High Court slaps Mutharika on the face over Nyirenda’s forced leave

The High Court in Lilongwe has faulted former president Peter Mutharika and former Chief Secretary to Government, Lloyd Muhara, over their decision to send Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda and Justice of Appeal Edward Twea on forced leave pending retirement in June this year.

Delivering a ruling on the matter, Justice Charles Mkandawire said Mutharika and Muhara breached the doctrine of separation of powers when they made the decision.

The court has since pended its ruling on whether Mutharika and Muhara should individually pay for the cost of the cases and will invite them to hear their side on the costs within the next seven days.

Malawi Law Society (MLS) lawyer Wesley Mwafulirwa has hailed the ruling and has urged the current government under Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to learn something from the ruling.

Popular Nigerian Pastor in Trouble For Raping Two Sisters

Popular Lagos pastor pleads guilty to raping two sisters

48-year-old pastor identified as Nduka Anyanwu, has admitted to allegations of raping two teenage sisters.

Anyanwu pleaded guilty to defiling before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday.
The clergy man was slammed with a two-count charge of defilement.

Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, ASP Roman Unuigbe, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in June, at Oshodi area of Lagos.

NAN reports that he said that the defendant, who is a Pastor, had slept with the two sisters, aged 17 and 13, respectively, (names withheld), on several occasions and impregnated them.

According to him, the defendant had allegedly defiled the sisters at the church complex, under the pretext of holding prayer sessions with them.

Unuigbe added that the offences contravene Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Following his guilty plea to both charges, the Chief Magistrate Mrs A. Adedayo, remanded the defendant in a custodial center.

Adedayo adjourned the case to Sept. 15, for facts and sentencing.

Two men have committed suicide in separate incidents in Phalombe.

Two men have committed suicide in separate incidents in Phalombe.

Phalombe police publicist sergeant Innocent MosesIn Phalombe identified one of the men as James Kumwamba aged 27 who committed suicide after taking poisoned food.

This happened on 25th August, 2020 around 1400 hours, in Mpheni village in traditional authority Mkhumba in the district

Phalombe police publicist sergeant Innocent Moses said facts are that Kamwamba used to do piece works at Phalombe trading center.

” Forthree days he had been complaining that his brain has not been working after he lost his mobile phone. His mother found him dead in his house on 25th August 2020,” said Moses.

The incident was reported to police where Officers from Phalombe accompanied by medical practitioners from Phalombe Heath Center rushed to the scene.

Postmortem showed that death was due to suffocation secondary to food poisoning.

In a related development, Patrick Katunga, 36, of Liphala village in Senior Chief Nazombe has died after hanging himself in a mango tree.

This occurred in Phodogoma village in the district.

Moses said Katunga used to complain of heart pain. Usually, whenever pain started, he used to take a walk.

Sergeant Moses said that on Monday this week, Katunga went out from his house and never returned, a development that prompted his wife to search for him but to no avail.

While in the process of searching, she heard that her husband was found moving about in Phodogoma village.

On Tuesday morning, Katunga was found hanging dead in a mango tree.

The matter was reported to Chilinga Police unit where officers and medical practitioner from Gogo Nazombe Heath Center went to the scene.

The body was examined and the results revealed that death was due to suffocation secondary to strangulation.

Meanwhile, no foul play has been suspected in both incidents.

MCP Youths Donates Face Masks To Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital

In a bid to contribute to the ongoing fight against COVID-19 Pandemic, Malawi Congress Party youths in Blantyre have donated face masks to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.


The youths drawn from surrounding areas in Blantyre marched in Masauko Chipembere Highway raising the banner on the need to intensify collaborative efforts in the fight against the pandemic.

Zinenani Magola MCP’s youth campaign director in Limbe said their research revealed that some patients or guardians at the referral hospital do not have the capacity to afford surgical masks and even if some have cloth masks they need to wash them at a point in time and having an extra one will help them to avoid contracting the deadly virus.

“We are here in response to the call by President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera that we need to join hands in the fight against the pandemic. As youths this is our contribution in preventing further spread of the virus.

"We know some patients even guardians are in dire need of these masks in other words we want the hospital to give these masks for free to those who can’t afford so that no one is barred from accessing health services,” said Magola.

Administrator for health services at the hospital, Kondwani Chisi, said the donation has come at the right time because some patients and guardians literally come to the hospital with no mask.

“Some patients who seek our services here are not aware of the requirement to wear masks and others can’t afford to buy. This donation is significant in the sense that such kind of patients will be supported and we call upon people of goodwill to emulate this gesture,” said Chisi.

The youths said the donation is just a starter and will scale up their anti COVID-19 activities by reaching out to prisons and health centres across the country.

Currently Malawi has recorded 170 deaths, 3066 recoveries out of 5423 infections’ as of March this year.

Congolese National arrested for defilement in Dowa

Police in Dowa have arrested a 16-year-old Congolese national for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl, who is also a Congolese national.

The suspect (name withheld) is alleged to have committed the offence on August 24 2020 at Lisungwi Location in Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa.

It is alleged that the victim used to be in a love affair with the suspect and on the particular day the suspect took the victim to his house and locked themselves up.

Later, the parents of the victim were alerted about the matter, who in turn rushed to the suspect’s house.

The suspect was also alerted and escaped from the scene together with the victim.

When the victim’s parents arrived at the scene, they broke into the house and found nobody inside the house.

This prompted the victim’s parents to report the matter to police.

Upon receipt of the matter, the victim was issued with a medical form and referred to Dzaleka Health Centre where defilement was confirmed to have taken place.

The suspect was summoned to police and arrested upon arrival.

He will appear before court soon to answer a charge of defilement.

Both the suspect and the victim come from South Kivu Province in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Activist Ask Parliament to Pass Termination of Pregnancy Bill

Pro-abortion campaigners have courted Parliament asking legislators to table, debate and pass the Termination of Pregnancy Bill of 2014.

The abortion-discourse has for years remained a contentious issue owing it the country’s deep-rooted social and religious standing.

But in spite of dividing public opinion; advocates of abortion are closing-in on seeing the bill tabled in Parliament arguing; this is the only way to securing justice for women who acquire unplanned pregnancies.

Currently, statistics from Police, indicate, the country has seen a surge in pregnancies resulting from incest, defilement and rape, forcing gender rights campaigners like Emma Kaliya to justify their push for legalization of abortion in Malawi.

Said Kaliya: “The proposed bill by the Malawi Law Commission is clear about this issue; saying allow people who have been raped to abort, allow people who have gone into incest to abort; because you cant allow people to live with trauma.

So what we are saying is for new leadership and Parliament to go through recommendations of the Law Commission and consider the wisdom behind those recommendations.”

A sixteen-year-old girl from the border district of Mwanza (name with withheld) admits “its been traumatic to live with an-unplanned pregnancy and later having to give birth to a child whose father was imposed on her by her parents”.

Whilst a girl-rights campaigner — Girls Empowerment Network calls for psychological repair of traumatized girls; it throws its weight behind the tabling of the Termination of Pregnancy Bill for safety of girls and young women.

“Above all else this issue is about rights of vulnerable women seeking access to safer and dignified healthcare,” said Takondwa Kaliwo programs director for the network.

And Dr. Mathews Ngwale, chairperson of the parliamentary committee on health says his committee is ready to support the bill if presented in parliament.

A law scholar at Chancellor College Dr. Ngeyi Kanyongolo observes that while the issue come with emotions, the nation has to accept physical and psychological complications that come with unsafe abortion and unplanned pregnancies.

Dr. Kanyongolo said: “The abortion law in its current state is harsh and needs to be amended.

Think of children who are being sexually molested and ending up being pregnant, they arent only robbed off their childhood, but they experience labor complications because they arent mature for child bearing.”

The proposed Termination of Pregnancy Bill was drafted in 2014 after the ministry of health raised a red flag on the increase in cases of unsafe abortion in the country.

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Zimbabwe makes it illegal for schools to expel pregnant girls

The republic of Zimbabwe has made it illegal now for schools to expel pregnant girls from across the country.

Education Minister, Cain Mathema issued the directive as a measure aimed at tackling gender inequality in the classroom and discouraging many girls from dropping out of school.

It was learnt that a legal amendment was announced last week and it seeks to reinforce a 1999 guideline that was patchily implemented.

The decision was reportedly made over fears of a rise in sexual abuse and unwanted pregnancies as schools have been closed since the Coronavirus pandemic struck.

Many parents of pregnant girls, or the girls themselves, decide to quit schooling due to the pregnancy, and schools do not always do enough to encourage them to stay, officials say.

“I’m expecting every parent and guardian and everyone else to understand that every child must be assisted by all of us to go to school,” Cain Mathema, the education minister in charge of schools, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation this week

“Every child whether boy or girl… has a right to go to school in Zimbabwe,” he said.

In 2018, 12.5% of the country’s roughly 57,500 school dropouts stopped attending classes due to pregnancy or marriage reasons – almost all of them girls, according to Education Ministry statistics.

Sibusisiwe Ndlovu, the communications specialist at Plan International Zimbabwe welcomed the new legislation as a step in the right direction.

“This amendment is crucial in fulfilling the access to education right for all children – especially girls,” Ndlovu said.

Bizarre!! 3 Accidents Occur At The Same Spot In Less Than 3 Hours In Benin (See Photos)

Those who are core Nigerians must have at one time or another, heard of the superstitious belief of alleged
witchcraft practices in Benin, Edo State.

Well, the series of incidents that happened on Tuesday, August 25, will send chills down your spine and make you wonder if the superstitions were indeed true or just a mere coincidence.

Narrating the incident he experienced, a source said;

“This stuff just amazed me and did prove that some things we call superstition, might just be there without us knowing it. Before I go further, around that particular spot was where a 17-year-old kid was killed while selling Christmas chicken.

“Yesterday I was passing when I saw that a car swerved off the road and ran into a shop. When I got to where I was going most people there knew two persons from the shop that got hit by the car.

“According to them, the victims’ bones bulged out and one (a woman) was in coma. She was later confirmed dead.

“Just as we where discussing, another call came in that another accident just happened at that same spot involving a bus. I don't know if there was any casualty for the bus because I was in a hurry to get back home.

“On my way back, I took that same route, just some miles away I heard "Gboooom!" Everyone shouted, “E don happen again o! Wetin dey that spot”.

According to the source, it turned out that the tire of a trailer carrying gravels exploded at the exact spot – right in front of that same shop.

“This happened in Benin and the shop had quite a distance from the road, with a high walkway which the car climbed,” the source added.

See photos of the first car that ran into the shop, killing two people, though photos of the victims could not be gotten at the time.

Nigerian actress Pat Ugwu strips to her underwear as she twerks for her followers (video)

Actress Pat Ugwu chose to show her followers the other side of her, so she stripped to her skimpy underwear and twerked on Instagram Live.

This isn't her first time of doing such. Last year, she shared a video of herself dancing naked and the video landed on a porn site.

This time around, she kept her bra and panties on but they were quite skimpy and left little to the imagination.

Below is a video of her latest stunt on Instagram.

Cardi B shares naked photo of US First Lady after political correspondent DeAnna Lorraine said "America needs more women like Melania Trump and less like Cardi B"

Cardi B has reacted to being unfavourably compared to US First Lady, Melania Trump, by releasing a naked photo of Melania from her days as a model.

It began with political correspondent DeAnna Lorraine saying: "America needs more women like Melania Trump and less like Cardi B."

Cardi B quote-tweeted Lorraine's tweet and wrote: "Didn’t she used to sell that Wap?"

WAP stands for "Wet A** P****"

Cardi then quote-tweeted Lorraine's tweet again and this time, she accompanied it with a naked photo of Melania Trump and the words, "This pic giving me “ yea you fuckin wit some wet as* pu**y “ vibes ...just sayin"

Man Utd Henderson Pens New 5-year-deal At Man Utd Henderson Pens New 5-year-deal

Dean Henderson has put pen-to-paper to sign a five-year contract at Manchester United with the option to have it further extended for another year.

The keeper in the past two seasons has been in between the sticks at Sheffield United, impressing under Chris Wilder and helping himself to be called up by Gareth Southgate to the England national team as the Three Lions prepare for the UEFA Nation’s League tournament next month.

Henderson was able to keep 13 clean sheets in the Premier League last season and he has been tipped by many to replace David De Gea as United’s first-choice goalkeeper next season. United manager, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has continued to throw his weight behind De Gea despite some uncharacteristic errors that cost the Red Devils valuable points last season, however, he is also a big fan of Henderson, hence, the reason the young custodian has penned a new contract at Old Trafford.

Chelsea have been showing interest in Henderson since watching him impress at Sheffield but United have quickly moved to persuade him to commit his future at the club up until 2025 at least.

The keeper himself is happy to have committed to United and he has expressed the delight. He said, “The pathway that I have been on for the past five years has been fantastic for my development and the invaluable loan period at Sheffield United has been part of that.

“The goalkeeping department at United is excellent; there are three top-level goalkeepers who have achieved so much in the game and I look forward to working with the group. The faith that the Manager and the club have shown in me with this contract means a lot to me and will continue my progression as a goalkeeper.

“I’ll be giving everything to improve every day so that I can play as many games as possible for this great club. Now I am looking forward to joining up with the England squad and then preparing for the season ahead.”

Solksjaer has recently conceded having a goalkeeper-choice issue at United with Henderson’s fantastic progress but it is one that he loves to have and he has praised the 23-year-old.

“We are delighted that Dean has signed his new contract,” Solskjaer said. “He had another great season at Sheffield United, where he gained a lot of experience and grew both as a player and a person. Dean is a fantastic young keeper with the attitude and work-rate to keep improving every day.”

“We are in a strong position within the goalkeeping department and that gives us the competition for places that we are looking for in the squad. Dean is another great example of the type of player who has come through the academy and truly understands what it means to be at Manchester United.

“We are all looking forward to working with Dean and continuing to develop his talent.”

Nigerian man is remanded for raping neighbour’s three daughters

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 19-year-old man, Ismaila Mustapha, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for raping his neighbour’s three daughters.

The Prosecutor, ASP Bisi Ogunleye, while presenting the case urged that the matter be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

Ogunleye told the court that Mustapha committed the offence sometime in March at his residence.

He alleged that Mustapha defiled three sisters.

According to him, the offence contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

However, Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje, who rejected the plea of the accused, ordered that he be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre and directed the prosecutor to duplicate the case file to the DPP for advice.

Kubeinje adjourned the case until Sept. 9 for mention,” NAN reports.

Court sentences man to life IHL for killing 51 Muslims

The New Zealand High court has convicted and sentenced a 29 years old Brenton Tarrant to life in prison with hard labour without a “parole.”

Tarrant, Australian national pleaded guilty to 51 charges of murder, 40 charges of Attempted murder and one charge of terrorism over last year’s 2019 Mosque attack in Christchurch City in New Zealand, which In the process resulted into the shooting to death of 51 Muslims as they were praying in the Mosque.

In delivering the ruling, Justice Cameron Mander contended that a finite jail term was insufficient for such crime and that the convict did not show remorse to his wrong doing.

Such life sentence is the first to be handed in that country.

Kenya tribe’s circumcision ritual maintained amid Coronavirus pandemic

Among the Bukusu, of the Luhya tribe in western Kenya, teenage boys become men during celebrations that last several days, and during which they are circumcised.

Despite the dangers associated with COVID-19, the Bukusu have decided to keep their tradition alive and maintain the ceremony this year.

“We know this year there is corona,” Peter Kadenge, a traditional circumciser, explained.

“The President of Kenya Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta has already opened churches and other areas, so we have decided that no child will sleep without having been circumcised.”

“We have to circumcise the children according to our Bukusu tradition.”

The celebration will take place, despite government advice to avoid large gatherings.

Boys must dance to show their bravery and attend rituals including the sacrifice of a cow, the blood of which will welcome them into manhood.

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8 people fined MK1.7 million for demolishing 19 houses over land dispute

Nathenje Second Grade Magistrate Rose Chirwa has convicted and ordered eight people to pay over K1.7 million or in default serve two years in prison for demolishing 19 houses over land dispute.

The convicts were found guilty of malicious damage on Tuesday, August 25, 2020.

Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer Joseph Kachikho said the accused, who are all related, invaded their nephews’ houses at Jefitala Village in Traditional Authority Chitekwere on August 2 this year.

Kachikho said they demolished 19 houses and property worth K1.7 million.

Mutharika Calls For an Emergency Meeting

Leader of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Peter Mutharika who is also the country’s former head of state has summoned the party’s senior officials today.

According to inner sources, the meeting s set to take place at Mutharika’s retiring home in Mangochi.

Among others, Mutharika is angry with media remarks by the fired Secretary General, Grezelder Jeffrey, on power transition.

The party’s vice presidents, regional governors and some National Executive Committee members are reportedly set to attend the meeting.

Cracks and camps have emerged in the former governing DPP, with some pushing for Mutharika to relinquish power while others want him intact as party president.

On the same, Ben Phiri has also resigned as the party’s Director of Elections.

Minister Of Trade Sosten Gwengwe, Warns Cement Traders Against Over-pricing

Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe has attributed the scarcity of cement in the country to shortage of forex on the financial market.
Addressing the media in Lilongwe, Gwengwe warned cement traders against increasing prices beyond K7 500 which is recommended in the current prevailing economic situation.

The Minister's remarks follow a meeting with cement manufacturing companies and importers that aimed to find solutions.
Gwengwe has warned that unscrupulous traders who are taking advantage of cement scarcity to raise prices will have their licenses revoked.
The Minister said cement producers such as Shayona Cement Limited, Cement Products Limited and Lafarge have not raised prices but traders are taking advantage of the situation.
Gwengwe said discussions with the Reserve Bank of Malawi have taken place to prioritise issuing forex to cement importers to deal with the challenge.
Recent weeks the local market has experienced rising prices of cement reaching up to about K10 000 per bag.

Grezelder Jeffrey says she will not resign

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary General Grezelder Jeffrey says she will not resign from her position as instructed by the party president Peter Mutharika.

Jeffrey says Mutharika wants her out of the position because she and other leaders in the party are calling for an early convention to elect a new leader. More to come

Woman Cries As Her Husband Died, His Brother Is Insisting To Marry Her

A lady is crying out that the husband who she was married to for 10 years gave up the ghost three weeks ago and without even waiting for the burial of the husband the brother in-law is insisting she get married to him.

See her story as she shared it on Facebook.

Hello peeps can you guys help me out here?

"My husband died just three weeks ago, we have been married for 10 years and i have a son for him.

" We had to postpone the burial because of this coronavirus disease,now my brother in-law is insisting we get married.

"Since the first week after my husbands death this man wont let me be. I even at a time dad t sleep with him to satisfy him.He promised he wont make a request if i gave it to him just once .

Pope Francis has donated ventilators to Likuni mission hospital in Lilongwe to boost Malawi’s fight against Covid-19

Pope Francis has donated ventilators to Likuni mission hospital in Lilongwe to boost Malawi’s fight against Covid-19.
Shortage of ventilators is a major challenge for most developing countries including Malawi in the treatment and management of the pandemic considering the high costs to procure the life supporting equipment.
According to Vatican News, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church’s donation was made through Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone, who is the Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi and Zambia.

Local Archbishop Tarcisius Ziyaye has since hailed the donation saying the Pope is really concerned about the deadly pandemic which has shaken the whole world.