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How would you repair this?

I have a bass with a crack in the headstock but it’s splitting in a few places, upon removing the hardware I also noticed the fretboard is starting to lift, how would I repair this? I’m thinking of just using glue and an air compressor to blow the glue in as deep as I can then clamping it. Any recommendations
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The cracks in the neck and headstock are easily fixed. Mix some white glue with water, wick it in, clamp it.

I would use a thin needle hypodermic with the same white glue and clamp for the fretboard, being careful to not let it get near the truss rod nut. Which is not easy.

How did this happen? The headstock cracks are one thing but I’ve not seen a fingerboard come up like that before save as the result of Bad Things.