Patriotic Front member Kennedy Zulu says Zambians should give President Edgar Lungu a full five year mandate owing to the leadership he has exhibited during his time in office. Mr. Zulu who is also former MMD Eastern province Chairman says President Lungu has shown Zambians that he is in office to deliver development to the nation. He says if President ...

Former MMD National Youth Secretary Bowman Lusambo says it will be a shame to force the church to call for another interparty meeting on political violence. Mr. Lusambo has also wondered why some youths accept to be used as tools of violence when they have a future to protect. Mr. Lusambo says political party leaders must be seen condemning violence ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has disclosed that the 2016 provisional register of voters has a total of six million, seven hundred and ten thousand, four hundred and fifty five voters as at 5th May, 2016. ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna in a statement made available to QFM News today says of the total number of voters, 3,375,009 ...

Suspected Patriotic Front (PF) cadres this afternoon attempted to storm the UPND secretariat in Lusaka’s Rhodespark area in an act of retaliation following yesterday’s fracas in Matero. Suspected UPND cadres yesterday attacked and destroyed PF offices in Matero constituency after their rally was disrupted by the police. Quick action by the police prevented the PF cadres from storming the secretariat. ...

Wolf Hall won two awards at this year’s Bafta Television Awards, on a night which contained several speeches that defended the independence of the BBC. Mark Rylance received the leading actor award for his role as Thomas Cromwell in the BBC Two historical drama, which also picked up the drama prize. C4’s This is England ’90 and Peter Kay’s Car ...

Uefa president Michel Platini will resign from European football’s governing body after failing to have a six-year ban from football overturned. A Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) panel reduced the ban to four years on Monday. Following the judgement, the 60-year-old said he would be stepping down. Platini and former Fifa counterpart Sepp Blatter, were last year found guilty ...

The battle to contain the wildfires in west-central Canada has reached a turning point, partly thanks to drizzle and favourable winds, say officials. One minister warned much work lay ahead but “we may be turning a corner”. A fifth of homes in the oil sands city of Fort McMurray have been destroyed and more than 80,000 people evacuated. But the ...

The Zambian Government has from February 2016 to date injected a financial investment of US$3.2 billion in the operations of the Tanzania- Zambia Railways Authority (TAZARA). Works and Supply Minister Kapembwa Simbao has disclosed that  a total of US$11.2 million of this money was disbursed to dismantle salary arrears for October to December 2015 as well as pay salaries for ...

RUSSELL Brand is to become a dad! The comic’s girlfriend, Laura Gallacher, 27, is reportedly 5 months pregnant with their first child and the happy couple are said to be over the moon. According to The Sun, Russell, 41, is looking forward to putting his lothario lifestyle behind him and focussing on fatherhood. A friend said: “Russell might have bedded many of the world’s ...

People in the Philippines are voting for a new president and other leaders, with outspoken mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte the favourite to win. Five candidates are running but Mr Duterte led polls ahead of voting, despite controversial comments while campaigning and a hardline stance. The campaign has been driven by public concerns about the economy, inequality and rampant corruption. More ...