Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...

The late Lawal Kaita was elected as Governor of the old Kaduna State on the platform of the defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN, in October 1983, after he led the political struggle that led to the impeachment of Alhaji Balarabe Musa as governor of the state.
Unfortunately, he only spent 3 months in office before the coup that brought in Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) that ended the Second Republic. He was a close associate of the late Shehu Musa Yar‘Adua’s political machine and before his death, had so much influence on the political issues regarding Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Kaita, who later left the PDP in the year 2006, joined the Action Congress, AC, and remained a key ally of the former Vice-President in his political adventures. It can be recalled that in the years before the 2011 presidential elections, he vowed that the North would make the country ungovernable for President Goodluck Jonathan if he defeated the Action Congress Presidential candidate then in the person of General Mohammadu Buhari.
He will be buried today according to Islamic rites
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