Crystal Palace have appointed ex-Newcastle boss Alan Pardew as their new manager on a three-and-a-half-year deal. The announcement was officially made on Saturday, two days after Pardew watched the London side draw 0-0 with Aston Villa in the Premier League. Pardew, 53, was given permission by the Magpies to speak to Palace after the clubs agreed compensation on Monday. The ...

Little Jimmy Dickens, the renowned American country music singer-songwriter, has died at the age of 94. His spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said Dickens died on Friday of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day. His novelty songs, including May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose, earned him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame in ...

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped about 40 boys and young men in a raid on a remote village in north-eastern Nigeria, residents say. People who fled Malari village in Borno state and arrived in the state capital, Maiduguri, late on Friday said the men had been taken on New Year’s Eve. Last year Boko Haram abducted about 200 girls ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has observed the presence of Home Affairs Minister Ngosa Simbyakula at monitoring the printing of ballot papers in South Africa is raising undue suspicion and speculation around the printing process as regards its security and credibility. Executive Director McDonald Chipenzi says this is because Dr. Simbyakula is not just a mere member of the ...

The Zambia Police has arrested four people in connection with the violence that took place on Friday in Shiwan’gandu Constituency of Chinsali District. The four arrested are said to be among the suspected ruling PF cadres that disrupted a meeting that was to be attended by UPND senior officials led by Former First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa, former Deputy Speaker of ...

Patriotic Front (PF) President Edgar Lungu today received a thunderous welcome in Mpika District which is the homeland of late President Michael Sata. While in Mpika Mr. Lungu took time to visit the relatives of late President Sata and reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring continuity of peace in the country. And business came to a standstill when Mr. Lungu passed ...

The entire Petauke opposition MMD Youth Executive has allegedly ditched the former ruling party to join the FDD. Former youth Chairman Sarateyo Mwenda led members from Kapoche, Msanzala and Petauke Central Constituency during a rally today to join the FDD citing poor leadership in the MMD. And the FDD President Edith Nawakwi has promised that she will stiffen the punishment ...

The intended opposition FDA rally in Isoka which was to be addressed by party leader Ludwig Sondashi yesterday did not go ahead as the officer in-charge at Isoka police was reported having gone for a funeral. No one else was available to issue the opposition political party a police permit apart from the said officer in-charge. But the FDA leader ...

The opposition MMD has given its rebel Members of Parliament (MPs) a final ultimatum of up to 10th January this year to rethink their endorsing of another opposition leader. MMD president Nevers Mumba has told Qfm News in a statement that he has taken note that some members of his party are daring both him and the party by making ...

The ruling PF has learnt with sadness the violent disruption of an opposition UPND meeting that was scheduled to take place yesterday Friday the 2nd of January in Shiwan’gandu Constituency of Chinsali District. The meeting that was disrupted by unknown people was to be attended by UPND senior officials led by Former First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa, former Deputy Speaker of ...