UPND President Hakainde Hichilema claims President Edgar Lungu has invited three witchdoctors from Malawi to help him win the 2016 elections. The UPND Leader says he has intelligence information that President Lungu has allegedly invited the three witchdoctors so that they can perform their task at State House during the time he will be working from Kitwe. And Mr. Hichilema ...

MMD President Nevers Mumba has condemned in the strongest possible terms the manner in which the Patriotic Front (PF) government is handling the unfortunate situation at the Copperbelt University (CBU) which culminated in the ruthless beatings of students on Independence Day. Dr. Mumba says instead of having honest open dialogue, the PF decided to send the Police to terrorise and ...

The Zambia Federation of Employers has condemned in the strongest terms he continued illegal work stoppage by lecturers at the Copperbelt University. ZFE President Tyson Chisambo in a statement says the Federation fully supports Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu’s stance that the Government will not bow down to the brazen demands of the lecturers. He says the Federation is greatly ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has commended the Zambia Police command on the Copperbelt for arresting and prosecuting the person who was reported to have registered three times as a voter. ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna says the said person will appear in court tomorrow,27th October,2015. He adds that the Commission, working in conjunction with the Zambia Police and ...

Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino has entered the Fifa presidential election race – hours before the deadline for candidates. Infantino joins suspended Uefa boss Michel Platini in the bid to replace outgoing president Sepp Blatter, 79. Platini maintains he will stand despite Fifa saying it cannot recognise its vice-president’s candidacy while his 90-day ban is in place. Blatter – who ...

More than 100 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake which has hit north-eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan. Tremors from the magnitude 7.5 quake were also felt in northern India and Tajikistan. At least 12 of the victims were schoolgirls killed in a crush as they tried to get out of their building. The earthquake was centred in the mountainous ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has strongly condemned Police for mishandling and brutalizing the rights of students at the Copperbelt University (CBU) who were simply exercising their democratic right to demonstrate and protest. YALI President Andrew Nthewewe says they are concerned that the Police who are supposed to protect the rights of the people should behave in such a ...

United Nations office for Drugs and Crimes Southern African region Representative Zhuldyz Akisha is in the country for a number of high level meetings aimed at addressing criminal justice reforms, prisons system, human trafficking, and corruption among other issues. Speaking to Journalists upon arrival at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport this morning, Ms. Akisha says Zambia is of key importance to ...

China Copper Mines in Chingola has become the latest mining company to lay off its workers, announcing over 200 job cuts and the suspension of US$50 million worth of investment which would have resulted in the creation of 1,000 jobs. CCM Director Yu Wang Ping in a statement issued to QFM News today says the move follows the pressure the ...

Rihanna‘s former publicist has come forward and confessed to starting rumors that Jay Z was cheating with the artist as he was married to wife Beyonce. Jonathan Hay admitted that he he made up the rumor to push “Pon de Replay,” Rihanna’s 2005 hit song. Hay only came forward after he was outed in a book called “Becoming Beyonce,” according ...