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...
Shocking! Thousands go [email protected] over president’s choice of words (see photos)
Thousands of people in Belarus have taken to their different social media platforms to showcase how they are ‘working unclad’ in line with their president’s speech.
President Alexander Lukashenko
Reports claim that the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, mixed up his words during a speech on new technology. But the citizens are not taking it likely; they are are posting pictures and videos of themselves n@. kkd and scantily-clad at work after their 61-year-old president suffered an unfortunate slip of the tongue.
This woman makes a scantily-clad office phone call after the president’s slip-up
During his speech on new technology, President Lukashenko said: “Innovations, IT-technologies, privatisation – it is all clear. We’ve conquered all of them. But everything is very simply , one should get undressed and work.”
.. as the president commands LOL
He had wanted to tell them to ‘develop themselves’ but it is too late as the citizens have taken to social media with the hashtags #getn@. kkdandgotowork , #раздеватьсяиработать and #getn@. kkdandwork to showcase how they are n@. kkd at work, doing everything needed to get stuff done.
Office meetings took on a very different tone after the hashtag started trending
Since then, Belarusians have posted dozens of photos showing themselves n@. kkd at their workplace: be it at a desk, behind an industrial oven in a restaurant kitchen or even on a construction site. This tongue-in-cheek campaign was launched on Friday, June 24 (the day after the president’s words).
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