The North Western Development Council of Elders has hailed President Edgar Lungu for making major pronouncements on developmental projects such as the construction of Solwezi-Chingola road, Jimbe road and township roads during his recent visit to the province. Council of Elders Chairperson Lucas Chikoti has told QFM correspondent Lyton Ngambo in an interview in Solwezi today that the Solwezi-Chingola road ...

A confrontation nearly ensued this morning at Kabwata Police Station involving cadres and Police officers when UPND President Hakainde Hichilema appeared at the station for questioning. The UPND Leader was appearing at Kabwata Police Station for questioning for breach of the Public Order Act. Mr. Hichilema who arrived at the Police station at exactly 10:00 hours was accompanied by lawyers ...

IRINA Shayk was left “betrayed” by Cristiano Ronaldo after she discovered that he had been secretly messaging other girls around the world. The Sports Illustrated model – who is now dating Bradley Cooper – has revealed how she felt “stupid” that she was fooled by her football superstar boyfriend of five years. According to The Sun, Irina told a source close ...

The Iraqi government is reported to be sending Iran-backed militias to Ramadi to recapture the city seized by Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday. About 500 people are reported to have died when the Iraqi military abandoned positions in the city – only 70 miles (112km) west of Baghdad. A regional government official spoke of people fleeing Ramadi, the capital ...

A string of superb saves from Kevin Jean-Louis could not prevent Mauritius losing 2-0 to Zimbabwe on Sunday in a Cosafa Cup opening-round match. Carlos Rusere and Ronald Chitiyo scored for the four-time champions at Moruleng Stadium near South African north-west mining town Rustenburg. In the first Group A match, lowly Seychelles surprisingly held wasteful Namibia 0-0, and almost snatched ...

A year that equals the best in Barcelona’s history, with La Liga in the bag and Champions League and Copa del Rey finals to come, couldn’t have started more inauspiciously. The Catalans opened 2015 with a 1-0 defeat at Real Sociedad on the field and descended into full blown institutional crisis off it. Lionel Messi and Neymar had been left ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has been reminded to always keep in mind that it campaigned on the basis that it will introduce Windfall taxes for Mining sector. Former Church of God overseer John Mambo says the question that the ruling PF should BE answering is whether the people of Zambia are happy that this has not been done. Bishop ...

Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President George Mpombo has called on government to look into the issue of the bad state of the Chiwala ring road that leads to Ndola’s industrial area. Dr. Mpombo is concerned that the road that has been damaged by heavy duty tricks is posing a great risk to pedestrians. He has disclosed to Qfm News ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has announced its intentions of formally writing to Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula over government’s planned piecemeal constitution amendments. This follows the recent meeting which EFZ held with Dr. Simbyakula over government’s plans to table non contentious issues of the final draft constitution in the June sittings of Parliament. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza has ...

Government has assured the nation that it will follow the law to the latter with respect to holding the national constitution referendum alongside the 2016 general elections. Chief government spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili says government intends to make sure that people in the country are well informed of the time of holding of the referendum. Mr. Kambwili who is also Information ...