The father of a 14-year-old girl who is among 110 believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram has pleaded with the Nigerian government to act quickly. “We don’t want these girls to stay long with those militants. Anything can happen to them,” Kachalla Bukar told the BBC. Jihadists stormed the school in the town of Dapchi in the north-eastern ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ordered a daily humanitarian pause in fighting in the Eastern Ghouta enclave in Syria. It will start on Tuesday, and include the creation of a “humanitarian corridor” to allow civilians to leave. The rebel-held area has been under intense bombardment by the Syrian government, with Russian backing, for over a week. It has led to ...

Bwana Mkubwa Member of Parliament Dr Jonas Chanda has emphasized that the church and government are partners in human development. Dr. Chanda says both the church and government have the common duty to serve the Zambian people and uplift their lives so that they all experience the fullness of life according to scripture. Dr. Chanda was speaking at Reformed Church ...

Lunte Member of Parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya says the opposition UPND is wasting its resourceful time and energy to plan to move a motion in parliament to impeach President Edgar Lungu. Yesterday UPND President Hakainde Hichilema instructed all UPND Members of Parliament to commence the impeachment process of President Lungu. But the Lunte lawmaker says President Lungu has not done any ...

The Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) maintains that it has opposed the National Health Insurance Bill because Zambian workers and employers are over taxed. The federation has also threatened to take legal action against the government through the Ministry of Health if they fail to listen to the concerns from various stakeholders. ZFE Executive Director Harrington Chibanda has told QTV ...

The National Council for Construction (NCC) says it wants to ensure that 20 percent minimum  of all government funded road contracts in the country are executed by Zambian citizen owned companies in 2018. NCC Executive Director Mathew Ngulube says this is in line with the shareholding structure specified in the Citizens Economic Empowerment Act No. 9 of 2006, whose overall ...

The Ministry of Health has recorded a total of 15 new cholera cases in the last 24 hours in Lusaka with no deaths recorded. And Health Minister Dr Chilufya has emphasized the need for investing in universal access to clean water to completely curb the outbreak of cholera in the country. Addressing the media on the sidelines of a high ...

Tributes have been pouring in for superstar Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor, who has died aged 54. The actress, known simply as Sridevi, died of a heart attack on Saturday while at a family wedding in Dubai. Over five decades, she featured in almost 300 films, including classics Mr India, Chandni, ChaalBaaz and Sadma. She was considered one of the very ...

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star T.I. fears the government will “enslave” Americans if citizens are banned from bearing arms. The rapper and producer spent several months in jail back in 2009 for federal weapons charges and he was also put on house arrest for a year and forced to perform 1,500 hours of community service following his 2007 bust for possession ...

Romelu Lukaku broke his barren run against top six Premier League opposition and provided the winner for Jesse Lingard as Manchester United came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford. Victory against his former club was particularly sweet for Jose Mourinho as he got one over on Chelsea boss Antonio Conte, but more importantly moves United back above ...