Stoke City forward Bojan Krkic has signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with the Premier League club. The 25-year-old Spain international joined the Potters from Barcelona for an undisclosed fee in July 2014. Bojan, who missed the second half of last season with a knee injury, has scored 10 goals in 41 games for Stoke. Chief executive Tony Scholes said: “Bojan ...

The production company behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens is being prosecuted over the incident in which Harrison Ford broke his leg. The actor was struck by a hydraulic metal door on the Pinewood set of the Millennium Falcon in June 2014. The Health And Safety Executive has brought four criminal charges against Foodles Production (UK) Ltd – a subsidiary ...

Scientists are claiming a stunning discovery in their quest to fully understand gravity. They have observed the warping of space-time generated by the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years from Earth. The international team says the first detection of these gravitational waves will usher in a new era for astronomy. It is the culmination of decades ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has advised government to maintain the highest level of fiscal discipline and stick to the 2016 National Budget considering that this is an election year. The CSPR warns that failure to stick to the budget as approved by Parliament, could plunge the nation into an economic crisis. CSPR Information and Communications Officer Maxson ...

Government has been advised to find better ways of empowering youths as opposed to coming up with projects that do not create sustainable jobs. UPND Lusaka District youth wing Vice Secretary Otis Bwalya says government should engage the youths in coming up with sustainable empowerment programmes. Mr. Bwalya has told Qfm News his party youths are in a better position ...

Copperbelt University Students Union (COBUSU) president Humphrey Mwenya says the union is engaging Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu on the need to reopen the institution as soon as possible. Mr. Mwenya is hopeful that the two Universities will be reopened soon and has assured students to remain calm. He says the two students Unions were scheduled to meet the Higher ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) has expressed disappointment with the huge delegation that accompanied President Edgar Lungu on his trip to the Vatican and France. UPND Deputy Spokesperson Edwin Lifwekelo says the number of people who accompanied the president goes against the austerity measures he announced aimed at cutting government expenditure as well as cutting down on the ...

HEALTH Minister Joseph Kasonde has assured the nation that there is presently no active case of ZIKA virus in the country, the mosquito transmitted virus which results in new born babies having small heads associated with under developed brains. Dr. Kasonde has told Parliament in a ministerial statement on the outbreak of the ZIKA virus in South America with Brazil ...

The National Revolution Party (NRP) has petitioned the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to immediately convene a stakeholders meeting to discuss the hike in nomination fees. Speaking when he presented a petition to ECZ Spokesperson, Cris Akufuna, NRP President Cosmo Mumba says his party is dismayed with the high nomination fees the Commission has set. Dr. Mumba says the hiked ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has launched investigations into allegations of fraud and theft at the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU). DEC officers on Tuesday, 9th February,2016 visited the ZNFU offices in the Show Grounds as part of the investigation. And ZNFU President Evelyn Nguleka has assured ZNFU members and stakeholders to remain calm during the course of the investigation. ...