Exploits University has graduated 300 student with Diploma’s and degrees in various programmes at a function which was held at Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe. The ceremony took place under strict Covid -19 guidelines of 50 people per session as students were divided into six groups. In his speech during the ceremony, Exploits University […]
A high profile case in which former Lilongwe city mayor Desmond Bikoko failed to take place on Thursday because the presiding magistrate is out on leave. The case was also adjourned on January 28, 2020 because the state prosecutor was not available. Prosecuting Lawyers and defense lawyers were told on Thursday that magistrate Florence Msekandiana […]
Flamboyant former Lilongwe city mayor Desmond Bikoko on Wednesday appeared before the Lilongwe magistrates court where he pleaded not guilty to all two counts of charges he is answering. He is answering charges of abuse of public office and failure to disclose interest of public officer. Senior resident magistrate Florence Chinangwa has since adjourned the […]
Former Lilongwe City mayor Desmond Bikoko on Wednesday failed to take plea on two counts of abuse of office when he appeared before Lilongwe magistrates’ court due to a technical hitch. Bikoko was arrested by the graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) last week week on allegations of abuse of office for allegedly selling […]
Former Mayor for Lilongwe City Desmond Bikoko has been granted bail by Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court after his dramatic arrest on corruption charges linked to alleged illegal sale of land. Lawyer for Bikoko, Gilbert Khonyongwa, applied for bail after the former mayor was arrested by the graft-busting body. Senior Resident Magistrate Florence Msekandiana heard […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials in Lilongwe have arrested former mayor of the capital city Desmond Bikoko over alleged illegal sale of land. According to officials from ACB officials, more arrests are expected for Lilongwe city council officials over the land issue. However, the graft busting body has not yet released details of the alleged corrupt […]
Lilongwe City Mayor Desmond Bikoko has pledged to support Grace Kwelepeta, who is ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate for Zomba Malosa. This, has put to rest rumours that Bikoko will contest as an independent candidate for the constituency. Speaking to the media in Zomba, Bikoko said the main reason for not contesting is to […]
The mayor of Lilongwe City Desmond Bikoko who was elected as councillor on the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ticket in 2014 before defecting to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has confirmed he was quitting frontline politics, but promised to serve the governing party and President Peter Mutharika. Bikoko said he is out of frontline politics after on Thursday […]
Lilongwe City mayor Desmond Bikoko has decried overcrowding in children’s ward coupled with understaffing in the wards, saying this is a case for the high under-five mortality high at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. Bikoko said this on Tuesday when he led a team of council staff to cheer sick children at the central hospital […]
Madison Holdings Limited, whose owner and chief executive officer is the Mayor of Lilongwe City of Malawi, Councillor Dr. Desmond Bikoko, celebrated its 10th anniversary on Friday night, boasting that it has helped over 4,000 people to find employment in the last decade. The celebration, held at Eden Estate on the outskirt of the Capital […]
Lilongwe City Mayor Desmond Bikoko has taken the council chief executive officer Moza Zeleza to court for defamation as the working relationship between elected officers and members of staff continue to sour at the council. Court documents indicate that Bikoko is demanding sums of money from Zeleza after the chief executive officer allegedly called the […]
The ruling Democratic Progressives Party (DPP) is worried about the recent performance and conduct of its Capital City Mayor Demond Bikoko whose political rating has taken a knock ahead of 2019 polls. Formerly a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Councillor, Bikoko switched sides after being made Mayor by the council. However, his portfolio has been riddled […]
Embattled Lilongwe City Mayor Desmond Bikoko will face Parliamentary Committee on Local government and ministry officials over the storm he has stired at the Lilongwe City Council. Ministry of Local Government Spokesperson, Muhlabase Mughogho told Zodiak Broadcasting Station on Friday that Bikoko and City Council senior officials have been summoned. “The authorities want to hear […]
Local Government Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa on Thursday summoned estranged Lilongwe Mayor Desmond Bikoko and cautioned him to stay in his lane. Nankhumwa, a political heavyweight summoned Bikoko and the Council’s CEO Moza Zeleza alongside Principal Secretary for the ministry to deliver his utter disgust over the alleged conduct of the Mayor, Nyasa Times understands. “Your […]
Embattled Lilongwe City Mayor has been told never to come close to the secretariat of the Capital City’s civic offices, Nyasa Times has been told. The youthful mayor, a businessman has drawn the wrath of city council workers after he accused an enforcement driver a Mr. Mkandawire that he stole K1.2million the mayor left in […]
Calls are now defeaning for the embattled Lilongwe City Mayor Desmond Bikoko to step down and pace way for accession of his deputy to finish the term. This follows the revelation that Bikoko and other councillors planned to wrestle the arm of the Capital City’s CEO Moza Zeleza into signing authority an exorcism of his shoddy […]
Irate city council staff of Capital Lilongwe has risen against Mayor Desmond Bikoko shutting his office and demanding him to surrender mayoral vehicle and sealed off the offices of the chief executive officer and director of planning describing them as “useless and corrupt.” This comes barely a day after the Mayor led a group of […]
As the world turned its attention to the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Britain, locally in the capital city, Lilongwe Mayor Councilor Desmond Bikoko on Saturday tied the knot. Bikoko walked down the aisle at a colourful ceremony which took place at African Bible College in the Capital City Lilongwe where he married his […]