JUST IN: Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima Dies In Plane Crash

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June 11, 2024

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JUST IN: Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima Dies In Plane Crash—-In a tragic turn of events, Malawian search teams have discovered the wreckage of a plane that was carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others.

The aircraft went missing on Monday during inclement weather conditions, according to a military source.

The military plane, which was carrying the 51-year-old Vice President along with other passengers, disappeared after failing to land in the northern city of Mzuzu due to poor visibility.

The aircraft was instructed to return to the capital, Lilongwe, but unfortunately, it crashed with no survivors found among the wreckage.

Photographs provided by a member of the military rescue team to AFP show army personnel on a foggy slope near debris identified as the Malawi Army Air Wing Dornier 228-202K aircraft. The discovery has left the nation in mourning.

President Lazarus Chakwera is expected to address the nation regarding the incident. The president has yet to confirm the details about potential survivors officially, though initial reports indicate that there were none.

Rescue efforts had been concentrated in a fog-covered forest south of Mzuzu, following the signal from the last transmission tower the plane contacted before it vanished. General Paul Valentino Phiri, the army commander, revealed that neighboring countries had joined the search, providing helicopters and drones to aid the effort.

The plane departed from Lilongwe around 9:00 am local time (0700 GMT) on Monday, heading to Mzuzu to attend the funeral of a former cabinet minister, a journey of approximately 370 kilometers (230 miles). Among the passengers was also Malawi’s former first lady, Shanil Dzimbiri.

Vice President Chilima, first elected in 2014, was a well-loved and charismatic figure in Malawi, especially admired by the youth for his stern yet inspirational demeanor. His career faced challenges in 2022 when he was arrested and charged with corruption in a bribery scandal involving a British-Malawian businessman.

However, last month, a Malawian court dismissed the charges, and Chilima had recently resumed his official duties.

This tragic accident has left a profound impact on the nation, as Malawians mourn the loss of a leader who played a significant role in the country’s political landscape.

(AFP)

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JUST IN: NNPP Boots Out Hashim Suleman Dunguruwa, The Kano State Party Chairman

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December 30, 2025

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JUST IN: NNPP Boots Out Hashim Suleman Dunguruwa, The Kano State Party Chairman—-The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled its Kano State chairman, Hashim Suleman Dungurawa, with effect from December 30, 2025.

Reasons include inciting division within the party, poor leadership, disrespecting members and the Kano State Governor, and causing setbacks for the party.

This comes amid persistent talks that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf might defect to the APC. Shuaibu Hassan, the NNPP chairman of Gargari Ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, confirmed the expulsion to BBC Hausa.

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APC Adopts Bola Oyebamiji as Consensus Candidate for Osun Governorship Election

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December 13, 2025

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APC Adopts Bola Oyebamiji as Consensus Candidate for Osun Governorship Election—-Bola Oyebamiji, the immediate past Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus candidate for the 2026 Osun State gubernatorial election.

Oyebamiji was adopted on Saturday during the party’s governorship primary in Osogbo after two aspirants, Kunle Adegoke (SAN) and Senator Babajide Omoworare, moved a motion endorsing him as the party’s flagbearer.

The motion was put to a voice vote by the Chairman of the APC governorship primary committee and Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, and it received overwhelming approval from party members in attendance.

Okpebholo thereafter declared Oyebamiji as the party’s candidate.

“By the power conferred on me, I present to you Bola Oyebamiji as the governorship candidate of our party,” Okpebholo announced.

SaharaReporters gathered that the outcome had been largely predetermined, with party leaders earlier indicating that the primary would be conducted by affirmation rather than through a competitive ballot.

The primary election was attended by top APC figures, including Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, who represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

The development followed the emergence earlier in the week of 1,660 delegates expected to participate in the APC’s December 13 governorship primary.

Multiple sources within the party also confirmed that all seven APC governorship aspirants in Osun had agreed to back a consensus candidate after a late-night meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.

Former APC National Secretary and one-time Osun governorship aspirant, Senator Iyiola Omisore, had publicly endorsed the consensus arrangement, saying he accepted the decision after consultations with President Tinubu.

Omisore was among seven aspirants earlier disqualified by the APC screening committee over alleged violations of party guidelines and electoral provisions.

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