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...
A woman from New Delhi who killed herself is thought to have left note saying marrying her husband was ‘the worst mistake of her life’ and that she could no longer take the pain.
Priyanka Kapoor Chawla, 25, was found dead by hanging in her South Delhi flat by police after her parents informed the authorities that she might be missing.
The aspiring model had married wealthy businessman Nitin Chawla, 35, three months earlier. He was arrested and is suspected of having put pressure on her to get her family to pay him a larger dowry.
In Mrs Chawla’s suicide note she said that he forbade her from meeting friends and would beat her if she disobeyed him. She wrote that marrying Chawla ‘was the worst mistake of my life. The experience has been painful and I cannot take the beating any more’.
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