Officials from the ministry of Gender, Women and Elderly are now walking shoulders high in Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe having successfully chased away street children and relocated them back to their parents. Principal Secretary in the ministry Mary Shaba described the whole operation as successful. Street children never go to school and are blamed on […]
Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe is facing unprecedented power cuts just two days after Escom officials told industry captains to brace for load shedding in industrial areas for the first time. Most of businesses and activities are very much affected, raising fears that this would scare away serious international investors, putting the already ailing economy in a […]
A businessman, a primary school teacher and an old man are currently in police custody in Lilongwe for allegedly defiling and impregnating three teenage girls. The three suspects, according to national police, committed the defilement offence on separate and independent onccassions in Kasiya area in T/A Khongoni, Lilongwe. In the first incident, A 31-year-old businessman, […]
An eight member grouping of young men calling itself “B13” has been arrested in Lilongwe for allegedly attacking and vandalizing primary schools in Malawi’s capital city Area 25. The boys were found in possession of panga knives, screw drivers, and their uniforms. Kanengo Police Public Relations Officer Esther Mkwanda has confirmed that the police moved […]
Malawi Defence Force soldier, Lance Corporal Chipiliro Chiwere, was fatally stabbed with a screwdriver in the populous township of Area 23 in Lilongwe on Friday night, Police spokeswoman confirmed. Chiwere is said to have picking up a quarrel with some unknown people near Masambabise where he had gone to see his friends coming back from a drinking […]
Malawi Police have said they are still looking for the culprits who trespassed Mgona Squatter grave yard last Sunday night where they exhumed the body of an 18 year old woman and removed her right eye, nose, tongue, index finger and private parts. Janet Loja, deceased’s mother, said after losing her daughter four days earlier, […]
Ward Councilor for Lilongwe Chigoneka ward, Dr Desmond Bikoko on Saturday launched ‘Chotsa Zinyalala Campaign’ in his area, saying he will dedicate his time in clearing rubbish from streets. Launching the campaign, Bikoko said time has come for everyone to assist in making the Lilongwe a better place to live by eradicate littering. During the campaign, Bikoko […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe Tuesday re-arrested gang leader of notorious group popularly known as ’11 Bongos’ in Area 36 Location in the city of Lilongwe. Tiyese James was given High Court bail on July 1 this month for alleged robbery, arson and terrorising the community. Lilongwe Police publicist, Kingsley Dandaula, confirmed the arrest of Tiyese […]
Lilongwe Urban Poor People Network(LUPPEN) over the weekend trained women who were drawn from various locations in the Capital Lilongwe. Luppen coordinator, Harry Mamba, said : “Women are the most victimized group of people in as far as land ownership is concern so the only hope that we have is the land law which has […]
Britain is advising its citizen planning to visit Malawi that despite the country being peaceful they should be cautious about “muggers and bag-snatchers.” In a statement posted on the UK government website, the British citizen are advised that most visits to Malawi are trouble-free, but “you should take sensible precautions to protect yourself from muggers […]
Malawi Police managed to arrest a gang of suspected robbers who shot dead a police officer who was in a minibus of a Petroda Filling Station in Lilongwe and robbed bags containing cash. Thugs are reported to have ambushed a Petroda minibus at Chilambula Road after it had just left the filling station to bank […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has described as shocking and uncalled for the death of 34-year-old Lilongwe woman, Christina Rodwell, who was allegedly killed by her husband for delaying to open door for him. Rodwell died at the hands of her husband, Rodwell Mtifunsire, at Matawale Village, Traditional Authority Mtema […]
Area 23 residents in the city of Lilongwe, Monday morning, woke up to a shocking experience when they found an unidentified dead man laying in one of the streets in the location. Kawale Police, under which Area 23 falls, refused to comment on the incident referring the reporter to Lilongwe Police publicist, Kingsley Dandaula. When […]
Delick Chiwala, 49, working as a security guard at Sosi Lodge in Lilongwe is not reporting for duties because he is nursing wounds after being beaten and wounded for barring an American tourist who brought a sex worker at the Lodge when he already had another one in another room at the lodge. Courtney Devon […]
Dickson Khofi aged 39, from Khokwasambo Village in Traditional Authority (TA) Mazengera in Lilongwe was on Tuesday night shot dead by unknown criminals as he tried to aid his neighbour from thieves who had attacked the neighbour’s house at Landani village, TA Tsabango in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO) Inspector Kingsley Dandaula […]
Police in Kanengo are keeping in custody 6 suspected criminals who were arrested in a sweeping exercise conducted in Area 50 following a series of armed robberies in surrounding areas. Lilongwe Police publicist, Kingsley Dandaula, told Malawi News Agency (Mana) that the 6, whose ages range from 16 to 34, were apprehended in an exercise […]
Malawi Police in the capital Lilongwe say they have arrested a senior commander of the criminal gang called ‘11 Bongos’. The notorious youth criminal group has carried out banditry and anti-social attack in Area 36 of Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer Kingsley Dandaula has said t the arrested commander is identified as ‘Amoni’ and […]
A probe into questionable sale of houses on auction is underway at the Lilongwe District Council Malawi’s capital after reports unraveled that 18 middle class and aristocratic houses were sold for less than K20 million, Nyasa Times has learnt. A battalion of incumbent and ex-officials at the council were reportedly some of the beneficiaries, a situation which […]