The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Steven Kamphangale-Banda, an accounts officer at the Blantyre District Health Office (DHO), for allegedly awarding himself a K2 million loan he was not entitled to. The bureau received a complaint claiming that the suspect, who is responsible for salaries at the Blantyre DHO, awarded himself the loan and deposited […]
Malawian lawyer Chrispine Kam’mayani is on the run after putting his hands on a K10 million from a well known ICT expert Boston Sibande on a deal in which the lawyer is alleged to have pocketed the money for plot number 47/4/820. Nyasa Times undertsand that he had fraudulently altered legal property documents which he […]
The Malawi Prophets Summit held in Lilongwe on Friday has resolved that Prophets should unite and help one another in their day to day life as well as their Ministries. Some of the speakers at the Summit Apostle Sipi Magawa of Living Environment Church Ministries, Senior Prophet Richard Hara for Ambassador for Christ Ministries International […]
The Malawi Prophets Summit held in Lilongwe on Friday evening has contributed over K1 million towards the victims of the floods across the country. The summit attended by dozens of Prophets from Central, South and Northern regions of Malawi made pledges to support the flood victims. From the pledges prophets have raised K1.2 million which […]
The youth from Blantyre will be amongst those to benefit from the just ended two weeks TEVETA television production training. The training, held at Blantyre City Council civic offices, aimed at decreasing the high youth unemployment rate in the city. One of the learners, Aaron Kampweka said the training has come at the right time […]
Senior Blantyre Resident Magistrate Court on Friday denied bail to Kumbukani Chiwoni, who was arrested on Friday after being suspected of playing a hand into the theft of 15 court hard disk drive from computers. Chiwoni, aged 29, is the IT Manager for the Malawi High Court, according to Blantyre Police. The items, including CPUs, hardware mother boards, memory […]
Victim Support and Child Protection Coordinator for Balaka Police Station Constable Donna Kaoloka has commended people of Balaka for reporting to the police cases on child abuse and other domestic crime that has somehow helped reduce the crimes rate in the district. Kaoloka said this following the arrest of a 33 year old man Macsome […]
Malawi Police in Nkhotakota have arrested a 26-year-old Rasta man for illegally being found in possession of 31 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa locally knowns as ‘chamba’ at Kaombe police checkpoint in the district. Cannabis is regarded as a “sacred commodity” by Rastas and they have been campaigning to have laws allow them to use and […]
Police in Blantyre on Friday arrested one more Malawi High court staff Kumbukani Chiwoni, bringing the number of judiciary support staff believed to have stolen High Court computers to four. Chiwoni, aged 29, is the IT Manager for the Malawi High Court, according to Blantyre Police. “Chiwoni has also been arrested in connection to theft of computer […]
The growing number of youths taking illegal liquor sachets around Nkhotakota has forced the police in the district to respond to public out-cry to confiscate thousands of heaps of such sachets and close some shops. The police have also arrested eight people for illegally operating the shops that were selling the illicit sachets. Just like […]
A Malawian man has been arrested for human trafficking in Johannesburg, South Africa Press Agency (Sapa) reported on Friday. He was arrested on Thursday but crime intelligence and the department of home affairs, spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi shielded the name of the suspect. “The 38-year-old man told undercover police that he was selling four males and […]
Inspector General of Police Paul Kanyama has resigned amidst resistance by members of parliament to confirm his appointment to the post. President Peter Mutharika appointed Paul Kanyama alongside Rodney Jose for the post of Inspector General and Deputy Inspector General of Police respectively after the resignation of Loti Dzonzi who was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of […]
Organizers of Malawi Prophets Summit expected to take place on Friday, February 6 at Golden Peacock in Lilongwe have told Nyasa Times that preparations are through for the much anticipated summit. One of the coordinators who spoke to Nyasa Times reporter said that the event will start in the afternoon and that all prophets are […]
Police in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre have arrested three support staff of the Blantyre High Court for allegedly dismantling and stealing various accessories from computers that were mounted and being used by judges in court rooms. The items, including CPUs, hardware mother boards, memory chips, heat sinks and hard drives, are suspected to have been […]
Malawi has been hit by a fresh wave of flooding as the country is still not recovered from an earlier spate of devastating flood with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) saying more than 300,000 people have been displaced , almost twice as many as previously estimated. Government officials confirmed that heavy rainfall has caused fresh flooding […]
One of the well known business men in Lilongwe Rashid Adam Sauzande who runs Ambassador Rest house in the city has been arrested by the Police after being found in possession of Indian hemp locally known as Chamba. According to Kingsly Dandaula who is the Public Relation Officer for Lilongwe Police Station, the arrest was […]
Lilongwe City residents have called on the Ministry of Local Government to conduct a thorough orientation of its Capital City Members of Parliament and ward councillors to differentiate between management and policy issues saying the Capital City programmes and policies are in shambles due to the confusion at the Civic Centre. Alexander Matope an Area […]
Two people have died and several others injured in Monkey bay where a vehicle belonging to Traditional Authority Nankumba has also been damaged by irate villages at Masasa in the lakeshore district of Mangochi. Monkey Bay police has confirmed the development but could not give further details saying that they should be contacted later. Masasa is […]