Month: February 2020 Posts

Man found dead at a lodge in Limbe

Feb 18, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

  A 48-year-old man was on Sunday found dead at Mbombwe Lodge in Limbe. Inspector Patrick Mussa, Limbe police station Public Relations Officer, has identified the man as Jonathan Kamwana. According to Mussa, Kamwana went… ...

Man commits suicide over cheating wife

Feb 10, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A man aged 22 has killed himself in Dedza after finding out that that his wife was having an affair with his friend. The man, Symon Ngwirima, discovered that his wife, Meliselina Joseph aged 20… ...

Man drowns in Nsanje

Feb 10, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

A 40-year-old man drowned in Nsanje Saturday night while trying to cross Nyamazere River. The man has been identified as George Thanki Masamba aged 40. He was a fruit seller at Nsanje Trading center. Sergeant… ...

Two killed by lightning strike in Nsanje

Feb 10, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

Two people have died after being struck by lightning at Dinde primary school ground in Nsanje district. Three other people suffered injuries during the incident. The deceased persons have been identified as Edson Thanki aged… ...

Chimulirenji’s mother dies

Feb 09, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Honourable Everton Chimulirenji’s mother has died today at a hospital in India. According to state broadcaster MBC, Mrs Alefa Julius Chimulirenji, has died at the Artemis Hospital in New Dheli, India. Vigil is being held… ...

Police exhume third dead body at Biwi

Feb 05, 2020 Richard Jimu 0 &

…says no foreign national involved in the killings Police on Tuesday exhumed a third dead body at a house belonging to a Malawian at Biwi in Lilongwe. The dead person has been identified as Pilliar… ...

Man dies in Karonga floods

Feb 04, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man aged 46 died in Karonga on Sunday after attempting to cross a flooded stream. Hundreds of households have also been left homeless following the floods that occurred Saturday night in several areas of… ...

Woman arrested over son’s murder

Feb 01, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The manhunt for a Dedza woman who killed her own son over K400 ended on Thursday with her arrest in Mozambique. The suspect, Alinafe Navisi aged 40, is believed to have killed her 10-year-old son,… ...

Mother kills son over K400

Jan 31, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 40-year-old woman in Dedza has allegedly  killed her 10-year-old child after accusing him of stealing K400. Dedza Police Station Deputy Publicist Sergeant Cassim Manda has confirmed. According to Manda, on January 27, 2020 the… ...

Epileptic patient drowns in Likhubula River

Jan 30, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

A 23-year-old epileptic patient has died in Mulanje after drowning in Likhubula River in Mulanje. Peter Thomas an epileptic patient aged 23, was found floating in the river by the women who went to fetch… ...

Kottana Chidyaonga’s death case takes new twist: pathologists ‘fight’

Jan 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The death case of Kottana Maria Chidyaonga, a 23-year-old lady who died on 4th January, has taken a different direction as pathologists disagree on the real cause of the death. In the past week, Dr… ...

Suspects in Kottana’s death remanded

Jan 21, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A court in Lilongwe has ordered that three suspects in the death of 23-year-old Kottana Chidyaonga should continue to be kept in custody. The three, Timothy Mtilosanje (28), Gilbert Kamaliza (29) and Diana Bhagwanji (23),… ...

Hyena kills man in Kasungu

Jan 21, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

People at Njanje village in Kasungu are living in fear due to hyenas which killed a man from the village on Thursday. Kasungu Police Station Public Relations officer Harry Namwaza identified the deceased as Sapulayi… ...

Man commits suicide over wife’s alleged infidelity

Jan 17, 2020 Owen Ndalama 1 &

A 35-year-old man in Ntchisi hanged himself on Tuesday night after suspecting his wife of cheating on him. The man, Harrison Mkaseka, hailed from Yeliko Village, Traditional Authority Nthondo in Ntchisi district. Confirming to Malawi24,… ...

Boyfriend, two others nabbed over Kottana Chidyaonga’s death

Jan 16, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police in Lilongwe on Wednesday night arrested three suspects in connection to the death of 23-year-old Kottana Maria Chidyaonga. Chidyaonga was reported to have died as a result of a snake bite but an autopsy… ...