The State has charged former acting director of National Intelligence Service Kenam Kalilani and former chief ICT officer for State House Chance Chingwalungwalu with theft of government intelligence computers. The charge sheet read by principal resident magistrate Viva Nyimba says the offence was committed in June this year. State prosecutor Moji Phiri said the police […]
Police officers from Malawi and Mozambique have met in Chikhwawa to find lasting solutions to the increasing number of cross-border crime which include cattle theft. Chikhwawa police station officer in-charge Davie Chingwalu met his counterpart from Zobwe. Chingwalu said the meeting was called to brain storm on how best to deal with livestock thefts from […]
Malawi Police Service spokesperson Davie Chingwalu has been fired from his position and has been replaced by Rhoda Manjolo who was working as Officer-in-charge for Chikhwawa police station. Confirming the development, deputy national police publicist, Kelvin Maigwa said in an interview with Nyasa Times that Chingwalu has been transferred to Zomba Police station where he […]
Malawi Police Service (MPS) spokesperson Davie Chingwalu has claimed that crime rate had decreased significantly but conceded that they an upward trend was observed in cases of murder and robberies after the shoot-to-kill police has been dropped. A comparison of data of crime rate in the months from January to June this year revealed that crime […]
Police in the country have urged Malawians to stop living in fear as they have intensified their campaign to arrest culprits. National police spokesperson, Dave Chingwalu told Malawi News Agency (Mana) that people should not live with fear because of recent killings across the country, saying they have started arresting some suspects in connection to […]
Malawi Police Service has said it is not ready to prosecute Zomba Central Prison escapees arguing the Malawi Prison Services did not lodge a formal complaint on the prison break. A source within the Police Service who did not want to be named told the Malawi News Agency (Mana) that it is difficult for police […]
Malawi authorities early Wednesday moved detained Atupele Muluzi, a Member of Parliament and son of former President Bakili Muluzi, to Maula Prison in Lilongwe. The 34-year-old Muluzi is also a 2014 presidential aspirant in the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party was arrested on Tuesday and has been charged with inciting violence. He was being […]
Former national police spokesperson Willie Mwaluka who was deployed to training section for being inefficient is clinging to a mobile phone and number meant for the public relations department. The number which he is using illegally is 0888 839 514. The number is for public relations. Several reporters who have been calling the public relations […]
Media practitioners based in the capital city, Lilongwe, were humbled at the Area 30 Malawi Police headquarters when they accepted a challenge to a mutual showdown. The scribes succumbed to a humiliating soccer loss of 4 to 1, tethered by sightings of newly acquired armoured vehicles and fears of the ‘blue and whites’ driving around. […]
The newly appointed Malawi Police Service national spokesperson Davie Chingwalu has been promoted to the rank of assistant commissioner from senior superintendent of police. Nyasa Times sources in the MPS have confirmed Chingwalu’s appointment. “Yes our colleague has been appointed. We have already congratulated him. He is happy with the appointment,” one officer said. When […]
Malawi Police spokesman Davie Chingwalu has disclosed that there was a clash between the country’s police officers and those of Mozambique manning the border post at Tsangano in Ntcheu on Wednesday. Chingwalu, told Zodiak Broadcasting Station that the scuffle started when Mozambique police arrested a Malawi cop who had crossed into their territory. “It happened […]
Malawi police say they are still searching for two suspected robbers who sneaked into the ceiling of the Chichiri Shopping Mall that houses the South African chain-stores, Game Stores and Shoprite, 24 hours after the drama began. National police spokesman Dave Chingwalu, told PANA that the robbers are still holed up in the ceiling. “They […]
Malawi Police has replaced former spokesman Willie Mwaluka with Davie Chingwalu who was police public relations officer for the south. Mwaluka is now head of training according to senior police sources who spoke to Nyasa Times. Many journalists in the country have welcomed Chingwalu, saying he deserves the post as he is accessible. “I am […]