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...

PRES. TINUBU CONGRATULATES THE NEW IPI NIGERIA LEADERSHIP.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE


 STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT


PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES THE NEW IPI NIGERIA LEADERSHIP


 

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr Musikilu Mojeed, editor-in-chief of PREMIUM TIMES and other newly elected leaders of the Nigeria chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI).


Members re-elected Mr Mojeed as President of the IPI Nigeria alongside Media Trust's Ahmed Shekarau (Secretary) and Fidelis Mbah of Al Jazeera Television (Deputy President).


Members also elected Rafatu Salami of Voice of Nigeria (Treasurer), Yomi Adeboye of Herald Newspaper (Assistant Secretary) and Tobi Soniyi of Arise News (Legal Adviser).


The President urged the new chapter leadership to work with the administration to expand access to information and reinforce the country's democratic ethos.


President Tinubu said the new IPI leadership has a prominent role in ensuring responsible journalism that advances national interest, as enshrined in the constitution.

 


Bayo Onanuga


Special Adviser to the President

(Information and Strategy)

December 15, 2024

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