The National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) has collected in excess of one billion kwacha in toll fees from 2013 to date. NRFA Spokesperson Alphonsius Hamachila has told QTV News that the agency has from January to August 2016 collected about K300 million from the two tolling points at Manyumbi and Kafulafuta. He says the project which started in 2013 with ...
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Actor Jason Lee no longer practicing Scientology
Jason Lee is the latest celebrity to announce his exit from Scientology. The “My Name is Earl” star, who moved to Denton, Texas with his wife Ceren Alkac and their children in 2015, confirmed he no longer practices Scientology in a a new interview. Lee squashed rumors that he moved to Denton to open a Scientology center, the actor told ...
Read More »Govt extols China
Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says government appreciates the fact that the Chinese Government has always been there to support Zambia even during challenging times. Mr. Kalaba said this when Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Youming presented a congratulatory letter to him from the Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister on his reappointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Kalaba says Zambia ...
Read More »Five things we learnt from La Liga
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both hit five ahead of their showdown on Wednesday, but continue to trail league leaders Real Madrid. Here, AFP Sports looks at five things we learnt from the fourth round of La Liga this weekend: James takes his chance to shine Without the ill Cristiano Ronaldo and injured Gareth Bale, Real Madrid laboured for 45 minutes ...
Read More »NY bomb suspect ‘held after shooting’
New York bombings suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami is in custody after shooting a police officer in Linden, New Jersey, according to US media. Video footage showed the suspect on a stretcher, being loaded into an ambulance. Linden is south-west of the city of Elizabeth, where further devices were found late on Sunday. The 28-year-old Afghan-born US citizen had been named ...
Read More »Congratulatory messages continue pouring into State House
Congratulatory messages have continued pouring into State House following the re-election of President Edgar Lungu. The latest congratulatory messages are from President Sergio Mattarella of Italy, President Arthur Peter Wamutharika of Malawi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Emperor Akihito of Japan. In his congratulatory message, Italian President Sergio Mattarella expressed confidence that President Lungu will further consolidate the traditional ...
Read More »Miles Sampa has complied with requirements of rejoining PF – Bwalya
The Patriotic Front says Mr Sampa has complied with the requirements to rejoin the party. PF deputy spokesperson Frank Bwalya however, says Mr Sampa will have to wait for the relevant party organs to consider his application to rejoin the party. He explains that members who may have left the party and want to come back may not be admitted ...
Read More »Restore the dignity of governance institutions, Milupi tells President Lungu
The opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) says there is need for President Edgar Lungu to restore the dignity and integrity of the country’s institutions of governance. ADD leader Charles Milupi has cited the Judiciary as one such institution whose dignity and integrity need to be restored. In an interview with Qfm News by telephone, Mr. Milupi has observed ...
Read More »Miles Sampa applies to rejoin PF
United Democratic Front president Miles Sampa has apologized for leaving the ruling Patriotic Front and has since applied to rejoin the party. In his letter to PF president Edgar Lungu, PF Secretary General Davies Mwila and Members of the Central Committee, Mr Sampa says he has realized that he went He says from the date he lost his ...
Read More »Women’s Africa Cup of Nations draw completed
Nigeria’s defence of their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title will begin with matches against Ghana, Mali and Kenya in Group B of the 2016 tournament. Hosts Cameroon are in Group A and will face Egypt in the opening match of the finals on 19 November in Yaounde. South Africa and Zimbabwe, who both played at the Rio Olympics, complete ...
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