A prominent Malawian lawyer has ignited a fierce row over press freedom after publicly accusing the country’s leading newspaper of being little more than a mouthpiece for whoever pays to get their story told. Bright Theu, a well-known private practice lawyer, took to Facebook to launch his blistering attack on The Nation Publications Limited, branding […]
Out of a K150 million-target, about K88 Million has been raised during this year’s Mothers Day Fun Run that was held in Blantyre on Saturday. The annual event which started in 2005 by Nation Publication Limited (NPL) aims at raising resources that go towards supporting efforts in reducing unnecessary maternal deaths. This year’s run started […]
Airtel Malawi has donated K5.5million towards towards a mothers’ day fun run organised by Nation Publication Limited (NPL). This year’s Mother’s Day Fun Run is aimed at improving safe motherhood in Mzimba District. Handing over the cheque, Airtel Malawi Managing Director Charles Kamoto said Airtel has decided to support the NPL initiative because it was […]
Malawi media practitioners, corporate gurus, politicians, friends and family of veteran journalist Edward Chitsulo on Tuesday paid their last respects to the ‘Raw Stuff’ columnist who until his death on Sundaymorning was Nation Publications Limited (NPL) managing editor, at a funeral ceremony at his home, Ntepele Village, Traditional Authority Likoswe in Chiradzulu. The funeral attracted mourners […]
A story of a 12 year old girl who was impregnated by older cousins has won the Whistle Blower of the Year Award. The story, published in The Nation newspaper, concerns a 12 year old girl, who was a sharing a room with elder cousins who took turns sexually molesting her. The young girl did […]
As part of mother’s day commemorations, Nation Publications Limited (NPL) has this year mobilized donations of hospital equipment and items worth over K20 million, towards safe motherhood work in Rumphi District. The donations were presented to the district’s government officials on Saturday in Rumphi during the company’s annual Mother’s Day Fun Run which was launched in 2005. […]
Malawian journalist who works for Nation Publications Limited (NPL) Peter Kanjere has been voted as the outstanding and best writer of the 2013 Cosafa tournament which ended on Saturday. Members of the written and photographic Press were asked to submit their work during the 2013 Cosafa edition to a panel of judges so that they select […]
Nation Publications Limited (NPL) sports journalist, Peter Kanjere on Thursday withdrew criminal charges against Azam Tigers FC coach, Leo Mpulula after the two opted to settle the matter out of court. Kanjere, two weeks ago reported Mpulula to Blantyre Police for slapping him on the face following following an article the reporter is alleged to […]
Azam Tigers coach Leo Mpulula on Monday burst into The Nation newspapers offices to protest over a column which criticized him. Mulula demanding to see the journalist, Peter Kanjere, who had written a column namely ‘Sunday Shot’ of December 23, 2012 under the headline, ‘Leo; l don’t miss your voice.’, witnesses said. The column […]
State House has claimed that Nation Publications Limited has failed to make public the call logs for a survey they run last week as demanded by Presidential Press Secretary Steven Nhlane to prove the authenticity of their survey. Nhlane, a former editor at the Nation Publictaion, last week dismissed Nation on Sunday’s survey on President […]
A survey purporting to show people’s views on President Mrs. Joyce Banda’s maize distribution programme across the country is fake and a campaign gimmick aimed at discrediting the President in her benevolent work, according to State House. The Nation newspaper was during the past week asking people to vote YES if they agree that President Banda […]
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) officials on Friday secretly stormed the Road Traffic Directorate headquarters in Blantyre and demanded information of vehicles driven by journalists at Nation Publications Limited (NPL). A very senior government official disclosed that the NIS officers wanted to know which journalist at the NPL drives what car. Most of the journalists […]
Your Excellency, We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum, which represent 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries, to express our serious concern at an apparent government campaign to intimidate Nation Publications and other media […]
Information Minister Patricia Kaliati and Nation Publications Limited (NPL) Bureau Chief for Lilongwe Mabvuto Banda brought tension at a news briefing at the Central Office of Information (COI) in Lilongwe on Thursday morning when the two had a fiery verbal exchange. The two tussled over the ongoing Public Affairs Committee (PAC) conference hosted at the […]
You may loathe or adore it. Online publication Nyasa Times has done it with flying colours. It is the number one online ‘Newspaper of the Year’, courtesy of a survey. The Malawi Media 2011 survey was undertaken by Malawi2014 between November 24 and December 4 2011 where respondents gave 77.2 per cent to Nyasa Times online […]
New US Ambassador to Malawi Jeanine Jackson embarked o n a tour to the country’s leading print media houses, the Nation Publications Limited (NPL) and Blantyre Newspapers Limited (Times Group) at Ginnery Corner in Blantyre. The visit was part of a programme to familiarise herself with the press in Malawi. One of NPL’s titles, Weekend […]
Thugs suspected to to be ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) operatives broke into the offices of the Nation Publications Limited at Hannover in the central district of Blantyre on the night of Tuesday. The thugs broke into the building through the window of the Human Resource Manager and took his computer. They also searched through […]
Malawi is part of an innovative project that matches two newspaper groups in Malawi with two newspaper groups in Zimbabwe for a series of exchanges including newspaper study tours, job shadowing and collaboration on business projects. According to a report on Biz Community, the Malawi-Zimbabwe Executive Twinning Programme under World Association of Newspapers and News […]