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...
The Ogun State Government who held a Budget Town Hall Meeting yesterday wednesday 19th October,2016 at the Cultural center,has announced a reshuffle in membership of its Executive Council.The exercise involves four Commissioners and four Special Advisers to the Governor.Those affected include Mrs Ronke Sokefun who before now is the Commissioner for Agriculture.She moves to the Ministry of Urban & Physical Planning.Bashorun Adebola Adeife who used to be the Commissioner for Urban & Physical Planning now moves to the Ministry of Inter-Government Affairs.Also affected is the erstwhile Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs,Barr. Leke Adewolu who now superindents the Ministry of Special Duties.One of the newly sworn-in -Commissioners,Mrs. Abiola Kufile-Okonji is now in charge of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development while a Consultant to the Governor,Mrs. Ronke Onadeko will oversee the Ministry of Agriculture pending the appointment of a substantive Commissioner for the Ministry.The affected Special Advisers are the Special Adviser to the Governor on Housing,Mr. Bayo Adeyemi who now moves to the Ministry of Education,Science & Technology; Mr Yinka Odufuwa,hitherto of Agriculture moves to Forestry while Mr Akinola Lawson formerly of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism moves to Special Duties.Others are Mr. Segun Adesanya of the Ministry of Special Duties who moves to Youth and Sports while Mr. Gbenga Opesanwo is in charge of Transport.The reshuffle takes immediate effect.More photos below.







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