Daily Archives: February 24, 2016

US election 2016: Donald Trump wins big in Nevada

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has easily won the US state of Nevada, cementing his lead in the race for party nomination. The billionaire now has three consecutive wins, after victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have been attacking each other this week, are vying for second place. Party officials said they ...

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Mosi Lager Zambian Music Awards set for April 28th

The Mosi Lager Zambian Music Awards will be held in Lusaka on April 28, followed by the Mosi Day of Thunder music festival to be held in Livingstone on April 30. The awards ceremony, which has grown to be the highlight of the music industry calendar in the last four years, will bring together the nation’s best performers, producers and ...

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Bill Gates Response To Beyonce’s Formation: “Are You Serious?”

Beyonce’s newest hit ‘Formation” has inspired all kinds of reactions, debates and opinion pieces. It seems like everyone has something to say about Bey’s politically-charged new single. The only one who appears to be tardy to the party is billionaire Bill Gates. In the song, Beyonce name drops Gates when she says “You just might be a black Bill Gates ...

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Nchanga hand Sakala temporary rein

Evans Sakala will be temporarily in charge of Nchanga Rangers following the death of head coach Fighton Simukonda last week. Sakala was the the late Simukonda’s first assistant at Nchanga since arriving at the Faz Super League club in the middle of the 2015 season. Nchanga secretary Jimmy Chongo said the club will take their time in coming up with ...

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Mwale encourages govt to enact Marriage and Child Code bills

Center for Reproductive Health and Education (CRHE) has encouraged government not to relent in taking to parliament the Marriage and Child Code bills. CRHE Executive Director Amos Mwale says this bill in the country has been long overdue and it is time government accelerated the process of coming up with this piece of legislation. Mr. Mwale tells QFM News that ...

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Messi’s late double sinks Arsenal

Lionel Messi left Arsenal spellbound as the Barcelona striker’s clinical double sealed a 2-0 last 16, first leg victory on Tuesday that put the Champions League holders firmly on course for the quarterfinals. Barca coach Luis Enrique joked this week that all he needed to do was shout ‘Abracadabra’ for Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez to deliver the kind of ...

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Mwanza urges Zambians to learn lessons from Uganda elections

Government has been advised to learn lessons from what happened in Uganda during their general elections. Governance Activist Isaac Mwanza says there is no need of engaging in politics of intimidation, harassment, and other vices that may injure people’s civil and political rights. Mr. Mwanza, who was part of the Zambian election observers in Uganda led by Fourth Republican President ...

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Nevers shocked by behavior of certain MMD members

Opposition MMD president Nevers Mumba says he finds it to be normal to continue having all people that earlier seemed loyal to him rebelling against him over the issue of the Convention. Dr. Mumba says it is nothing new for the MMD to have its members leave if their fortunate change after another leader comes in to head the party. ...

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Govt welcomes calls for mining indaba

Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma says government will not remain rigid about accepting ideas of other stakeholders on how best to consolidate growth in the Country’s mine sector. Mr. Yaluma says government has taken recognizance that the mine sector can only grow if dialogue and consensus is embraced by all stakeholders in sector. He says government thus welcomes the proposal by ...

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