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...
Bianca Ojukwu, who happens to be the daughter of Late Nigerian military officer, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu leaps for joy as her daughter, Chineme graduates from U.K university.
Taking to her facebook, the politician and mother wrote;
“DAUGHTER IN A MILLION: CHI’S GRADUATION CEREMONY.
My dear friends, Thank God with me. Abuzi kwam ‘nne a graduate’. My beloved daughter Chi has just graduated from the University of Brighton with a 2:1 in Business Administration.
I thank Almighty God for blessing me with a daughter who has literally been like a mother to me. I call her Nne m o. This would have been a very proud moment also for her daddy.
He used to call her ’Daddys secretary’ or ‘secretary gburugburu’ because as a child She loved to spend her afternoons after school with him in his office, playing with papers on the floor. How time flies! It was a splendid ceremony and much anticipated family reunion.
Her brothers came in from the States while her Aunty, Ambassador Lilian Onoh, currently Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Namibia also flew into the UK for the ceremony. We joined friends for the post ceremony cocktail and then headed to Brighton Pier for a seaside treat!”.
Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu is a Nigerian politician, diplomat and lawyer, businesswoman and multiple pageant titleholder. A winner of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Pageant, She was also Miss Africa and is best known as the first African to win Miss Intercontinental
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