Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr has announced the Super Eagles squad that will face Zambia early next month. The two nations will square off in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Group B match at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria on Saturday, 7 October. England-based forward Alex Iwobi, who did not feature in Nigeria’s two Group B ...

Green party President Peter Sinkamba says obsessive monetary and currency tools in the country have the potential to trigger a crisis in the banking sector and subsequently shrink the economy further. Mr Sinkamba tells Q-News that this is evidenced from statistics which indicate that the economy has shrunk from about US$28 billion in 2013 to US$19billion in 2017. He says the rapid ...

The Patriotic Front has wondered why Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili is still clinging on to the same party he is demonizing. PF Media Director Sunday Chanda described Mr. Kambwili as a two faced individual who does not stand on the truth. He says Mr. Kambwili’s profaned continued ranting has vindicated the party on its decision to expel him. ...

The Zambia Association of Musicians (ZAM) has hailed Stanbic Bank Zambia for promoting art in the country by according local musicians an opportunity to perform, interact, and share ideas with international artists. ZAM president Njoya Tembo tells QTV news that the musical concerts which the bank has been organizing will help local musicians understand the importance of art and package ...

Precise “chemical surgery” has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world first, Chinese researchers have told the BBC. The team at Sun Yat-sen University used a technique called base editing to correct a single error out of the three billion “letters” of our genetic code. They altered lab-made embryos to remove the disease beta-thalassemia, which were ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him. The US president accused the social network of “collusion” on Twitter, branding it “anti-Trump”. He made the same claim against the New York Times and the Washington Post. Facebook will shortly hand over 3,000 political adverts to congressional investigators probing alleged ...

Hugh Hefner, founder of the international adult magazine Playboy, has died at the age of 91. Playboy Enterprises Inc said he passed away peacefully at home, from natural causes. Hefner began publishing Playboy in his kitchen at home in 1953. It became the largest-selling men’s magazine in the world, shifting seven million copies a month at its peak. Cooper Hefner, ...

Having slayed one Tunisian giant, Al Ahly of Egypt tackle another this weekend in pursuit of a record-extending ninth CAF Champions League title. The Cairo club shocked Esperance in Tunis last weekend, coming from behind to triumph 2-1 through goals from Tunisian Ali Maaloul and Nigerian Junior Ajayi. Esperance had assumed the role of favourites after forcing a 2-2 first-leg ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho praised striker Romelu Lukaku for his humility and eagerness to develop after the striker scored twice in a 4-1 Champions League win at CSKA Moscow on Wednesday. The powerful 24-year-old Belgian has netted 10 goals this season following his £75-million move from Everton. “He’s humble, he wants to learn all the time, he wants to ...

DFID Head of Office Mark Richardson says Zambia has the potential to diversify the economy to promote more inclusive growth. Mr Richardson says Zambia can also exploit the opportunity of being land linked rather than landlocked. He says the country can also use revenue generated from copper to support and deliver services to the poor people. Mr Richardson who recently ...