The press regulator has received more than 1400 complaints about remarks Kelvin MacKenzie made in The Sun criticising a journalist for wearing a hijab while reporting the Nice attack. The paper’s former editor questioned whether Fatima Manji should have been allowed to appear on Channel 4 News. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) said it would assess the complaints. Channel ...

Russia must wait to learn if it can send a team to next month’s Olympics after calls for it to be barred from the Rio Games for operating a four-year, state-sponsored doping programme. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will “explore the legal options” before deciding whether to implement “a collective ban” on all Russian competitors for the global ...

More than 15,000 education staff in Turkey have been suspended after last week’s failed coup, as a purge of state officials widens still further. The ministry of education accused them of links to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based cleric the Turkish government says was behind Friday’s uprising. Mr Gulen denies any involvement in the coup attempt. More than 1,500 university deans ...

The Anti Corruption Commission says it has so far recorded five cases of suspected electoral corruption. ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono has told a quarterly media briefing in Lusaka today that these cases relate to suspicion in the manner some of the Grade 12 Certificates were obtained as well as how some National Registration Cards were acquired by some ...

President Edgar Lungu has promised to construct a University and a stadium in Kasama district in Northern Province. Speaking when he addressed a rally at Kasama gold club this afternoon, president Lungu has also promised to upgrade Kasama General Hospital. And President Lungu says UPND vice president for administration Geoffrey Mwamba always wants to harvest where he did not sow. ...

The Non Governmental Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has demanded the immediate independent investigations and commencement of prosecution of State House Aide Kaizar Zulu who is alleged to have assaulted a 25-year-old woman of Lusaka’s chilenje township. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale says her organisation is deeply disappointed with the reported violent conduct of the Presidential Advisor which does not befit ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has noted with great concern the continued use of the Police service as a tool of political oppression and stifling divergent views. LAZ President Linda Kasonde says it is also sad to see youths take to the streets to fight each other in the name of politics. Ms. Kasonde says political violence should end ...

The Nevers Mumba led MMD faction has dismissed the story in today’s edition of the Daily Nation suggesting that Dr Mumba will be appointed Prime Minister in the event that the UPND won next month’s elections. National Secretary Reverend Reuben Sambo in a statement says there is no paragraph or sentence in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the UPND ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) says it not fair that the church should heed calls for prayers by political leaders, while they completely ignore the wise counsel of the Church. In a statement obtained by QFM today, CCZ General Secretary Reverend Suzanne Matale says the church’s role is not to pray for empty pursuits but to pray according ...

JUSTIN Bieber appeared to air his views on Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift’s savage feud following the release of a phone call that exposed the Bad Blood singer as a “liar.” Breaking his silence after Twitter exploded with comments slamming his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez for trying to defend Taylor, the 22-year-old took to Instagram to share a slightly weird video . Sitting in the ...