MP Emily Chinthu worried with dwindling education standards in Nkhata Bay

Nkhata Bay South member of Parliament (MP) Emily Chinthu Phiri has expressed worry that education standards in the district have gone down in recent years. She said Nkhata Bay used to be one of the districts that dominated in education performance in the country. Chinthu said this over the weekend at Kalowa Primary School in […]

Pupil commits suicide in Malawi after being rebuked for fighting

A 14-year-old standard six pupil at McAlpine Primary School in Nkhata Bay on Tuesday committed suicide after he had been rebuked for fighting, police have said. According to Nkhata Bay police spokesperson, Ignatius Esau, the boy, identified as Kondwani Manda, of Chimbano Village, Traditional Authority MalengaMzoma in the district, had picked up a fight with […]

Nkhatabay  shop worker arrested for stealing goods worth K900 000

Malawi Police in Nkhata Bay District on Saturday aborted plans by an 18-year-old shop worker to steal goods worth over K900 000 ($1,800) from the shop he was working in. The police arrived on the scene after being tipped by a minibus driver who was hired to ferry the stolen items. Nkhata Bay Police publicist, Sergeant Ignatius […]

Husband hacked to death by ‘jealous’ wife in Malawi gruesome murder

In what could be termed as one of the most gruesome murders in recent times, a 21 year old woman in Nkhata Bay district has hacked her husband to death with an axe for being jealousy over the husband’s alleged extra marital affair. The incident according to Nkhata Bay district Police spokesman sergeant Ignatius Essau happened on Saturday night […]