The reigning champions had struggled to break down a resilient Palace side until the Spaniard made the breakthrough soon after half-time. His deflected shot off Scott Dann inside the area gave goalkeeper Julian Speroni little chance. Silva then slotted in from Aleksandar Kolarov’s cross before Yaya Toure smashed in after a swift break. The victory means City have recorded eight ...

A child in Sevastopol plays with a weapon displayed as part of a promotional campaign by the Russian Army Russia says it will not “cave in” to pressure, following a fresh set of US, EU and Canadian sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine. A spokesman said Moscow regretted “that the West is yet again displaying a complete lack of interest” ...

National Restoration party (NAREP) youth Chairman Wilson Banda has with immediate effect resigned from the party. In a letter of resignation to the national secretary, Mr. Banda has stated that he has made up his mind to resign due to reasons he wishes to hold privately. Mr. Banda says he has learn a lot from NAREP and he has since ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has observed the need for ruling Patriotic Front (PF) President Edgar Lungu to take stock of the people that surround him if healing is to take place in the ruling party now that the reconciliation have been achieved. Governance advisor Isaac Mwanza says his of organization is of the view that Mr. Lungu who ...

The opposition Zambia Direct Democracy (ZDDM) has apologized to former president Rupiah Banda for having not read the mood of Zambians before calling for his political comeback. The ZDDM has also admitted that it did not read the situation on the ground that the people Zambia have not yet learnt a bitter lesson that not everything shining is gold. In ...

Ruling Patriotic Front (PF) presidential candidate Edgar Lungu has this afternoon successfully filed in his nomination papers before acting chief justice Lombe Chibesakunda to participate in the 2015 presidential election. Mr. Lungu was in the company of his wife Esther, acting President Guy Scott and his wife Charlotte and PF Secretary General Davis Chama among other party officials. Speaking shortly ...

North Korea has offered to hold a joint inquiry with the United States into a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, strongly denying US claims that it is behind it. The North’s foreign ministry accused the US government of “spreading groundless allegations” and said a probe would refute the allegations. The attack and subsequent threats against cinemas led Sony to cancel the ...

Farmers in Mpongwe District in Chieftainess Malembeka’s area in Mpongwe District have bemoaned low rain yield in the area saying it will greatly affect the harvest. Some of the farmers talked to by QFM News crew in Mpongwe District have predicted that there will be hunger in the area next year due to low rain yields. Nason Saini, a commercial ...

Opposition Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) has vowed to restore politics of morality and integrity once elected into office. Speaking to journalists at the Supreme Court shortly after successfully filling in his nomination papers to acting chief justice Lombe Chibesakunda the opposition leader charged that Zambians have for long time been allured of a leadership that can be trusted. ...

Government is hopeful of achieving an Open Defecation Free (ODF) status in the country before the end of 2015 in a bid to promote improved sanitation and hygiene. Speaking during the celebration of the 2 million sanitation users in Chieftainess Malembeka’s Chiefdom in Mpongwe District on the Copperbelt today, Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge says government is pleased to see more ...