Police impound 22 minibuses in Ntcheu for wrong parking

Police in Ntcheu district have impounded 24 minibuses for wrong parking offences. The move is expected to help reduce road accidents in the district caused by reckless driving and wrong parking. Desipite the district having a modern bus deport, minibus operators like to pick and drop passengers from unauthorised and dangerous places such as filling […]

Ntcheu gets K366 million market structures in response to communities’ needs

Shire River Basin Management Programme (SRBMP) on Wednesday handed over market structures worth K366 million to Ntcheu District Council. The structures have been constructed at Manjawira, Doviko, Senzani and Tsangano Turn-Off markets in the district. Speaking during the handover ceremony of the structures to the council, Ntcheu District Council deputy chairperson councillor Kammwamba Jere called […]

Ntcheu Secondary School alumni to host fund-raising dinner at Capital Hotel April 7

Ntcheu Secondary School alumni are planning to host a fund-raising dinner on April, 7, 2018 at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe as one way of raising funds to improve the condition of the school. Secretary of the alumni association, Emma Saka said, “As a group of former students, we visited the school and saw that there […]

Six killed including baby in two fatal Ntcheu road accidents

Two female pedestrians and a nine months old baby have died on Saturday morning after they were hit by a motor vehicle at Mulangeni Trading Centre in Ntcheu. Henry Kandoje, age not advised, of Makhonja village, Traditional Authority Nazombe, Phalombe, was driving a Toyota Vitz registration number LA 9443, from Ntcheu direction heading Dedza along […]

Murder suspect hands himself to Malawi Police: Remanded at Ntcheu Prison

A murder suspect has handed himself over to Malawi police in Ntcheu district. The 31-year man identified as Francis Kapachika is suspected to have murdered Grevison Chadzala 42, in a tomato garden on March 04, 2018. According to police, Kapachika, is a well known tomato farmer in the area whose garden had been invaded by […]

Fire causes panic at Ntcheu District Hospital: ‘We thank God no one is hurt’

There was panic among patients at Ntcheu District Hospital on Wednesday afternoon when part of the facility caught fire, forcing some patients to flee the wards. Guardians with children in their hands fled the hospital’s wards in an attempt to save the lives of their beloved ones after getting reports that part of the facility […]

Jailed 2 years for selling market land in Ntcheu

Ntcheu Magistrate’s Court sitting at Kasinje has sentenced a 47-year-old Davie Adamson to two years imprisonment for unauthorized use of land. Deputy Police Publicist for Ntcheu Andrew Kondowe said the court at Kasinje heard that the convict sold a plot to Joyce Madenga 32, on September 28, 2017 at Sharpe Valley market at 140, 000 […]

Chilima leads Ntcheu in honoring departed parents, relatives

State Vice President Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima and wife Mary Chilima, on Saturday joined the people of Nsipe and surrounding areas in a memorial mass organized in honour of the Veep’s departed parents and relatives at Nsipe parish in Ntcheu. Accompanied by family members and friends, Dr Chilima and wife attended a memorial mass at […]

Malawi Police arrest woman for husband’s murder in Ntcheu

A 31-year-old woman is in police custody in Ntcheu district on suspicion that she had a hand in her husband’s death. The suspect, Berita Kamoto is said to have killed her husband Jeremiah Kholowa 45, on Sunday night October 8th, 2017 at Kalimwayi village in the district, after she discovered he was stealing some of her items […]

Court defies Judiciary decree, frees Pastor Ndipo on bail in sex crime

The Ntcheu First Grade Court has defied the odds and granted bail to a defilement suspect, 50-year-old pastor, Philip Palibe Ndipo who is accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old epileptic girl. Due to the increase of defilement cases and related sexual offences on miners, the judiciary issued a decree of not granting bail to […]

Ntcheu men still shunning to cut their fore skins –Hospital

A recent voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) campaign conducted in Ntcheu has revealed that men still shun the service despite deliberate efforts to reach them. Briefing stakeholders at the Boma Wednesday, VMMC Acting Coordinator for Ntcheu District hospital Duncan Lipenga, said even though the hospital managed to reach 85 percent of its target during the […]

Son kills father over cash row: Malawi Police arrest him, charged with murder

Malawi Police in Ntcheu district have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly killing his father in Kanjati village over financial disagreements. The suspect, Frackson Kalima on Saturday 16th September, 2017 beat up his father Yona Kaphwiti 60 years old who later on died at Ntcheu District Hospital where he was rushed to. Kalima handed himself to […]

Ntcheu to have coach terminal: Council approves K20mil construction plan

Ntcheu District Council has approved plans to construct a coachline terminal at the boma. The decision was made during a full council meeting on Wednesday. According to director of planning and development Abubakar Nkhoma, the proposed coachline terminal will be constructed at the old bus depot. In an interview, he said that the coachline terminal […]

‘Resurrected’ woman causes stir in Ntcheu

Fear has engulfed people of Bula Village, Traditional Authority Kwataine and surrounding areas in Ntcheu following the ‘resurrection’ of a 34-year-old woman who died on July 25, this year. Large numbers of people from surrounding areas were seen Sunday morning flocking to the village to witness if this reappearance of the woman from the world […]

Construction of stadium in Ntcheu commences mid August

Construction of the much awaited Ntcheu Sports Stadium is expected to commence on 15th August 2017 This follows a tripartite contract agreement signing in ceremony which took place on Thursday 13th July 2017 in Ntcheu. The ceremony involved officials from Ntcheu District Council, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Plem Contruction Company who won […]