Government says it will lease new life at Bingu National Stadium ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers which the stadium will host. Minister of Youth and Sports, Ulemu Msungama made the comment after social media platforms pictures which showed the stadium abandoned. Msungama said the government is working tirelessly to make sure that Bingu […]
A court in Lilongwe has convicted an accountant for Bingu National Stadium for dwindling prophet Shepherd Bushiri K5 million he had paid for a booking of overnight prayers on December 31, 2020. The Lilongwe senior resident magistrate court has since revoked bail for Wongani Ng’oma pending his sentencing. The money was supposed to be deposited […]
Newly opened Bingu National Stadium Covid-19 field hospital has run out of oxygen supplies, health authorities have confirmed. Spokesperson for ministry of Health Joshua Malango said the problem has been caused by a mechanical fault at Industrial Gas company in Lilongwe. Malango said fresh oxygen supply has been ordered from Afrox Limited in Blantyre. He […]
Bingu National Stadium makeshift hospital to treat coronavirus patients started its operations on Saturday. Kamuzu Central Hospital director Jonathan Ngoma said the facility is finally ready to start Covid-19 admissions. The site is an extension for KCH which is currently overwhelmed with Covid-19 admissions. Meanwhile, ministers of Health and Finance say they are satisfied with […]
After a statement circulated purportedly from Office of President and Cabinet announcing that President Lazarus Chakwera would preside over the ‘Miracle Night Crossover’ to be hosted by Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, government has since withdrawn the Bingu National Stadium as venue for the event. The management of the facility said they have reconsidered dangers of hosting […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has ordered the Ministry of Youth and Sports to pay K251million to families affected by the accident at Bingu National Stadium on 6th July, 2017. The 2017 Independence Day Stadium stampede killed eight people, seven of them children and left over 40 injured, most of them children as well. High […]
FISD Limited, a Malawian company that also sponsors the FISD Challenge Cup, has embarked on a very important project that will see Bingu National Stadium accessing free portable water. The country’s biggest stadium has had no water for a considerable period of time as it was failing to foot its water bills besides electricity bills. […]
Parents of children who were crashed in a stampede during Independence Day celebrations in 2017 at Bingu Stadium on Friday marched to Capital Hill in Lilongwe to demand compensation from the attorney general’s office. They marched all the way to Capital Hill gates where security personnel stopped them, demanding that they get permission before proceeding […]
Bingu National Stadium (BNS) operations manager Eric Nin’gan’ga has been removed and MacMillan Mwale is the acting boss, Nyasa Times understands. Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development director of sports James Ndalama confimed that Mwale has replaced Nin’gan’ga. “I can confirm there is change of management at Bingu National Stadium,” he said, Ndalama described the […]
Families of victims of July 6 Independence Day Bingu National StadiumVictims stormed the High Court in Lilongwe to find out what was delaying the process of paying them compensation. The 2017 Independence Day Stadium stampede killed eight people, seven of them children and left over 40 injured, most of them children as well. A representative […]
Judges recess has delayed the July 6, 2011 stampede victims compensation claim hearing which lawyers for Human Rights Defenders are pushing for. At least eight people, six of them children died in the stampede while 40 others sustained injuries of various degrees in a stampede at the gates of Bingu International Stadium in Lilongwe where […]
Bingu National Stadium Manager Eric Ning’ang’a has said they feel ‘relieved’ after noting that the damages emanating from the Airtel Top 8 final between Nyasa Big Bullets and Blue Eagles last Sunday ‘were not extensive as earlier feared’. Eagles went on to grab the K15 million trophy courtesy of a contentious penalty awarded to them […]
Lawyers from Forum for Human Rights say they have completed the process of claiming compensation for the victims of July 6 stampede at Bingu Stadium where eight people died. One of the lawyers Chancy Mwalubunju said the forum will now take the claims to court for assessment. He could however not say when exactly the […]
The Blantyre derby between rivals Be Forward Wanderers and Nyasa Big Bullets played on Saturday at Bingu National Stadium Kamuzu in Lilongwe grossed a record K40 million. The two clubs got K8.8 million,while ground levy share was also K8.8 million. Super League of Malawi (Sulom) and Football Association of Malawi got K3.5 million each. According to Sulom […]
Malawi’s modern Bing National Stadium built by Chinese soft loan has been looted by thieves who took advantage of an insecure environment caused by disconnection of electricity due to unpaid bills of K25 million. The theft of 15 galvanized pipes occurred on December 21 and Police have confirmed the incident. “The theft occurred during the […]
Bingu National Stadium (BNS) will on Sunday, November 12 launch its first ever BNS Youth Day. The day is aimed at activating and developing responsible youths. Temwani Luhanga, one the Event Management Consultant personnel at BNS said this year is about answering to a cause, specifically Sexually Transmitted Diseases and unplanned pregnancy. Luhanga said the […]
Bingu National Stadium (BNS) Management has warned local soccer giants Nyasa Big Bullets and Mighty Be Forward Wanderers Football including other clubs against the use of ‘Juju’ at the magnificent Chinesse built stadium. The warning comes authorities found juju planted planted on the centre circle after Saturday’s Blantyre derby match involving the two sides. BNS Stadium Manager […]
Too bad! Malawi police officer who was asigned to work during a TNM Super League match involving Silver Strikers and Be Forward Wanderers on Sunday at Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe is at large after stealing a booklet of gate tickets worth K150 000. According to the information gathered by Nyasa Times the police […]