National News
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Financial crisis derails Ziliro Mumba memorial campaign
Organisers of nationalist Levi Ziliro Mumba memorial service have failed to raise K8 million for a tombstone envisaged to…
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NRB officer dies in car accident
Registration officer Harrison Chidiso died in a car accident at Chizaula in Rumphi on Tuesday. The National Registration Bureau (NRB)…
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Govt launches 2017/18 Fisp programme
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Joseph Mwanamvekha on Wednesday officially launched the 2017/18 Farm Input Subsidy Programme…
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Reading programme to counter school dropout in Mulanje
Mulanje district education manager (DEM) Gossam Mafuta has commended government for introducing the National Reading Programme (NRP), saying it…
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Fire displaces 129 students at Police Secondary School
Fire that gutted destroyed a hostel at Police Secondary School in Zomba on Monday night has displaced 129 students,…
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Dowa Police arrest 11 Ethiopians
Police in Dowa have arrested 11 Ethiopian nationals for allegedly entering the country illegally. Dowa Police spokesperson Richard Mwakayoka…
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IDs for 5 districts in
National identity (ID) cards for five districts arrived through Kamuzu International Airport on Friday last week. The IDs are…
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DEM hails reading programme
Mzimba South district education manager (DEM) Fanwel Chiwowa has hit out at duty-bearers in the education sector for abrogating…
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Tripartite land ownership worries Mzuzu City Council
Mzuzu City Council (MCC) says the tripartite land administration limits its powers to make critical decisions to avert natural…
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Analysts fault Mutharika on bloodsuckers’ remarks
Analysts have faulted President Peter Mutharika’s sentiments that he will let Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa deal with the blood sucking…
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Nice Trust, BMC to champion democracy forums
National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust and Bwaila Media Club (BMC) have joined forces to conduct democracy forums…
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PAC warns ministries on ghost workers
Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Alekeni Menyani has said government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) should stop hiding behind…
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Court denies bail K20bn ‘bankgate’ suspect
The High Court in Blantyre on Tuesday denied to release on bail a Pakistani national suspected to have defrauded local…
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MEC bemoans campaign violence
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has bemoaned violent acts that occurred between Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Democratic Progressive Party…
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DPP loss, vote of no confidence—analysts
Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) loss in five of six hotly-contested constituencies and wards in Tuesday’s by-elections is a vote of…
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Nsanje Lalanje MCP supporters in street party
It was a rare night of open-air partying for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters in Nsanje Lalanje Constituency as they…
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Escom says vandalism cases on the decline
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says the reduction in cases of vandalism and theft of their property has helped…
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‘Law crucial to forming budget office’
An official in the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) of the Parliament of Uganda has stressed the need to have…
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Ministry lifts ban on livestock movement
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development yesterday lifted a ban on cattle movement from the Shire Valley…
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Voter apathy mars by-elections
Except in Nsanje Lalanje Constituency where a high turnout was registered, voter apathy reared its ugly head again yesterday…
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