Five people are feared dead after a canoe they they were sailing on Shire River in Chikwawa District capsized.

The accident occurred on 2 November, 2021 at Jey (Dzilozo) dock.

People boarded the canoe that was operated by a 12 year old boy and at a distance the operating stick slipped off from his hand and that made him to jump into the water to get it; this prompted other people also to come out from the boat and later it capsized.

Meanwhile two bodies have been found and retrived from the river while the other three went on missing.

Malawi Police Service (MPS) Saturday participated in a safety and security trade show dubbed Electrify Export 2021 in Lilongwe.

The MPS is explained to patronisers of the event, services the police offer to Malawians.

Illovo Sugar Company has today donated to Malawi Police Service three vehicles to ease mobility challenges in the lowershire district of Chikwawa.

The vehicles include two brand new Tata Pickups and one Toyota Land Cruiser pick up.

Illovo has also handed over the refurbished Ngabu Police Post offices.

The Inspector General (IG) of Police Dr George Kainja today visited Chikwawa and Nsanje Police Stations with a call to the law enforcers to remain disciplined and professional.

The IG said only disciplined police officers instill confidence in the community as they easily deal with criminal activities in their areas of jurisdiction.

The First Grade Magistrate's Court sitting at Nkhunga in Nkhotakota on Friday, October 22, 2021, ordered a 49-year-old driver, Mackson Mkwatamwambo to pay a fine of 800 thousand kwacha or in default serve 24 months years jail term after being found guilty of reckless driving and killing two people in the process.

Police detectives in Central West Region (CWR) have arrested two Nigerian suspects Chimesi Omuka (35) and Ejike Enebenchi (28) for drug dealing.

The duo have been arrested on the night of October 20, 2021 in the comfort of their home at area 49 in Lilongwe, after being found in possession of cocaine.

The High Court sitting in Nkhata Bay district has sentenced two murderers of Yasin Kwenda Phiri, a person with albinism, to life imprisonment.