Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof has signed a new contract through to the summer of 2024, with the option of a further year. The Sweden international, 25, has made 74 appearances for the club since joining from Benfica for £31m in June 2017. “Since the day I arrived at United it has felt like home,” said Lindelof. “I’ve grown significantly ...

Broadcaster John Humphrys is to present his final edition of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday. The presenter’s departure will bring to a close his 32 years on the flagship show, during which time he built a reputation as a tenacious interrogator of politicians. His last show will feature interviews with former prime ministers David Cameron and Tony Blair. ...

Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry has shown off what it says is wreckage of drones and cruise missiles that proves Iranian involvement in weekend attacks on two oil facilities. It said 18 drones and seven cruise missiles were fired from a direction that ruled out Yemen as a source. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels had said they were behind the attacks. Iran ...

Environmentalists William Harrington and Robert Chimambo say there should be no more impediments in setting up a tribunal to investigate whether or not Lands Minister Jean Kapata was in breach of the parliamentary and ministerial code of conduct Act when she acquired a small-holding plot in the de-gazetted part of the Lusaka East local forest reserve No.27. Speaking at a ...

Zambia will assume the Chairpersonship of the African Ministers responsible for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) in October 2019. According to a statement made available to QTV News by First Secretary-Press & Tourism at the Zambian Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Inutu Mwanza, the position will be held by Minister of Home Affairs, Stephen Kampyongo for a period of ...

The Anti Corruption Commission has bemoaned the poor funding from government making it difficult to carry out its mandate effectively. Speaking at the launch of the 2019 Zambia Bribe Payers Index Report in Lusaka, ACC Chairperson Justice Anderson Zikonda says the commission lacks resources to be present in every corner of the country. Justice Zikonda says it is impossible to ...

The Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) has reiterated its advice to government to maintain the Value Added Tax (VAT) as opposed to introducing the Goods and Sales Tax. ZCM president Goodwell Mateyo says the chamber still holds the view that the current VAT system can be an effective tax if government changes the approach with regards VAT refunds. Mr. Mateyo ...

Operations at Atlas Mara Head office in Lusaka have been paralyzed after bailiffs acting on behalf of a creditor pounced on the bank confiscating office equipment including computers. Workers who had reported for work were forced to surrender their laptops and asked to leave. The bailiffs were acting on behalf of one of the bank’s main creditor, a Whiteman who ...