Presidential press officer Geralld Viola has been criticised for attacking private radio station Zodiak and other media watchdogs for exposing the extravagance of the presidency, saying his actions are tantamount to making President Peter Mutharika a dictator. Zodiak and Nyasa Times reported President Mutharika was chartering a presidential jet costing the struggling poor Malawians billions […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Atupele Muluzi says he is very committed to bring transparency and accountability reforms in his ministry. This follows government’s agenda to diversify the country’s economy through Civil Service Reforms. The Lands minister said this on Tuesday during his familiarization tour to lands offices in Blantyre. Muluzi said his […]
Police in Lilongwe have arrested a 25-year-old woman, Rosemarie Leo who went on a rampage of stealing newborn babies from government hospitals in Lilongwe. According to national police, Leo is the one who stole a day-old baby boy at Mtenthera health centre in Nathenje on Sunday and has been caught after stealing another baby at Kamuzu Central […]
Man of the moment Prophet Shepherd Bushiri on Wednesday stormed Zambia on his private jet and had a similar presidential like security detail with hordes of Zambian Police including army soldiers spicing up his famed miracle crusade. Thousands of people came to his crusade as Bushiri – part of religious group Enlightened Christian Gathering – has […]
The Midima Second Grade Magistrate Court in Blantyre has convicted and fined two men for being found in possession of counterfeit foreign currency contrary to Section 366 of the Penal Code. The court ordered Maurice Tuwanje and Christopher Banda-who were caught at different points in the commercial capital, Blantyre- to pay K50,000 fine each or […]
Four men have been arrested in Kasungu district for allegedly tresspassing in a graveyard and attempted to exhume bones of an albino. National police said the suspects, Peter Kamanga,26, Shenrick Kamanga 47 years old, Yohane Maliseni,18, and Yamikani Phiri,26, had conspired to exhume and sell the bones at K10million to undisclosed buyer. The incident has […]
The Consolidated (ICT) Regulatory Management System (CIRMS) –widely known as Spy Machine – that has for the past four years received some resistance from certain quarters including the country’s phone operators will finally come into effect in January next year, Malawi’s communications regulatory body has said after the High Court in Zomba vacated TNM’s order […]
British Forensic Auditors Baker Tilly has moved in to carry out fraud and forensic services at Blantyre Water Board (BWB). The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has been probing BWB on allegations of abuse of office levelled against the board’s suspended chief executive (CE) Andrew Thawe and procurement irregularities at the board. But the bureau is waiting the conclusion […]
A newborn baby boy was stolen from a government hospital in Lilongwe on Sunday, police said. The incident took place at Mntenthera Health Centre at Kamphata in Nathenje. According to police, the baby was stolen while the mother Mgwilizani Kambwiri, 35, had gone out to take a bath. ”When she came back from the bathroom […]
Local suppliers have expressed concern over Malawi government’s decision to award large quantity of contracts of supplying fertilizer for Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) to suppliers of Asian origin. One of the concerned local supplier told Nyasa Times in Lilongwe that many local suppliers have been left out without considering them in supplying a commodity meant for this year’s subsidy. […]
Police in Phalombe district have arrested a 25-year-old man, Siston Mophiwa for allegedly sexually abusing his neighbour’s daughter. The suspects, according to police, committed the offence on Saturday morning at Mahoria village in the district. Mophiwa is said to have taken advantage of the 3-year-old girl while her mother was at the market selling tomatoes. ”The […]
Some Catholic University of Malawi (Cunima) are being suspected of murder which has triggered tension between students and villagers in Masikini T/A Likoswe in Chiradzulu, after a protracted battle resulted in the death of a villager, Dan Kachingwe, last Saturday. Head of of Montfort Police Unit, Peter Chikwemba, explained that disagreement between students and the […]
Malawi Police Service has secretly raised service charges for hiring of Police officers from K500 to K10,000, representing a brain teasing historic percentage of 2,000. In a memo signed by the officer in charge of Police Mobile service C Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police S.L.Moleni, the fee hike is with immediate effect. According to the […]
The controversial Paramount Chief Lundu of Chikwawa openely told the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa that government had no part in sorting out chieftaincy wrangles that have rocked some parts of the country. Lundu made the remarks during a full council meeting which took place at Chikwawa Secondary School. The Paramount […]
A Pakistani national who was convicted by Blantyre Magistrate Court for illegal possession of foreign currency amounting to $269 970 (about K154 million at the current exchange rate) has walked free from court after paying a fine of K950 000 to escape harsh Malawi prison sentence. Muhammad Jawad, 24, who faced charges of money laundering, […]
An eight member grouping of young men calling itself “B13” has been arrested in Lilongwe for allegedly attacking and vandalizing primary schools in Malawi’s capital city Area 25. The boys were found in possession of panga knives, screw drivers, and their uniforms. Kanengo Police Public Relations Officer Esther Mkwanda has confirmed that the police moved […]
Information Minister Jappie Mhango attempt to defend Malawi government by putting a positive spin on the bloated delegation to United Nation in New York, failed a big test when he organised an interview on MBC TV. Mhango, who is government spokesman, attempted to spin the information that the country had a bloated entrouge to UN, […]
Fountain of Victory and Illumination Assembly’s founding leader, Apostle Joseph Ziba is set to do what Prophet Shepherd Bushiri did in Mzuzu which triggered controversy by hiring Malawi police brass band in a city parade that church is set to hold in Blantyre. According to announcement, Apostle Ziba’s church will from Thursday 15 October to […]