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  • Your stool reveals whether you can lose weight

    Something as simple as faeces sample reveals whether you can lose weight by following dietary recommendations characterized by a high content of fruit, vegetables, fibers and whole grains, report experts.

    A finding of a new study conducted at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark revealed that the bacteria we all have in our gut may play a decisive role in personalized nutrition and the development of obesity. This is shown by several studies that have delved into the significance of these bacteria.

    “Human intestinal bacteria have been linked to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, and scientists have started to investigate whether the intestinal bacteria can play a role in the treatment of overweight. But it is only now that we have a breakthrough demonstrating that certain bacterial species play a decisive role in weight regulation and weight loss” says Professor Arne Astrup, Head of the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • One stool, two feuding families

    One stool, two feuding families

    Budan, a riverside kingdom in the Upper River Niger area of Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, is grappling with two problems. One, it has no king. Two, claimants to the throne are at loggerheads.

    This is unsettling.

    Budan, the ancestral home of the Kakanda people, was once peaceful. Not anymore; it is going through one of its most difficult periods in its history. Two of three families are battling over who should produce the next paramount ruler of the community founded about 1699 by Ajinzheya and his younger brother Idoko.

    It is said that both brothers migrated from Wukari (now in Taraba State) as a result of instability of the Jukun Empire at the time. The paramount ruler of the community is referred to as Agankyu and available records have shown that 21 Agankyus have presided over the community since its inception. However, following the demise of the last Agankyu, Etsu Idatsu Ibrahim Abdullahi, there has been controversy over which family should produce the next ruler.

    The Etsu Saba Family have conceded the seat to Etsu Isa Family, but not the same with Etsu Nmadu Family who are insisting on producing the king ahead of their brother. The three families who have taken turns to rule the community are all from the Danki Ruling House.

    However, the order of succession which was laid down is allegedly being set aside by some descendants, especially the Etsu Nmadu descendants, a situation that is generating controversy in the community.

    The development is being resisted by descendants of Etsu Isa who insisted that the last time anybody from their kindred mounted the saddle was about 120 years ago. They argued that it will be out of place for the Nmadu kindred to insist on producing the next paramount ruler of the community.

    Speaking on the controversy, Mallam Sule Malik from Etsu Isa kindred described as ýridiculous the interest of members of the Nmadu kindred to emerge the paramount ruler once again. He said since the baton has been moved to Danki Ruling House, it is obvious that the next in line for the crown should come from Estu Isa kindred without any contest.

    He said: “But I am surprise that  they (Nmadus) are indicating interest again, haba! Where is the fear of God? Or are they thinking wiping-off our existence from the Danki dynasty? Let them go back and cross-check again. I want to be quoted that Etsu Isah’s compound was the only recognised ruling house in Danki dynasty, because after him, Etsu Umaru from the same compound ascended the throne. But in the spirit of brotherhood and togetherness,  the Isahs were magnanimous enough to create another ruling houses with Danki, these are Etsu Nmadu and Etsu Saba. I am ready to be challenged if what I said is not true”.

    Worried by the turn of events, the head of the Kingmakers and the Nakorji of Budan, Alhaji Aliyu Ahmadu Autanyaya, was said to have asked the waring parties to go back home and resolve their differences, since it is in-house matter. A meeting was said to have been summoned twice with a view to resolving the issue and laying to rest, the controversy that has delayed the emergence of. New paramount ruler for the community. Interestingly, only the Etsu Isa people attended the two meetings while their brothers from the Nmadu family refused to attend.

    Ustaz Muhammad Bello claimed that the Nmadus were well knowledgeable of the meetings but refused to attend.

    He said, “On two different occasions, we have gone to Budan top try and resolve the issue. But they failed to attend and did not even bother to inform us while they failed to attend the all-important meeting. We are not lobbying for the stool. We are only asking for what is ours. Our fathers have remained in slumber for too long and allow our right to pass to be trampled upon. But now, we have woken up from that slumber and are demanding what is rightfully ours.”

    The Nation was informed that the Nakoji, who is presiding over the community pending the emergence of a new traditional ruler is disturbed about the development and has even threatened to single handed leg appoint a paramount ruler if the warring parties failed to resolve their differences and come up with a single candidate. It was gathered that he summoned a meeting of the contending parties and directed them to go back and resolve the issue and present a candidate before the Eid-el-Kabir celebration or be forced to impose a successor on the throne. But the decision did not go down well with many people in the community who argued that the Nakorji does not have the mandate to impose anyone, adding that it has never happened in the history of the community for the Narkoji to pick a successor.

    Based on the directive of the Nakorji, the Dankis were said to have summouned a meeting of both kindreds.

     

     

  • Ekiti community in crisis over chieftaincy stool

    Ilawe-Ekiti in Ekiti Southwest Local Government Area of Ekiti State has been engulfed in crisis over the Olomodulawe chieftaincy stool. Two indigenes of the town, Bakare Agbaje and Agbaje Saliu each representing their families, are laying claims to the chieftaincy stool. As a result, they have sued the Alawe, Oba Ajibade Alabi to an Ikere-Ekiti High Court.

    The two plaintiffs, who sued for themselves and on behalf of their families, are praying the court to remove Idowu Ibiowotosi, the first defendant, as the Olomodulawe.

    They also prayed for an order of perpetual injunction restraining Ibiowotosi from parading himself as the Olomodulawe of Oke Emo Quarters, Ilawe-Ekiti.

    Also joined in the suit are Chief Gbenga Agbona, Kayode Balogun and Joseph Akiri who are second to fourth defendants.

    The claimants averred that the process for the nomination and installation of Ibiowotosi contravened the native law, the custom and the applicable chiefs’ law.

    In a second further amended statement of claim, the claimants averred that Olomodulawe chieftaincy title exclusively belonged to three branches namely Gbadamosi, Fatimehin and Fajemisin.

    They averred that prior to the purported installation and appointment of the first defendant; the last two Olomodulawes were from Gbadamosi and Fatimehin branches.

    They claimed it was “the turn of Fajemisin branch of claimants’ family to produce a candidate to fill the stool.”

    The claimants also averred that Ibiowotosi “is not a member of their family and as such not eligible for the chieftaincy title.

    “The first defendant wrongfully and illegally held himself out to be appointed as Olomodulawe without ensuring that the prior written approval of the prescribed authority had been obtained before his purported appointment.”

    The claimants prayed for an order of perpetual injunction restraining Ibiowotosi from parading himself as the Olomodulawe of Oke Emo Quarters, Ilawe-Ekiti.

    But the defendants, in their amended statement of defence, averred that Oba Alabi was substituted by the order of the court made on January 22, 2013 to replace the late Oba Adeyemi Ademileka II, who died during the pendency of the suit.

    Contrary to claims by the claimants, the defendants said the Olomodulawe family was made up of eight branches namely Ibiowotisi, Faje, Apelona, Saribi, Fajemisin, Fatimehin, Gbadamosi and Ola.

    The defendants maintained that the stool was not rotated among the branches of the family.

    “Any male descendant from the aforesaid eight branches of the family is entitled to contest for and fill the Olomodulawe Chieftaincy whenever it is vacant. This was confirmed by the first claimant and other members of the family at various times.

    “Chief Gbadamosi Olomodulawe and Chief Zaccheaus Fatimehin were not installed and appointed as Olomodulawes on the basis of rotation among the branches of the family; rather they were both installed and appointed as Olomodulawe on the basis of being male children and contesting for the said chieftaincy stool.”

  • Row over Ayangburen stool

    Row over Ayangburen stool

    •Ruling house rejects kingmakers’ choice
    •‘I was validly selected’

    A row has broken out over the selection of Odofin of Ikorodu, Chief Kabiru Adewale Shotobi, as the Ayangburen-designate.

    Some members of the Lasunwon Ruling House to which he belongs are claiming that he emerged the oba-elect in breach of an existing pact.

    Under the agreement which was entered as consent judgment in a 2007 suit before an Ikorodu High Court,  Shotobi and the Adegorunshen branch of the ruling house were said to “have conceded that they would have no right in future to the next chieftaincy title that is due and available to Lasunwon ruling house.”

    The ruling house became eligible to fill the Ayangburen of Ikorodu stool following the death of Oba Salaudeen Oyefusi last August.

    Despite the challenge from some quarters, Shotobi is insisting that he was validly chosen by the kingmakers with his family’s support.

    The ruling house’s General Secretary, Chief Mukaila Adekogbe, and aggrieved members of its Lambo Lasunwon, Odujumo Araba/Ewejube and Odusajo branches, accused Shotobi of breaching the said agreement.

    In a statement, they said: “Consequent upon the demise of Oba Oyefusi on August 2, 2014, the chieftaincy stool of Ayangburen became vacant. Succession to the throne is governed by the declaration made under Section 4(2) of the Chiefs Law 1957 regulating the selection to the Ayangburen chieftaincy.

    “One of the aspirants to the throne is Chief Shotobi, who succeeded to his present title of Odofin of Ikorodu upon the terms of settlement signed by the parties in suit No IKD/57/2007. Chief Shotobi was the defendant while the Lambo branch of Lasunwon ruling house was the claimant.

    “To avoid an imminent defeat in the said suit, Chief Shotobi and the Adegorunshen branch of Lasunwon Ruling House conceded that the claimants would have no right in future to the next chieftaincy title that is due and available to Lasunwon ruling house. The present tussle is caused by the misconception of Chief Shotobi and his supporters as to what the word “chieftaincy” embraces. His view is that the stool of Ayangburen is not included in the word “chieftaincy”. He is in error.

    “We, the Lambo branch; Odujumo Araba/ Owujebe branch and Odusajo branch of Lasunwon Ruling House, predicate our stand on the definition of the word “chieftaincy”. We therefore hold that the kingmakers who are fully aware of the consent judgment quoted above are desirous to upset the applecart. This is mischievous and we urge the government of Lagos State to call the Ikorodu kingmakers to order so as to avoid a repeat of the disaster of 1952 which engulfed Ikorodu after the demise of Oba Adenaike Alagbe.”

    Dismissing the allegations as baseless, Shotobi said: “The kingmakers have confirmed me as the Oba-elect. If the kingmakers have chosen me as the candidate for the stool, who else would say anything contrary to upturn their decision?

    “The Lasunwon Ruling House is made up of four branches and I come from Adegorunshen branch of the ruling house. It was a keenly contested race as other branches presented their candidates to the kingmakers; at the end of the selection exercise I was picked by the kingmakers as the best candidate for the throne.”

    A member of his family, Chief Sunday Ogede, said due process was followed in selecting Shotobi.

    The outcome of the exercise, he said, had been forwarded to the state government through Ikorodu Local Government, describing the controversial agreement which allegedly disqualifies Shotobi from the stool as being misrepresented by the aggrieved party.

    “The purported agreement mentioned by those against Shotobi does not encompass ascension to the stool of Ayangburen because there are other chieftaincy titles members of the family are entitled to occupy such as Adegoruwa and Otunba of Ikorodu. Obas and Chiefs Law of Lagos State, Cap 02,1979, defines a chief as a person whose chieftaincy title is associated with a native community but lower than of an Oba. An Oba, as defined by the same section of the law says that an Oba “is the paramount traditional ruler of a native community recognised as such by the government under any law and includes Aholu (of Badagry). Besides, the progenitor of the ruling house, Lasunwon, was once the holder of Odofin title and he later became the monarch of Ikorodu and he did not relinquish the former title. Another instance was that of Oba Ladega, who was the Adegoruwa of Ikorodu and did not resign from office before he later became the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, “he added.

  • Alaafin urged to fill vacant stool

    Alaafin urged to fill vacant stool

    Twenty-two years after the assassination of the Ashipa of Oyo, Chief Amuda Olorunosebi, his family has urged the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, to endorse a successor to the vacant stool.

    They urged Governor Abiola Ajimobi to support whoever emerges the successful candidate.

    The head of the family, Alhaji Oseni Oladejo, spoke with reporters yesterday at the family’s compound. Two representatives of each of the three ruling houses in the family were present.

    Oladejo warned Alhaji Ganiyu Ajiboye to stop parading himself as the Alaago of Ago-Oja, saying: ‘’He is an alien and has no ancestral lineage with the Ashipa family and Isale-Oyo in general. He is a persona non grata .

    ‘’For proper record keeping, Ajiboye hails from Oloro’s house in Iseyin. He and his father came to Oyo and were accommodated at Dawodu Compound, one of the ruling houses in the Ashipa family. The late Olorunosebi later employed him (Ajiboye) as his Personal Assistant. Ajiboye’s father, as old as he was in Dawodu’s Compound, never rose to become the head of that Ruling House. How come, Ajiboye is now laying claim to not only a non-existing title, but an undeserved one?

    “Oja is not a chieftaincy title, but a name belonging to grandfathers of the Ashipa family. Of the 12 Ashipas that have ruled, none received his chieftaincy conferment from any other authority, except the Alaafin. The Ashipa family and the good people of Isale-Oyo are strongly opposed to verbal attacks, unguarded utterances and other subterranean acts inimical to peace that are being masterminded by Ajiboye against the Alaafin.”