Britain’s committee on international development in the House of Commons has opened up an inquiry into the July 20 rallies in Malawi that left 20 people dead. According to the House committee’s website, people both in Malawi and abroad are being asked to submit any evidence explaining what happened. The inquiry will also look at […]
Police in Zomba are intensifying their investigations into circumstances that have led to the death of a woman and her grandson who were found dead with their necks broken at an area popularly known as Three Miles on Friday December 9. Spokesperson for of eastern region police head quarters, Assistant Superintendent Nicholas Gondwa says the […]
Malawi Vice President Joyce Banda has taken to task President Bingu wa Mutharika for trampling on citizens right to life, calling on government through its security forces and of course state thugs to stop killing suspects and activists. Addressing a mammoth People’s Party rally at Ntcheu Community Centre ground on Saturday, Banda said she was […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested Elijah Kachikuwo, Head of Finance at the Malawi Police Service in connection to the K400 million fraud at the Accountant General. ACB spokeswoman Egrita Ndala confirmed the arrest of Kachikuwo, who is also chairman of Blue Eagles FC a police sponsored Super League club and has been nominated for […]
Mother eats sour grapes and the teeth of her offspring are on edge. This is what has happened to vice-president Joyce Banda and her son Geoffrey Kachale Banda. In a repulsive turn of events, Malawi Broadcasting Cooperation Television (MBCTV) has cast its mud sliding net from attacking Vice-President Joyce Banda to her children. MBCTV on […]
Malawi Police have unveiled identities of people who are connected to the fate of the mental patient identified as Joseph Lufani in Mangochi district whose leg was amputated and offered for sale to a businessman in Machinga district. Earlier reports had indicated that the Lufani was lying in agony at Mangochi District Hospital where he […]
Malawi Members of Parliament have demanded the immediate resignation or suspension of flamboyant Police Chief Peter Mukhito to pave way for independent investigations into the mysterious death of a university student two months. Mukhito is implicated in the death of fourth year engineering student, Robert Chasowa who was found in a pool of blood on […]
Police in the Malawi’s northern region lake shore district of Karonga on Saturday allowed a female suspect flee from custody after she was allowed to go and buy credit for her phone at Karonga Boma, Nyasa Times can reveal. According to Karonga Police Station Officer-In-Charge Tereza Nankhuni, the female suspect Jane Mwayikera of Mbeya district […]
Nyasa Times Editorial: “Peter Mukhito is the current Inspector General of Police in Malawi. He has gained notoriety for his involvement in interrogating Blessings Chinsinga which began the stand-off for academic freedom in Malawi between Chinsinga and President Bingu wa Mutharika. He was also involved in the investigation in the death of Robert Chasowa.” This […]
Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito’s job hangs in balance following President Bingu wa Mutharika’s decision to replace him, Nyasa Times has leant. According to information sourced by Nyasa Times, Mukhito is expected to lose his job once Mutharika lands in the country any time soon from China where he went two weeks ago. Information […]
Police invaded the popolous Ndirande Township on Tuesday to arrest illegal fuel sellers after Nyasa Times report over the weekend that exposed the police laxity in combating the crime. State broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation reported that several police officers were deployed to the township to arrest the illegal traders and managed to do so with […]
As fuel crisis continues to hit Malawi, Ndirande Police in the populous township, is busy cashing in on the commodity by collecting money from black market traders instead of arresting them. Police at Ndirande Sub Station have knowledge of all the people that keep and sell fuel on the black market and officers collect K […]
Mitundu in Lilongwe, the home village of First Lady Callista Mutharika on Monday erupted as angry villagers torched the police station there ad razed down houses of four police officers because of what they claim security breakdown. The villagers claim there has been an increased murder incidents in the area and police officers were not […]
More drama is unveiling in the death of the fourth year Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa. A few hours after Police arrested the whistle blower Duncan Phiri, police were at it again summoning editors of Weekend Nation and Malawi News who published the revealing story on Saturday. Police head of Criminals Investigation Department summoned Weekend Nation […]
Barely four days after it was revealed that top police brass is involved in the death of the fourth year student at the Malawi Polytechnic, Police on Tuesday morning arrested Duncan Nawoza Phiri who spilled the beans. Armed Police invaded the house of Phiri and picked him amid unclear reasons for their arrest. A police […]
After a post-mortem report by local pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala revealed that Robert Chasowa – the fourth year mechanical engineering Polytechnic student found dead on the campus on September 24 – did not commit suicide as claimed by police, blogger Mabvuto Jobani (Jobani is a pseudo) has written a report on Media Institute of Southern […]
Malawi’s pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala, who carried out a post-mortem on the body of a fourth year University of Malawi engineering student Robert Chasowa whose mysterious death police say, was a case of suicide, told Capital Radio’s Straight Talk programme on Tuesday that his death was not suicide and that his yet-to-be released report will […]
A young woman was allegedly set on fire by her husband in Kasungu after they picked a matrimonial row. The woman identified as Ester Banda, 28, said her husband set her on fire but according to Station Officer for Kasungu Police, Assistant Commissioner Foloko Gama, the hubby claims she set herself on fire as suicide […]