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...
Doctors in Mexico are finally set to operate on the World's heaviest man who has been confined to his bed for six years. Juan Pedro Franco, who once weighed more than half a ton at 595 kilos will undergo the gastric bypass surgery on the 9th of May, 2017.
'He has lost nearly 30 per cent of his initial weight, so he is ready to undergo the bariatric surgery,' Dr. Jose Antonio Castaneda Cruz said.
Franco was removed from his home via a specially-adapted van for the first time in six years last November and taken to a clinic 100 miles away in Guadalajara.
The 32-year-old, from Aguascalientes in Mexico, who has type 2 diabetes, and was initially told that he'd never walk again, is said to be almost as obese as Mexican man Manuel Uribe - who was once considered the world's fattest man before he died in 2014.
He urged those suffering from obesity 'to raise their voice and ask for help since it is possible'.
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