ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA.(PHOTO)

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 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...

LAGOSIANS CONSUME N3BILLION FOOD DAILY-AMBODE.{PHOTOS}.


                         Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today thursday said that investors willing to do business in the agric sector in the State can be rest assured of a ready market and returns on investment as the daily consumption of food items in the State is worth over N3billion daily.The Governor,who spoke at the maiden edition of the Lagos Food Security and Exhibition Summit with the theme ''Actualizing Sustainable Food Security in Lagos State: A New,Comprehensive Agenda;, said his administration remains committed in his efforts towards maximising its comparative advantage in the sector to achieve food security.He said Nigeria had no business resorting to importation to feed its citizens,adding that there was no alternative to achieving food security other than tilling the land and embrace best practices that will improve efficiency in the agricultural value chain.The Governor said, ''Our core policy thrust towards achieving food security is to maximize the comparative advantage of the State in agriculture and establish partnerships with other States of the Federation with comparative advantage in specific areas.We have also acquired agricultural land in other neighbouring States of Ogun  and Oyo as well as Abuja.Specifically,500 hectares of farm land has been acquired for rice cultivation in Eggua,Ogun State,84.7 hectares at Okinni in Oshogbo for oil palm processing,among others,'' the Governor said.He said the Lagos Food Security Summit and Exhibition was organized to bring together stakeholders in the Agricultural sector to proffer solutions to the challenges militating against the achievement of food security,noting that the success recorded in the last ''Traffic Summit'' that has eased the traffic situation in the metropolis can be replicated in the area of food security in the state.He therefore said that in the wake of the economic challenges facing the country there was no better time for the nation to review its approach and the redirection of its energies to food production.More photos below.

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