A 27 year old paramilitary battalion has sustained  a gunshot wound on his right ear after being shot, by his fellow police officer under the paramilitary battalion. Confirming the incident, police deputy public relations officer ,Danny Mwale disclosed that police in Lusaka recorded a shooting incident in which constable Wamunyima Mubiana aged 24 of paramilitary battalion was shot at by ...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has increased the fuel pump prices effective from midnight tonight. Energy Regulations Board chairperson Reynolds Bowa says the pump prices of petroleum products has been increased by k2.12 ngwee per litre for petrol and k2.61ngwee per litre for diesel, while the price of kerosene has remained unchanged. Mr. Bowa says the upward adjustment in prices ...

Fifty seven out of 141 stranded Zambian students studying in various institutions in Ukraine have made it to Poland. Foreign affairs and international cooperation minister Stanley Kakubo says a total of 57 students have safely crossed the border from Ukraine into Poland. Mr. Kakubo also says 1 student is safely in Hungary having been directed by his parents to travel ...

Republican Vice President Mutale Nalumango says Western Province needs urgent and rapid economic transformation in order to turn round the economic fortunes to support Government’s development agenda for the province. The Vice President notes that while many parts of the country require development, Western Province has not had Transformative Programs and Investments at the scale that can make impact among the ...

Auditor General Dick Sichembe has stressed that there is no country that can record meaningful development with weak public financial management systems. Dr. Sichembe explains that this is why government has prioritised the need for prudent management of public resources by ensuring that public bodies procure goods, services and works at the right price, right quality and delivered at the ...

The Continental Leadership Research Institute is urging government to extend the three months travel ban for permanent secretaries and directors to public service officers in lower ranks. Executive Director Mundia Hakoola tells QTV News that this in order to ensure fiscal discipline in the lower structures of the public service. Mr Hakoola says to ensure budget credibility and spending within ...

President Hakainde Hichilema says he is observing with keen interest the possible ripple effects the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could have on key global commodity prices such as oil and fertilizer. Speaking through his Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya, President Hichilema notes that both oil and fertilizer play such a significant role in positioning the Zambian economy. The President has, therefore, ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has challenged the ward development committees WDC to come up with programs of fighting climate change in the country. Speaking in an interview with Q-News CSPR project officer Elvis Chipuka says there is need for the WDCs to promote the practice of planting climate resilient crops among Zambian farmers. Mr. Chipuka notes that ...

A consultant at the University Teaching Hospital UTH pediatric oncology cancer diseases hospital Dr. Justin Mulindwa has advised people not to visit traditional doctors to seek treatment for cancer diseases.  Dr. Mulindwa has called on citizens in communities to take keen interest on cancer sensitization programs do in communities in order to increase their knowledge on cancer diseases. And speaking ...

Community Action Against Corruption (CAAC) has called upon the UPND administration to consider engaging foreign specialized investigative agencies to help the anti corruption commission ACC which it says seems to be lost in the corruption fight maze. CAAC chief executive officer Brightone Tembo tells Q-News that government should also seriously find out which institution between ACC and the office of ...