Chimwendo to remain under police custody
High Court Judge Mzondi Mvula adjourned the bail ruling hearing for former local government minister Richard Chimwendo Banda to December 24, giving the State time to respond to the application.
High Court Judge Mzondi Mvula adjourned the bail ruling hearing for former local government minister Richard Chimwendo Banda to December 24, giving the State time to respond to the application.
The Malawi Prison Service has dismissed reports that Dr. Victoria Bobe murder suspects paraded by police are Chichiri Prison inmates.
The First Grade Magistrate Court has handed down a 14-year prison sentence with hard labor to Tione Mtambo, a 24-year-old man, for engaging in sexual intercourse with a two-year-old child in Chitipa District.
The Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Austin Banda has authorized Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Richard Chimwendo Banda to receive medical treatment while remanded at Maula Prison.
Vitumbiko Mumba, former Minister of Trade and MCP running mate, has been arrested by police in Lilongwe. He was arrested at his Area 47 residence around 11:30 am and taken to Lingadzi Police Station. The arrest is believed to be connected to comments Mumba made at a press briefing after the September 16 general elections,…
Dr. Thomas Nyirenda, a leading health expert, is sounding the alarm on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Malawi and Africa, citing poverty, inequality, and weak healthcare systems as key drivers.
President Lazarus Chakwera and Secretary to the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba have been barred from attending the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Peter Mutharika, scheduled for tomorrow at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.
Police in Mwanza have arrested a 20-year-old man, Timothy Ntaba, on allegations that he defiled a 14-year-old girl.
Police in Salima have arrested 27-year-old Luka Lobby for possessing three 90-kilogram bags of cannabis sativa without a permit. Salima Police Public Relations Officer, Sub Inspector Rabecca Ndiwate, said the suspect was intercepted around 1 a.m. at Chilembwe while cycling from Nkhotakota towards Kaphatenga. Ndiwate added that Lobby was found with three sacks, a laptop…