Luanar Archives

Govt wants fresh graduates to venture into entrepreneurship

Oct 19, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Government says fresh graduates at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) should venture into agriculture entrepreneurship. Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe made the statement when Farmers Voice Africa (FAVOA) was launching an initiative… ...

Unemployed agriculture teachers cry foul

Mar 24, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Over 150 Diploma holders in Agriculture Education from LUANAR-NRC campus have appealed to Ministry of Education to raise the number teachers it intends to recruit, saying they will be left out if Government only recruits… ...

Luanar student commits suicide in Mponela

Feb 23, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Topson Banda. A 23-year-old Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) student hanged himself at his parents’ house in Dowa yesterday. Mponela police Deputy spokesperson, Macpatson Msadala, has identified the deceased as Wongani… ...

Luanar student gets five years in jail for child sexual abuse

Sep 01, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

A 21-year-old Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) student has been sentenced to five years in jail for sexually abusing a child aged 16 and impregnating her. Pilirani Mataka who is a second-year… ...

Luanar students sitting on floor

Aug 03, 2018 Bright Malenga 1 &

Students at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) City Campus are sitting on the floor in class due to lack of chairs. A picture of students at the college listening to a lecturer… ...

Malawians think farming is for the uneducated – Mutharika

Mar 22, 2018 Bright Malenga 1 &

President Peter Mutharika has blasted educated Malawians saying they think farming is only for people who cannot get office jobs. Mutharika made the remarks during the third congregation of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural… ...

Muslim students encouraged to be agents of change

Mar 13, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Muslim students in the country have been told to work hard in school in order to be agents of change. The remarks were made by William Ismael Lapukeni who was the guest of honour during… ...

Luanar disowns bogus advert

Jan 21, 2018 Bright Malenga 4 &

The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar), Natural Resources College (NRC) campus has distanced itself from an advert being shared on social media. Social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp have been… ...

Luanar reopens this month

Jan 13, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 9 &

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) Bunda Campus will reopen this month. The institution was closed on 13th December, 2017 following demonstrations by students on 7th, 8th and the night of 12th December.… ...

Luanar fracas: Four students to be questioned

Jan 08, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 10 &

A month after students from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) held violent protests at Bunda campus, the university management is to question four students today. Last month students from the college were… ...

Police tortured Luanar students – MHRC

Jan 06, 2018 Bright Malenga 12 &

The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has said police officers tortured Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) Bunda campus students who were demonstrating against blackouts. This has been revealed in the primary findings… ...