Renowned and former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ishmael Wadi, has been laid to rest at Area 2 Cemetery in Lilongwe today. Wadi died at the Kamuzu Central Hospital on Friday 11 June, 2021. His family sources said the former top government prosecutor succumbed to a liver problem. Family sources told Nyasa Times that the […]
Some social commentators are groping for justification behind Malawi government’s glaring favouring of a Portuguese multinational engineering firm, Mota-Engil, when it is awarding contracts in the road construction projects. Stanley Onjezani Kenani observes that Mota-Engil is currently enjoying a combined value of K142 billion in road contracts in Malawi. The second most-favoured company, Zhajoung of […]
A joint parliamentary committee has sent back for the second time two representatives of a businessman under probe for having bought land for a government school at Livimbo in Lilongwe. The joint parliamentary committee on Legal Affairs and Transport and Public Infrastructure sent back the two representatives, demanding they wanted the real owner of the […]
Lawyer for businessman whose three warehouses have been demolished Saturday morning on a land sitting Livimbo primary school in Lilongwe by Lilongwe city council say he is to take legal action against the state. Private practice lawyer Shame Wadi – a former Director of Public Prosecutions – has described the action by the council as […]
Lawyer for the businessman accused of encroaching land at Livimbo government primary school in Lilongwe says he wants a peaceful and amicable end to the impasse. Ishmael Wadi said it is the wish of every Malawian to see to it that government land which had been enchroached goes back to the government. “This is an […]
Malawi government expects Mwalawanga Mining Limited who were awarded the contract for Chimwadzulu Corundum Mining licence —home to Nyala rubies, one of the most precious stones — to fully roll out its operations by December 1 2018. Government awarded the contract to Mwalawanga Mining Limited after rejecting an application for licence renewal by Nyala Mines […]
Lawyer for three women arrested on suspicion that they assualted a fellow woman in Lilongwe’s Area 24, Ishamel Wadi, has accused the police of torturing the trio. Wadi, a former Director of Public Prosecution, is representing Flora Chinguwo, Norah Chatsika and Getrude Banda, who are answering charges of committing an act intended to cause grieveous […]
Private practice lawyer Ishmael Wadi has told Lilongwe Magistrate Court that his client, an Indian who was arrested at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe when he was found in possession of 15 bars of gold weighing 13.747 kilograms valued at K371.9 million wants to enter a plea of guilty. Moinuddian Mohamed Iqbar Sodagar who was […]
Former Director of Public Prosecution Ishmael Wadi says Malawians should not blame President Peter Mutharika for the ailing economy, saying everyone has a role to play toe ensure recovery. Writing on his Facebook, Wadi noted that its now a habit that everyone can criticise government and its President even if they lose their money at […]
Private lawyers hired by the State to prosecute the high profile treason case against former cabinet ministers and top government officials have slapped government with a multi-million kwacha legal bill. One of the lawyers, former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Fashad Assani, confirmed that he is asking government to pay K6.3 million for his service. […]
Clerk of Parliament Maltilda Katopola has not yet lost her job despite being told to go on forced leave as there is controversy on the process of removing her, Nyasa Times has learnt. Former Director of Public Prosecution, Ishmael Wadi was already offered the job and is waiting for the complete sacking of Katopola. A […]
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Ishmael Wadi has been topped to be Clerk of Parliament (COP) replacing incumbent Matilda Katopola, one of the most untouchable comedians of the late President Bingu wa Mutharika. A government source at the Capital Hill has confirmed that Katopola has been shown the exit door and that Wadi would be named the […]