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...
Earlier today, a microblogging platform, Twitter, and social media platform, Instagram went wild after an unknown woman mistakenly went live on a popular anonymous gossip blog, Instablog9ja. It reported the unintentional error the lady made after she mistakenly went live on the official instagram account, and she shouted “Jesus” then immediately went off the live video. It has been gathered that the lady who went live is Moji Delano, a blogger and digital marketer who is now into a partnership with Instablog. According to a source close to Moji, the partnership entails running live sessions on the Instagram handle of the blog, and the live session was a mere mistake. “Moji doesn’t own the blog, she is only running a partnership with the blog. The partnership is about doing live sessions with the handle by Moji Delano”, the source who pleaded anonymity told Within Nigeria. Instablog9ja broke into the media scene in 2015 alongside many other blogs but is widely considered the most successful news blog on Instagram.