Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika’s special aide Ben Phiri is in a bad state after being beaten by thugs on Monday. DPP Director of Elections Kondwani Nankhumwa told Nyasa Times that Phiri was abducted by the assailants who took him for beating and then dumped him at Kamba in Blantyre City, leaving him severely injured. […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members have expressed worry that its president Peter Mutharika is displaying traits of dictatorial tendencies barely two months before Malawians go to the polls to elect President, MPs and Ward Councillors on May 20 following his recent imposition on the party’s NGC of his Personal Assistant, Ben Phiri, as in-charge of […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika’s Personal Assistant Ben Phiri has trashed reports that some member of the party are accusing his boss of favouritism and failure to appreciate dedicated members, saying it is the work of propaganda machinery by government. In a letter addressed to Mutharika, copied to party secretary general Jean Kalirani, […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) President Peter Mutharika’s has denied ever having a love relationship with the party’s former Campaign Director Bessie Chirambo. Mutharika through his Special Aide Ben Pire told Nyasa Times that he had only a “working relationship” with Chirambo but did not result in an affair. Phiri said there was never a time […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has claimed that the arrest of its acting president Peter Mutharika and other top officials for an alleged coup plot after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika in April last year is a “blatant political try on”. But government has denied the accusations, saying the arrests were the natural […]
Ben Phiri, a personal assistant to opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika, was carjacked by armed thugs on Thursday who got away with the Mercedes Benz vehicle he was driving in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe. Police have confirmed that Phiri reported the incident and they are investigating the matter. Mutharika’s aide said he pleaded with […]
Acting president of Malawi’s former ruling DPP, professor Peter Mutharika, says he is not moved by a petition demanding his removal, saying the document is the work of ruling PP as propaganda and has warned that they will faces a “rude awakening” at the next polls. A document signed by one Harvey Nampinga, circulated to various […]
Former Foreign Affairs minister and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ) 2014 presidential candidate, Peter Arthur Mutharika, is this Sunday expected to kick-start the defiance campaign aimed at empowering people to rally against the Joyce Banda government. Mutharika’s personal assistant, Ben Phiri, confirmed to Nyasa Times on Wednesday in a telephone interview that the presidential aspirant will hold a […]
Former Foreign Affairs minister and DPP 2014 presidential candidate, Peter Arthur Mutharika, was shunned by many football lovers on Saturday during the Central Region Women Football League prize presentation at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe. Mutharika was making his first public appearance since the death of his brother late president Bingu wa Mutharika, on April 5 2012. He […]
State House is implicated in the suspension of one of the senior reporters at Nation Publications Limited, Taonga Sabola. Details Nyasa Times has gathered are that State House has been using Sabola as its spy at the newspaper company. Sources confided in us that hell broke loose two weeks ago when State House wanted a […]