," LE PHARE headlines: "Deceased in October 2023, Ne Muanda Nsemi still blocked at the morgue." After tributes were paid to him by the Head of State and several personalities last December at the People's Palace, it was believed that the remains of Zacharie Badiengila, better known by the pseudonym Ne Muanda Nsemi, would make their way to his home village, Suku Malongo, in the Luozi territory, Central Kongo, for funeral arrangements followed by his burial.

According to the followers of Ne Muanda Nsemi and his biological family, the crypt arranged in his home village should be replaced by a mausoleum befitting his stature. However, from the organizing committee, it seems that the budget allocated for the deceased's funeral did not include the construction of a mausoleum. Hence the call to national authorities for a fair arbitration between the conflicting parties. In the meantime, the deceased continues to await his fate at the morgue of the Cinquantenaire hospital, for 5 months now.

Boni Tsala