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...
Nollywood actress Eniola Badmus earlier
today to her page to comment about the
on-raging beef between two of her
Nollywood colleagues Toyin Abraham and
Laide Bakare, noting that they as
colleagues in the movie industry should
stop trying to tear each other down and
One of the things that sparked today’s outrage was a video chat of Toyin Abraham with Iyabo Ojo, where Toyin explained her side of the scuffle between herself and Liz Anjorin. Toyin Abraham said that she never paid any blogger to write anything about actress Liz Anjorin as the former had claimed. Toyin added that it was a statement that a fan-made that caused problems between them.
Eniola Badmus’ post was a reaction to the video chat between Toyin Abraham Iyabo Ojo, where she tried to ensue for peace, but it got a mocking response from another of their colleague Laide Bakare who responded to Eniola Badmus’ post with a caption that simply read ‘Yinmu’.
This reply in a lot of sense means, either “pot calling kettle black” that Eniola Badmus is no better than what she is speaking against. This reply caught a lot of Social media user’s attention, followed by a raft of reactions.
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