The number of people killed in the cyclone that hit Fiji at the weekend has risen to 29, with officials warning the clear-up could take months. About 8,500 people are still sheltering in evacuation centres. Cyclone Winston has flattened many buildings in parts of the main Viti Levu island and Koro islands, Fijian officials said. The category five storm brought ...

Things have not been easy these past two weeks for Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh. And he can’t bottle up about it. The opinionated gaffer has told of how financially handicapped his preparations for next month’s Afcon 2017 qualifer against Egypt have been. The game is slated for March 25 in Kaduna, but things are not going well. “I am ...

Manchester United cruised into the FA Cup quarterfinals with a 3-0 win at Shrewsbury on Monday that at least temporarily eased the mounting pressure on Louis van Gaal. Chris Smalling, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard netted the goals as United wrapped up a businesslike victory against their third tier hosts to secure a last eight date with West Ham United ...

Water supplies have been partially restored in the Indian capital, Delhi, after repairs began on a key canal which supplies much of the city. The army took control of the Munak canal in neighbouring Haryana state on Monday after Jat community protesters, angry at caste job quotas, seized it. Delhi water minister Kapil Mishra said the “crisis was still not ...

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections (JCTR) says the people of Zambia should not get tired of condemning violence until the vice is brought to an end. JCTR Director Father Leonard Chiti notes that it is sad that political parties are engaging in violence when there other pressing national issues that they can be looking at. Fr. Chiti notes that ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama has lashed out at sentiments that the PF is losing popularity going by the recent economic challenges the country is facing. Mr. Chama says the PF is still very popular and has now become a national party which is being represented in all parts of the country. Mr. Chama has also reiterated that the ...

Former Church of God Overseer Bishop John Mambo has called on the Church mother bodies in the country to call political party leaders to a round table discussion concerning violence. Bishop Mambo recalls that the church mother bodies in 1991 when they saw the escalating levels of violence, called political players to a meeting and ironed out issues which were ...

Government says it has distributed a total of 29, 466 metric tones of relief maize in areas of the Country that were affected by last year’s poor rainfall. Office of the Vice President Deputy Minister Lazarous Chungu has disclosed to QTV this translates to 589, 333 50kg bags of maize. Mr. Chungu says from the 29, 466 tones Western province ...