Senior Chief M’bwana of Usisya a tourism attraction town in the northern lake shore district of Nkhatabay is seeking refuge at unknown location for fear of being beaten up by irate supporters of his area’s Parliamentarian Ephraim Mganda Chiume, Nyasa Times understands. The chief is said to have riffled the feather of Chiume – who […]
Minister of Justice, Ralph Kasambara, has warned opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) MP for (Nkhatabay North West), David Kaweche to start preparing life beyond 2014, saying he was poised to claim his seat in next year’s tripartite elections. Kasambara was speaking at a development rally in the constituency which was addressed by President Joyce Banda. […]
Chiefs in the northern Malawi’s lakeshore area of Usisya in Nkhata-bay district are raged with anger and disappointment over President Joyce Banda’s decision to visit Chikwina instead of earlier schedule of visiting Usisya which is the headquarters of the area, during her northern region tour which is expected to start on Monday. President Banda is among […]
Nkhata Bay South MP Professor Eta Banda has removed iron sheets she donated from a junior primary school at Chifira in Nkhata Bay district because she is angry that supporters from her former DPP refused to follow her to PP. Nyasa Times source said people allegedly sent by Prof Banda stormed the Chituka FP School […]
Tonga people of Nkhata-Bay District are banging their heads to seek ways of reviving their culture which they say is losing its originality due to migration of other people into the district and intermarriages. Speaking in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana), Traditional Authority Mankhambira said some of the major factors that have contributed […]
Traditional leaders in Malawi’s northern district of Nkhata-bay lost their cool on Friday and described President Joyce Banda’s relief food distribution exercise as a ruling party’s ploy to enrich themselves at the expense of poor people. Group Village headman Chandira from the area of Traditional Authority Timbiri in the district was reacting to what he […]
olice has arrested Pious Mhone aged, 28 who was on the run after stabbing to death Edward Manda aged 26 on Christmas Day at Chinguluwe area in Nkhata-Bay District. Nkhata-Bay Police spokesperson Sergeant Martin Bwanali said on Christmas Day, the suspect was together with Marita Moyo, a sister to the deceased along the M5 Mzuzu-Nkhata-Bay […]
First Grade Magistrate Court at Chintheche in Nkhata Bay District has sentenced a 42-year-old man to 10 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for defiling his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter. The court heard that on 30th September this year at around 9 o’clock in the morning, Nyoloka Banda grabbed the victim to a nearby bush while she […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has stopped the installation of a new Group Village Head at Bula in Nkhata Bay district after the incumbent queried his dethronement arguing that the chieftaincy has been in his family line since 1924. “The decision of M’bwana to suspend or dismiss me and purporting to abolish my chieftaincy without hearing […]
People living with HIV and AIDS in Nkhata-Bay are worried that the lack of a CD4 count machine at the district hospital is compromising their health. Almost 10 months have elapsed since thieves broke into the hospital’s stores and made away with the CD4 count machine, which is yet to be replaced. Speaking in a recent consultative meeting organised by Kalondolondo Programme, a consortium of Council for Non Governmental Organisations in Malawi (CONGOMA), Plan […]
The Mzuzu Lions Club has financed the construction of a MK7.6 million Girls Hostel at the CCAP owned School for the hearing impairment at Bandawe in Nkhata Bay district. Construction is expected to start in March and will take six months. The Club sourced funds from Lion Aid Norway after its members were shocked to […]
Vice President, Joyce Banda, has visited people that were affected by the hailstorm that hit the area of Traditional Authority Mankhambira in NkhataBay on December 13th 2011 and completely demolished 58 houses and has left over 11 people seriously injured. Banda said she was saddened to see so many people homeless. She said in her […]
A heavy downpour accompanied by strong storm that hit Nkhata Bay district on Tuesday morning has left 11 people seriously injured and hundreds of others dispossessed in the area of T/A Mankhambira. The injured people are currently receiving treatment at Nkhata Bay District Hospital and Chilambwe Health Center, according to Police. The hailstorm which took […]