The 2018 Fifa World Cup gets begins, when hosts Russia face Saudi Arabia following an opening ceremony at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Football’s showpiece event features 32 teams, including holders Germany, competing in 64 games over 32 days. The 21st edition will be played in 12 stadiums, across 11 cities, spread over 1,800 miles. England, winners […]
SPEECH READ BY HON. MULENGA SATA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF REJOINING THE PATRIOTIC FRONT PARTY (PF) ON THE 14TH JUNE 2018 The family of the Patriotic Front (PF) is what has made me what I am known to be as a politician. Whereas I started as a councillor, deputy mayor then […]
Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya has said that any calls for the removal of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Director General Mary Tshuma only be dealt with by the Ministry of Finance. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka, Ms Siliya, who is also Chief Government Spokesperson, said that she did not have […]
The Ndola City Council has contracted the Polytechnic Construction Company to carry out road maintenance works on the Ndeke fly over bridge, which has been in a deplorable state. The project worth U$55 million Poly-Technologies road project, will see a 43 kilometre stretch of roads being upgraded to bituminous standards. The project is aimed at […]
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has seize good worth K7, 675.05 in Luapula province. The Commision has seized assorted goods collectively in collaboration with Local Authorities in six (6) districts of Luapula Province, after a joint inspections conducted in over 100 trading places in June 2018. The seized items had defects and therefore, […]
An infant in Chongwe has been burnt to death after a house he was sleeping in caught fire. The inferno occurred yesterday June13, 2018 around 20:00hrs in Rufunsa District. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi said police in Chongwe received a report in which a house caught fire leaving a male child aged 2 […]
The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico after their joint bid beat Morocco’s proposal to host it. The ‘United 2026’ bid was selected by Fifa member nations, winning 134 votes compared to 65 for Morocco. The 2026 tournament will be the biggest World Cup ever held – with […]
Mohamed Salah gave Egypt’s World Cup hopes a huge boost Wednesday when he joined a squad training session at their Grozny base. The Pharoahs’ superstar has been sidelined since suffering a shoulder injury in Liverpool’s Champions League final loss to Real Madrid on May 26. However, an AFP reporter saw the forward take part in […]
Spain sacked coach Julen Lopetegui just two days before the team’s opening game against Portugal at the World Cup, Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales confirmed on Wednesday. In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, Real Madrid named Lopetegui as their next manager to start work after the tournament in Russia, sparking outrage among the federation […]
Dear Editor, I seek to make it very clear that the apology by Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili to Home Affairs Minister does not mean the Minister is clean. Kambwili had accused his fellow MP of corruption without evidence and he was made to apologize but this does not mean Mr Kampyongo has no […]
Alice Nachilembe
The Independent Observer
