Students from Ntchisi secondary school were on Friday a centre of attraction as they marched to the office of the district education manager’s office to present a petition over their failure to learn science subjects. The students marched peacefully whilst singing derogatory songs of their teachers. One of the students said the students were concerned […]
Malawi Police in Ntchisi have arrested a 23-year-old woman for biting a nose of another woman in a fight over a man. Police in Ntchisi say they have arrested Charity Elia, a second wife to Yakobe Elia after she bite the nose of Veronica Elia, the first wife to Yakobe following a wrangle on why […]
Mercy Masoo, Country Director for WaterAid Malawi, a non-govermental organisation, on Thursday last week joined what several high profile women corporate executives have already done by spending a night at a hospital in Ntchisi District to appreciate the challenges poor mothers are facing in government hospitals and recounts her experience there. Dubbed Sleepover Challenge, this is […]
June 14, this year, started like any other day at Joshua Village in Traditional Authority Malenga’s area in Ntchisi district. Some villagers went to their respective fields to harvest maize while others were at home, going about routine household chores. Little did they know what the day had in store for them. Some hours later, […]
Malawi police in Ntchisi District has arrested a 19-year-Old woman for allegedly wounding another woman she suspected of having an affair with her husband. Ntchisi police station spokesperson GladsonM’bumpha said the suspect, Edna Ahammad of Mtawa Village, Traditionsl Authority Chikoko in the district injured Liana Lifeyo of Malomo Village in the same area allegedly after […]
Ntchisi district community development officer (DCDO) Emmanuel Kasomphe has expressed concern that some illiterate men in the district shun adult literacy lessons. Speaking over the weekend during a graduation for adult literacy learners in Chipuka Extension Planning Area (EPA) in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kalumo in the district, the DCDO said most adult literacy learning centres […]
There was drama at Ntchisi Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday when a suspect who was answering the charge of breaking into a building, escaped from the court in full view of the police, court staff and other members of the public. Police officers and the court staff had to run after him but failed to get […]
A scabies outbreak has hit some parts of of Ntchisi District have been hit by scabies, a contagious itchy skin disease, but the district’s health office does not presently have medication for the disease which is locally known as Mphere. The disease has wreaked havoc among people in three traditional authorities of Chikho, Kasakula and […]
They went missing, on broad day light. News spread like raging wildfire. A dark cloud of restlessness was thrown upon the charging village, the unseen hands of heartily care spread across the face of the land, in search of their little loved ones. This was in Mkweche Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chilooko in Ntchisi. Five […]
The Ntchisi district health office (DHO) says engaging traditional leaders in the fight against HIV and Aids has helped to reduce the HIV prevalence rate in the district. An official from the DHO Andrew Kondwani said this on Wednesday during a candlelight memorial ceremony held at Khula primary school in Traditional Authority Malenga in the […]
Paralegal Advisory Services Institute (PASI) has asked magistrate courts to regularly conduct Camp Courts, an initiative where courts sit in prisons, as a way of quickly delivering justice to those who have over stayed on remand and the ill. The request was made by PASI’s Paralegal Coordinator, Chimwemwe Ndalahoma, during a Court Users Committee (CUC) […]
As the mass registration of national Identity cards started in Ntchisi last week, state of the art electronic cameras failed to pick a face of one old man at Mpherere Primary School centre to the surprise of the National Registration Bureau (NRB) officers. Isaac Mnduwila, who is also a village headman, expressed worry over the […]
There’s very low female condom uptake in Ntchisi as most people prefer male condoms a development that has resulted into the district hospital running short of the male condoms and remain with huge amount of the female ones. Ntchisi District AIDS coordinator, Chimwemwe Mangira, revealed to the Malawi News Agency in an interview Friday after […]
Malawi Police in Ntchisi are keeping in custody three men suspected of conspiring to kidnap and sale a child with albinism. Police identified the suspects as, Moses Kazonga 34, Kalirani Banda 23, and Bizaliele Amos 39. The three were, during the time of their arrest, looking for a market to sale a two and eight […]
Ntchisi District Council is contemplating engaging the Malawi Defence Force in protecting its forest reserves which are under threat due to cutting trees for charcoal burning and firewood. Speaking during the full council meeting on Tuesday, Chairperson for Ntchisi council Salikani Chikadza said he was worried with the rate at which the district was losing […]
Magistrate Court unsers in Ntchisi get stranded when they are to ‘answer the nature’s call’, as the court operates with no toilet around, the development which forces them to use the nearby maize gardens. One of them, Fabiano Kabowa, said on Friday that the clients have no option but use their own initiative to relieve […]
There was dog and cat chase at Ntchisi boma and Khuwi Trading Centre when Ntchisi District Child Labour and Protection Committee (DCLPC) conducted a sweeping exercise targeting children who loiter around, selling some items and involve themselves in piece work of grading tobacco. The exercise which was conducted Tuesday in conjunction with Ntchisi Police was […]
Youths in Ntchisi have taken Nchisi District Council to task over lack of good playing grounds for sporting activities. “Ntchisi needs a stadium. We are lacking this facility to expose our talents and skills in sports. The field that we have is in a very bad state and the council needs to do something,” said […]