ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA.(PHOTO)
ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA A Zimbabwean couple has been deported from Botswana after secretly burying their child without notifying authorities. Motilinah Mpofu and Christopher Ncube were convicted on Thursday of concealing a death after they allegedly dug a grave for their child in the dead of night. The Gaborone court heard the child had died suddenly. Instead of reporting the death to police, health officials, or traditional leaders, the couple quietly buried the youngster and hoped no one would find out. But the secret did not stay buried for long. Police moved in and arrested the pair. In sentencing, the court ordered that the couple be taken to the Plumtree Border Post for deportation to Zimbabwe. Top Botswana lawyer Winnie Masitha who offered the couple free legal representation during the trial, confirmed the deportation to BTV News. Masitha believed that the matter should not be viewed only through the lens of crim...
Vehicles Inspection Services { VIS} of Lagos state,today arrested about 200 commercial bus drivers who have failed to register their vehicles as directed by the state government.The government gave commercial bus drivers 1 January dead line to register their vehicles.Lagos state chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW,Tajudeen Agbede,had on monday appealed to the government to extend the ultimatum by two months.He ultimatum by two months.He explained that the extension would enable more drivers to comply with the directive.Abdulhafiz Toriola,state chief VIS officer said the arrest became necessary after the expiration of a two month ultimatum to the drivers.''we started the enforcement since January 1 when the ultimatum expired.This will continue except there is a contrary directive from the government.Most commercial motorists did not comply with the directive''.Abdulhafiz Toriola also urge all commercial bus drivers in the state to comply with the registration to prevent impounding their vehicles.''every commercial vehicle driver without the state's operation licence will be arrested''
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