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 federal high court sitting in Abuja will on Wednesday hear the motion filed by the human right crusader, Omoyele Sowore, challenging his detention by the Department of State Services.
Sowore had on 9 August challenged a court order which allowed the Nigerian government to detain him for 45 days.
In the motion, he asked the court to set aside its order permitting the DSS to detain him for 45 days.
In the motion, he asked the court to set aside its order permitting the DSS to detain him for 45 days.
The court had delayed in hearing the matter which compelled his lawyer, Femi Falana, to approach the court seeking a date for the hearing of the application.
Filed along with his application was an affidavit of urgency seeking an urgent hearing of the suit on the ground that it “is one of fundamental importance that affects salient fundamental rights of the applicant herein”.
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