Bill Cosby’s lawyers claim he has been damaged by “inaccurate” media reports, after it was revealed he had obtained sedatives to give to women before sex. The star’s admission came in recently-unsealed documents from a 2005 civil case, in which Andrea Constand accused the star of drugging and molesting her. In their first comment since the papers were made public ...

What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence. The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university library for almost a century. The British Library’s expert on ...

MMD President Nevers Mumba says the tension that has been created between the people of Southern Province and the Patriotic Front (PF) Government could have been avoided had President Edgar Lungu demonstrated strong leadership and if all the leaders in the PF genuinely towed the much talked about “One Zambia, One Nation” ideology. Speaking in Luangwa yesterday during meetings with ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested 2,510 people countrywide in the first half of the year for various drug and money laundering offences. Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo says as at the end of June 2015, the Commission had arrested 2,470 and convicted 949 people for various drug offences. Ms Katongo in a statement says the Commission had also ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) says government is being very hypocritical over its excuse that it has no financial resources to hold a referendum on the constitution following the revelation that it has money to increase salaries for parliamentarians and ministers. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi in a statement says it is amazing how government can, today, claim to ...

Patriotic Front Kasama Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba popularly known as GBM is set to ditch the ruling party to join the opposition UPND at a media briefing to take place at Cresta Golfview hotel in Lusaka today. Mr Mwamba who had dragged the ruling party to court after being expelled for campaigning for UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema ...

The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards nominations were announced today, and Nicki Minaj picked up  couple of nods for her hit “Anaconda.” The Young Money rapper was nominated for “Best Female Video” and “Best Hip Hop Video,” but she was still wondering why she did not get recognized for other awards. Nicki took to Twitter to question why her 480 million viewed video was ...

The Greek parliament is to vote later on a second set of reforms needed to secure its bailout deal. If MPs approve the financial and judicial reforms, Greece will be able to press ahead with negotiations for an €86 billion bailout from its creditors. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been trying to rally his Syriza colleagues, saying the Greek people ...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists the Premier League champions have no plans to make significant additions to his squad, revealing that he is relishing the prospect of mounting a title defence with the same set of players. Apart from the arrival of striker Radamel Falcao and the departure of goalkeeper Petr Cech, Chelsea have been largely inactive in the summer ...

Zambia coach George Lwandamina has downplayed the prospect of Christopher Katongo’s return to the Chipolopolo set-up any time soon. Katongo ended his ten-year exile from the Faz Super League on July 19 when he featured for Green Buffaloes in their 2-1 away loss to leaders Zesco United. The ex-Zambia captain has not played for Zambia since he was banished from ...