At least 46 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said. The explosion at a boys’ school in the town is believed to have been caused by a suicide bomber dressed as a student. The militant group Boko Haram is believed to have carried out the ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) in Southern Province says it will conduct solidarity matches in support of party Secretary General Edgar Lungu as the ruling party’s presidential candidate in the 2015 presidential by-election. Former Livingstone District youth Chairperson Gift Lwembe says the solidarity match for Mr. Lungu’s presidential candidature is planned for Friday, 14th November or Saturday 15th November. Mr. ...

Southern province Minister Daniel Munkombwe has commended Radio QFM Limited for its extended outreach to the Tourist Capital Livingstone on FM frequency 93.3. Mr. Munkombwe notes that the media plays an important role in highlighting issues affecting the nation hence the need to have a conducive environment for all media to do their work. Mr Mukombwe says QFM’s additional new ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has pledged to engage in peaceful campaigns ahead of the presidential by-election. UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema says the Zambian people should instead be worried with the PF cadres who he says are known for violence. Mr. Hichilema says his party has always been a peaceful party. He has instead accused the ruling ...

Fourth Republican President Rupiah Banda says he will end the speculation on whether he intends to run for President again or not after the burial of President Michael Sata. There has been growing speculation that the former President intends to run for President in the elections expected to be held in January 2015. And Mr Banda says it is painful ...

Differences have emerged over mode of selection of the Patriotic Front presidential candidate ahead of the forthcoming Presidential by-election with some senior PF members rejecting the selection of the candidate by the Central Committee. PF Secretary General Edgar Lungu yesterday hinted in a media statement that the Central Committee will select the PF presidential candidate and not the general conference ...

Jacob Mulenga scored his third successive goal in Turkey after inspiring Adana Demirspor to a 2-1 home win over Karsiyaka on Sunday. The 30-year-old Zambia striker has continued to find the target in Turkey just two weeks after he was snubbed for Chipolopolo’s forthcoming final two 2015 Africa Cup Group F qualifiers against Mozambique and Cape Verde. Jacob equalised for ...

Airtel Networks Zambia has attributed its network outage on Friday, 7th November experienced by its customers to a core system hardware fault which led to core switches overloading and eventually hanging. Airtel Director of Corporate Communications, Government Relations and CSR, Joseph Kafwariman says the problem which saw loss of data services, partial voice and SMS services was however rectified by ...

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says continuity in government policies that support stability will be critical for the country following the demise of President Michael Sata. JCTR Director Fr Leonard Chiti says any departure from policies that support stability may have adverse effects on the economy in the long term. Fr Chiti notes that there is need for ...

An interdenominational requiem Church service for the late President Michael Sata has been held in honour of the departed leaders at Parliament buildings in Lusaka. During the church service lasted about two hours, Clergymen took turns in offering prayers for the late president’s soul, the first family, the country’s leadership and the country as whole. The President ‘s body which ...