Month: September 2020 Posts

Boxing association holds online tournament

Sep 16, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Boxing Association of Malawi (Maba)- Northern Chapter has held an online boxing tournament so that its boxers should remain active despite the pandemic. In the competition that run for a month from July 5, boxers… ...

Malawi Boxing mourns sponsor Mwenera Kaunda

Sep 08, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Malawi Boxing Association (MABA) northern region committee has expressed sadness over the death of promoter Mwenera Kaunda, saying it is a big blow to the sport. Malawi Boxing Association (MABA) Vice chairperson in the north… ...

North Football Association operating illegally – executive member

Aug 22, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A member of the Northern Region Football Association (NRFA) executive committee has claimed that the association has been operating illegally for four years. Ollen Msonda who is fixtures secretary revealed this on Thursday saying the… ...

Govt, private sector seek to turn North Malawi into serious business hub

Aug 20, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima says the government, the Private Sector and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have agreed to work together to turn the Northern Region into a business hub. Chilima said this after… ...

Mlenga elected UTM Governor for Northern Region

Aug 15, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

UTM members in the North have elected University of Livingstonia Registrar Dr Moses Mlenga as the new Regional Governor for the North. Mlenga amassed 90 votes while his contender Labson Chihaula Shaba got 64 votes.… ...

UTM to elect North Governor

Aug 15, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

UTM will today elect a new Northern Region governor to replace Leonard Njikho who resigned last month. Two members of the party's National Executive Committee, Chihaula Shaba and Dr Moses Mlenga, have confirmed that they… ...

Minister of Homeland Security promises decent houses for police officers

Aug 10, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has  promised decent houses, promotions and risk allowances for police officers. Banda visited Northern Region Police Headquarters, Mzuzu and Mzimba Police Stations as well as the Mzuzu Immigration… ...

UTM North Governor Njikho resigns

Jul 28, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

UTM Governor for the North Leonard Njikho has stepped down. Njikho who is a former legislator has announced his resignation in a letter to the party. "Today I can confirm rumours that were going round… ...

Mutharika to visit North Malawi for first time in a year

Jun 17, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Peter Mutharika will visit the Northern Region on Thursday, his first trip to the region since May, 2019. According to a statement from the Office of President and Cabinet, Mutharika will address his supporters… ...

Chilima decries slow progress of development in Northern Region

Jun 17, 2020 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 1 &

Tonse Alliance runningmate in the fresh presidential polls Saulos Chilima has taken a swipe at the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for failing to implement infrastructure projects in the Northern Region. Chilima said this at… ...

Muluzi says MCP failed to develop Northern Region during 31-year rule

Jun 03, 2020 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 1 &

Presidential runningmate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) Alliance says the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) failed to develop the Northern Region during the 31 years the MCP was in power.… ...

Tonse Alliance targets 95 percent of Northern Region votes

May 21, 2020 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Tonse Alliance says it has sealed the Northern Region with its development focused manifesto and is targeting 95 percent of votes in the region. Speaking in an interview after conducting 14 whistle stop tours in… ...

Private school teachers in tough COVID-19 era

Apr 21, 2020 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Some teachers in private schools across the Northern Region have cried foul over their bosses’ decision not to give them salaries during this period when schools are closed in light of COVID-19. Teachers who spoke… ...

27 arrested over blood suckers saga

Mar 29, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Police in the North have arrested 27 people as they continue to crack down on perpetrators of violence heightened by rumours about blood suckers. The suspects have been arrested from different areas in the region.… ...

AFORD blasts Mphepo over threats to withdraw projects from North

Jan 20, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Presidential aide Francis Mphepo has come under fire from The Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) for claiming that people from the North are ungrateful and that the President Peter Mutharika administration will withdraw all projects in… ...