Justice Minister Edgar Lungu says he has not resigned his position as Patriotic Front Secretary General. Mr Lungu says he still remains Patriotic Front Secretary General until such a time that a substantive candidate has been named to contest the 20th January,2015 presidential by-election. In a statement made available to QFM News, Mr Lungu has clarified that he has merely ...

Opposition Heritage party President Godfrey Miyanda has formally declared his candidature for the 2015 Presidential election. Brigadier General Miyanda says he has applied and offered himself as presidential candidate for the Heritage party because he believes he best suits the transition that has been necessitated by the death of President Michael Sata. Speaking during a media briefing this morning to ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) has stressed the need for Zambia to continue being a beacon of peace in the SADC region and Africa as a whole as the country holds the presidential by-election next year. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape says the Civil Society will not tolerate any form of violence and instability from any section of ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) says it is possible for the country to have a female president. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says there would be nothing wrong for the country to have a female president, stating that women can run the country as good as the men. Reverend Mwanza says women have proved to be capable of holding ...

Alliance for Better Zambia (ABZ) president Father Frank Bwalya has charged that there is need for the country to have a clear law to separate government institutions from being used for political party functions. Father Bwalya has told Qfm news in a telephone interview that it is unfortunate that the Patriotic Front is using Cabinet Office as the nomination centre ...

Political analyst Alex Ng’oma says the number of presidential aspirants in the Patriotic Front is recipe for fragmentation. Dr Ngóma has told QFM News in an interview that while it is the right of every Zambian to aspire for public office, there is need for politicians to think through their decisions before taking the step. Dr Ngóma explains that the ...

Another 3ft (1m) of snow is expected to hit upstate New York after a massive snowstorm that left at least seven dead on Wednesday. Parts of the city of Buffalo are already under 5ft (1.5m) of snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the snowstorm a “historic event” that would break records. Freezing temperatures have continued across all 50 US ...

Zambia beat Cape Verde 1-0 on Wednesday to settle scores against their Group F nemesis to wrap up their 2015 AFCON qualifying race. The home win at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola was sweet revenge for Zambia coach Honour Janza whose side only Group F loss came at the hands of Cape Verde. Cape Verde beat Zambia 2-1 in the ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has set December 17th,18th and 19th as nomination dates for the January 20th Presidential election. And the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has proposed to spend 344 million kwacha to conduct the January 20th Presidential election. ECZ Spokesperson Cris Akufuna says the nomination fee has been pegged at K10,000. Mr Akufuna says presidential candidates should ...