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 was struck by a train and died on the scene after she dropped her phone on the railway tracks and went to pick it up.
Felon Smith, 37, died when she was hit by a train at midday on Thursday in Chicago in front of traumatised passengers.
Sadly, She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Smith had reportedly ignored repeated warnings to stay off the track, causing two hour long delays on the rest of the line.
One commuter described how the horrifying incident unfolded to a local news station.
“It slipped and fell out of her hand, and she tried to retrieve it. She went on the tracks to get her phone, but she couldn’t get back up from off the tracks, and the ‘L’ was coming,” McAllister told ABC 7 .
“The ‘L’ came, and it hit her. She couldn’t get back up. She should just have left the phone down there. It ain’t worth her losing her life.
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