Works and Supply Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says phase one of the construction of the US$522 million Greenfield international airport in Ndola will commence next month. Mr. Mukanga has told Parliament in a ministerial statement today that phase one of the project which will be undertaken by Avic International will cost US$ 398 million. He says land for the project has ...

Government has warned people intending to violate the Markets and Bus Stations Act of 2007 that they will face the full wrath of the law. Local Government and Housing Minister Steven Kampyongo sounded the warning in a ministerial statement delivered to Parliament today following an incidents were Johabie Buses in Chipata and Lusaka were blocked by suspected PF cadres. Mr. ...

Police in Lusaka this afternoon failed in their attempt to conduct a search at UPND Vice President for Administration Geoffrey Mwamba’s building where 21 UPND youths were arrested last week and offensive weapons recovered. This is the second time Police failed to carry out a search on the premises following the arrest yesterday of Mr. Mwamba who was slapped with ...

50 Cent told his mansion for a cool $8 million. The rapper’s home is going to be gutted and converted into an assisted living center for elderly people, according to reports. The home spans 50,000 square feet, 21 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms. The home originally went on the market in 2007 for$18.5 million, but the rapper was unable to unload ...

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal have the perfect opportunity to bounce back immediately from disappointing midweek defeats when they meet in the most significant North London derby for years at White Hart Lane on Saturday. While matches between the arch-rivals are always tense, highly-charged occasions, Saturday’s Premier League game has added spice because both are heavily involved in the title race ...

European Council President Donald Tusk has warned illegal economic migrants against coming to Europe, during a new push to solve the EU migrant crisis. He said illegal economic migrants were risking “lives and money” for nothing. Mr Tusk is visiting Greece and Turkey to try to secure agreement on reducing the flow of migrants travelling west. More than 25,000 migrants ...

Patriotic Front Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has reported UPND Vice President Geoffrey Mwamba to the Police over his statement that he will go for the throat of President Edgar Lungu. Briefing journalists after reporting Mr. Mwamba at Lusaka Central Police this morning, Mr. Bwalya says he has decided to report the UPND vice president for administration to the Police having ...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he was “worried” about his side’s recent results on a night where three title challengers were beaten. The Gunners’ 2-1 loss to Swansea leaves them third, six points adrift of leaders Leicester and Wenger says they “must get back to positive results”. Tottenham missed the chance to go top of the table after defeat at ...

Tributes have been paid to Tony Warren, the Coronation Street creator and writer who has died aged 79. William Roache, who has played Ken Barlow since the first episode, said he would be “so desperately missed”. Coronation Street executive producer Kieran Roberts called Warren “a pioneer, a revolutionary, a true genius [and] a giant of British television”. Warren, who started ...

North Korea has fired several short-range projectiles into the sea, South Korea’s defence ministry said. It comes hours after the UN Security Council unanimously voted to impose some of its strongest ever sanctions against North Korea. A South Korean spokesman told the Yonhap news agency the projectiles were fired at about 10:00 local time (01:00 GMT) from Wonsan on the ...