Chief spy Nicholus Dausi lied to President Peter Mutharika that Catholic Archbishop Thomas Msusa and Evangelical Lutheran Church leader Bishop Joseph Bvumbwe’s sermons at the Independence interdenominational prayers on July 5 were calling the President to step down. Nyasa Times sources said Dausi in his security briefing to the Head of State, indicated that he […]
Cash-strapped Malawi government has cut the funding to the state spy agency – National Intelligence Bureau (NB) – in the month of May and that the bureau may not receive finances in this month. According to a circular from acting director of administration and finance at NIB to all directors, regional officers and spy sectroal […]
Head of Malawi’s National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), Nicholous Dausi, summoned state spy agents in Lilongwe last week for a meeting as the bureau intensifies its efforts to combat the leaking of confidential information to journalists, Nyasa Times has been established. Two senior operatives, who attended the meeting, confided to Nyasa Times that Dausi blasted them, […]
Senior officers at the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) are accusing their chief spy Nicholous Dausi for being nepotistic and practising favoritism. According to officers who spoke to Nyasa Times at NIB headquarters and regional offices, those that are having a smooth ride at the department are new recruits from the Lomwe belt and Mwanza where […]
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have issued a seven-day ultimatum to First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust to refund money amounting to K5 million she collected from the country National Aids Commission (Nac) to to fund activities that have nothing to do with the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic or else they will hold mass […]
The National Aids Commission (NAC) recently announced that it is applying for about $574 million from the Global Fund that will be used in the fight against HIV, Tuberculosis and malaria in the next three years. NAC Acting Executive Director Davie Kalomba, told the media that the application has been made in line with Global […]
Published report on Saturday November 22 indicated that First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust and tribal grouping Mulhako wa Alhomwe in September this year asked for money amounting to about K15 million (about $30 000) from National Aids Commission (NAC) to fund activities that have nothing to do with the fight against the […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed Joseph Mwandidya as deputy director of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB). Sources at State House confirmed to Nyasa Times that Mutharika has appointed Mwandidya to deputize Nicholas Dausi who was appointed to head the State spy agency last month. This is one of the appointments Mutharika has made since taking over […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has questioned the involvement of the country’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) in providing security to its warehouse which was set on fire on by suspected arsonists, saying there was no arrangement between the Commission and the state spy agency. MEC has also said that it is not ruling out arson […]
President Peter Mutharika has made new appointments which has seen his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesman taking the post of Director General of National Intelligence Bureau. According to Chief Secretary to Government, Hawa Ndilowe, in a statement, Dausi takes over the position “with immediate effect.” Dausi replaces former Inspector General of Police, Joseph Airon, who […]
About 24 senior officers of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) believed to be loyal to the previous DPP regime have been sent on forced leave pending redeployment to various ministry departments. According a well-placed source at the country’s s intelligence (identity shielded) said most of the officers will be redeployed to the Department of Human Resources […]
President Joyce Banda has made new appointments following the arrest of at least 11 former senior Malawian government officials, including Cabinet ministers, on Monday for allegedly plotting a coup to prevent then-Vice President Joyce Banda from assuming power following the death of the former president in April last year. Those detained included the current Economic […]
Chief spy Bintony Kuntsaira placed by the late President Bingu Wa Mutharika may have not read the signs of time clearly. He attended the swearing in ceremony of Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali and regretted not to have remembered an adage which says “be humble or you will be humbled.” He got onto the highest […]
According to a former National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) officer, the newly reconstituted National Intelligence Service (NIS) is geared to serve as a tool for political oppression and terror rather than serve for the common good of Malawians. In a series of “One on One” interviews carried by another Malawi on-liner – the MaraPost – the […]
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 […]
The Malawi government has recruited over 50 Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth cadets into the National Intelligence System (NIS) barely a few days after the government replaced former NIS head Clement Kapalamula with ruling party official Binton Kutsaila, Nyasa Times can reveal. Among the well known recruits are the DPP terror-machine, Rajab Malimba, Owen Malijani, […]
An active politician cannot head the spy agency, National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) says in reaction to President Bingu wa Mutharika naming DPP politician Bintony Kutsaira as head of NIS. In a statement signed by acting national coordinator the Reverend MacDonald Sembereka, HRCC says the position requires a person with […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has replaced the head of National Intelligence Service (NIS) Clement Kapalamula and appointed former cabinet minister Bintony Kutsaira as Director General indicating a possible revamp of government’s spy programme. Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) said in its brief press statement, Kutsaira’s appointment is with effect from Sunday, January […]