Malawi national football team head coach Young Chimodzi’s residence was invaded by robbers barely three months after raiding the residence of high profile figures such as Vice President of the Republic of Malawi Saulos Chilima and Minister of Energy and Mining Atupule Muluzi. The Malawi head coach onfirmed that he reported the issue to Lilongwe […]
In yet another high-profile robbery in Malawi, an official vehicle of Minister Information, Kondwani Nankhumwa has been carjacked by armed gang at Lunzu trading centre in Blantyre Thursday evening. Malawi has seen a rash of violent crimes, including a wave of fatal shootings of late, which have stirred public concern and piled pressure on the […]
Police in Malawi have revealed that Pelekani Malunga one of the arrested suspects in the K100 million bank robbery is still married to one senior police officer. In an interview Southern Region Police spokesperson Nicholas Gondwa said so far the law enforcers are investigating to establish whether the wife played a role in the robbery. […]
Eight people suspected to have been involved in the robbery of about K100 million at First Merchant Bank (FMB) Livingstone Towers in Blantyre on the night of December 23 2014 have been arrested, Police in the Southern Region have confirmed. Southern Region Police spokesperson Nicholas Gondwa identified the eight as Felix Malope (35) from Chitengu […]
Malawi Police have arrested another officer within their ranks Sergent Kondwani Mitepa of Lilongwe Police Station who reside in Kawale near Deeper Life Church for being suspected to have played a part in the K90 million robbery at the First Merchant Bank (FMB) Livingstone Towers Branch in Blantyre. Nyasa Times understands that Mitepa has been […]
Two people believed to have been on a armed robbery operation at Kaunda Puma filling station in Lilongwe were shot dead by Malawi Police officers after they exchanged gun-shots and other two were arrested. Police, acting on a tip off, had the suspects on surveillance and rounded them up as they wanted to rob cash from […]
The Malawi Police have arrested renowned notorious criminal Pelekani Malunga believed to be one of thesuspects in the recent robbery that happened at the country’s First Merchant Bank ( FMB) Livingstone Towers Branch in Blantyre where the criminals went away with money amounting almost MK100 million. The robbers who were in FMB dress code shot dead […]
As it has been learnt that law enforcers are aiding gang of criminals in the country, one of the suspects who shot dead a police officer and injured another one as they stole about K100 million at First Merchant Bank (FMB) Livingstone Towers Branch in Blantyre is a husband to a senior female cop. According […]
A car that was stolen and used in two separate robberies on Monday and Tuesday in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre has been found parked at the house of the owner, Tanveer Ahmed, southern region police publicist Nicolas Gondwa confirmed. The vehicle, Nissan Tilda registration number BL 2432 was reported stolen three weeks ago in Limbe. The vehicle was apparently […]
It is generally accepted that, in Malawi, the arrival of Christianity and colonialism altered the gender relations and sociocultural makeup of its people. These changes are most evident in the way the male gender (or ideas governing what it means to be a man), in both matrilineal and patrilineal societies, came to be understood. Masculinity […]
Malawi police has confirmed the death of one of its officers after being shot by armed robbers who have robbed the First Merchant Bank ( FMB) branch housed in Livingstone Towers in Blantyre Tuesday night. The robbers are said to have went way with over K90 million. Reports say the armed robbers who were dressed […]
As the Malawi Police Service (MPS) is grappling with increased cases of armed robberies, an official from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China has warned that Chinese investors may decide to relocate to neighbouring countries due to insecurity in the country. According to Wang Jiaxin Hudson, the Embassy’s Economic and Commercial Counsellor, increased […]
There has been assertions that some law enforcers are aiding gang of criminals in the country and the fears continue to gain currency with the arrest of a police officers caught stealing Saturday at Kanjedza in Blantyre. The police officer was caught stealing with a gang of robbers and was roughed up before other cops […]
Police in Lilongwe during the night of December 9 shot dead one person and arrested two of the deceased’s accomplices charged with robbery with violence. The incident happened within Area 49 in the city, according to Kanengo Police Relations Officer, Salome Chibwana. Chibwana , identified the deceased as Joseph Chiphwanya Njoka (age and district of […]
As the issue of security lapse continue to worry citizens and potential investors in Malawi, robbers stabbed dead a teenager, in Chigumula Township in the commercial city of Blantyre, Police have confirmed. The body of the boy was found lying helpless in pool of blood in the morning hours of Saturday. The 17-year-old victim identified […]
A rights group, Islamic Commission for Justice and Freedom is asking President Peter Mutharika “as the commander in-chief of the armed forces” to intervene in the growing insecurity problems facing the country. In a statement, the organizations’ secretary general Hassan Chimwala says the organization is well aware that one of the cornerstones of the ruling […]
Malawi Police have arrested three men in connection with an armed robbery at Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Atupele Muluzi’s private residence in Area 9 in Lilongwe. Muluzi was attacked when a gang of 12 broke into his house through a hole they drilled in the perimeter fence in the backyard and made […]
Malawi Police at Balaka are keeping in custody a 31 year old man for allegedly being found with a rifle and rounds of blank ammunition without a licence. Balaka police spokesperson sub inspector Joseph Sauka says the suspect Emmanuel William 31 was arrested after Police received a tip that the suspect was selling a rifle. […]