Lusaka Magistrate Lameck Mwale has discontinued the prosecution of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mutembo Nchito on criminal charges. This follows Mr. Nchito’s earlier decision to enter a nolle prosequi in a matter he was facing nine counts of criminal charges among them Abuse of Authority of Office, Contempt of court and Conspiracy to defeat justice. When the matter came ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has directed the Zambia Police Service to thoroughly investigate claims by UPND President Hakainde Hichilema that he gets a copy of State Security Information from the intelligence. President Lungu says he is the only duly elected Republican President who should be getting the State Intelligence Information. He says the Zambia Police Service has a challenge to ...

Jose Mourinho claimed his first trophy since returning for his second spell as Chelsea manager with a comfortable Capital One Cup final victory over Tottenham at Wembley. John Terry and Diego Costa did the damage – both with the aid of deflections – either side of the interval as Spurs’ hopes of repeating their success over Chelsea in this competition ...

A punk band made up of musicians with learning disabilities is to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest. The quartet, named PKN, was chosen by Finnish viewers on Saturday and has now been ranked by bookmakers as among the favourites for the contest. The group, whose members have Down’s syndrome and autism, will perform their 85-second song Aina Mun ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart later for talks in Geneva on the Ukraine crisis. The talks come ahead of a new UN report documenting human rights violations by Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia rebels. Mr Kerry is also expected to call for a transparent inquiry into the killing of a Russian opposition politician. Boris Nemtsov ...

North Western Provincial Education Officer Allan Lingambe says his region has recorded a steady increase in the performance of pupils at grade 12 level. Mr. Lingambe says that the results have given the authority confidence for better performance in the coming years. Mr. Lingambe observes that the Province has maintained the sixth position in terms of performance in the Country. ...

Media institute of Southern Africa (MISA) says it is closely monitoring media violation across the country. MISA National Director Austin kayanda says MISA Zambia is seriously concerned with the various issues affecting the media in the country. Mr. Kayanda notes that he is personally aware that there has been a lot of media violation with regards to freedom of expression ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Chama says the ruling party does not have anymore time left to talk ill about the opposition. Mr. Chama says this is because the ruling PF is geared to deliver to the expectations of the people. He has told Qfm News in an interview that his party members are now united and are getting ...

First lady Esther Lungu has reaffirmed her pledge of making a difference to the most vulnerable families in the country. Mrs. Lungu has told Qfm news in an interview that she wants to focus on her attention in helping out the under privileged ranging from people suffering HIV and AIDS, widows as well as safeguarding the future of a girl ...