Month: August 2022 Posts

Police officer in custody over man’s killing at Gateway Mall

Aug 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Makawa A Malawi Police Service officer has been arrested following the killing of a 36-year-old fitness trainer who was allegedly shot to death after he failed to pay for a bottle of water at Gateway… ...

Kachasu kills Ibrahim Matola

Aug 07, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Lilongwe say Ibrahim Matola, 25, died on Saturday in Lilongwe after excessively drinking Kachasu, a locally distilled spirit, on an empty stomach. Lilongwe Police Station deputy spokesperson Sub Inspector Foster Benjamin said Matola… ...

Child dies after herbalist attempts to remove head tumor using razor blade

Aug 06, 2022 Martha Chikoti 1 &

A two-year-old child who was born with a tumor in the head has died in Dowa after a female herbalist tried to remove the tumor using a razor blade. Police in Dowa have since arrested… ...

Gwamba, Kell Kay sue Martse’s brother

Aug 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s spokesperson Ephraim Nyondo as well as musicians Duncan 'Gwamba' Zgambo and  Kelvin 'Kell Kay' Kambwiri have sued Martse’s brother Jerome Nkhata and Prophet George Chikoko over allegations that the three were involved… ...

FAM mourns former Flames goalkeeper Kishombe

Aug 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Ernest Gama Football Association of Malawi (FAM) President Walter Nyamilandu Manda says the football fraternity is saddened by the death of former Flames goalkeeper Mcmillan Kishombe who died yesterday at the age of 81.… ...

Human rights activist Emmie Chanika dies

Jul 29, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Human rights activist Emmie Chanika has died this morning at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe. Chanika who founded the Civil Liberties Committee (CILIC) has died aged 66 after a battle with stroke. Tonny Kachikondo,… ...

7-year-old child dies after mother slaps her

Jul 24, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Blantyre Police is keeping in custody a 24-year-old woman identified as Mercy Banda for allegedly killing her own 7-year-old child. The child has been identified as Dingile Banda aged 7 years and was from Kaphiri… ...

Catholic priest Muhosa laid to rest

Jul 20, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

The body of Rev. Fŕ.  Dr.  Thomas Muhosha has been laid to rest at Tchokola Village, Traditional  Authority  Mwambo in Zomba where thousands of people gathered to bid him farewell. Muhosha was recently convicted and… ...

Catholic Priest Muhosha dies weeks after being sentenced to 30 years in prison

Jul 19, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Catholic Church priest, Father Thomas Muhosha, has died weeks after he was sentenced to 30 years in jail over the murder of a person with albinism. In a statement today today, the Episcopal Conference of… ...

Driver hit by tanker while standing beside stationary truck

Jul 18, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A Scania tanker last night overturned and hit to death a driver who was standing beside his freightliner truck which he had stopped along the Jenda-Mzuzu M1 road after it run out of fuel. The… ...

Bingu anamwetsedwa poyizoni — Mutharika

Jul 17, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Mtsogoleri wakale wadziko lino a Peter Mutharika ati mchimwene wawo malemu Bingu Wa Mutharika anachita kuphedwa pothililidwa poyizoni mu chakumwa chawo ndipo ati amawadziwa anthu omwe anachita izi. A Mutharika amayankhula izi la mulungu ku… ...

Bingu was poisoned – Peter Mutharika

Jul 17, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Former President Peter Mutharika has alleged that his brother, former President Bingu wa Mutharika who died in office,  was poisoned. Mutharika made the remarks today at a press conference held at his Page House in… ...

Child hit by vehicle while crossing road in in Kasungu

Jul 14, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

An 8-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a motor vehicle as she was crossing the road at   Jailosi village in Kasungu. Kasungu Police Station spokesperson By Sub Inspector Joseph Kachikho said the… ...

78-year-old man murdered in his house in Chitipa

Jul 12, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Police in Chitipa have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly killing a 78-year-old man. The suspect has been identified as Nowel Sinyangwe whereas the deceased is Grason Simukoko, both from Iyela village in Traditional Authority… ...

Former Angolan president Jose dos Santos dies aged 79

Jul 08, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country for 38 years, has died today in Spain. Dos Santos has died in a Barcelona clinic where he was hospitalised, more than five years… ...