More than a slip: Dangers of falls in old age

File photo: University College Hospital, Ibadan.
File photo: University College Hospital, Ibadan. Photo: Hizick27 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Renowned nationalist, lawyer, statesman and first Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in the bathroom of his Ikenne home on May 9, 1987. Although the exact…

Renowned nationalist, lawyer, statesman and first Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in the bathroom of his Ikenne home on May 9, 1987. Although the exact circumstances of his death were never officially established, some have speculated that the 78-year-old elder statesman may have slipped while taking…

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