Author: YemieFash

Signatures Elixir, leaders in luxury nightlife hospitality raises the pitch as they take the Giant step to take luxury hospitality and nightlife to ado Ekiti, Ekiti state. Known for its top-notch services with a spice of 1st class entertainment always, Signatures Elixir promises nothing less of all these as the serene Ado Ekiti signatures edifice is due for its grand opening by Dr. John Kayode Fayemi the Governor of Ekiti State on the 11th of December 2020 at 4 pm. This official opening also promises peerless luxury experience at its best while the club doors officially open at 10…

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The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, has said the Federal Government is committed to ensuring there is no repeat of the violence that broke out in parts of the country in the wake of the recent End SARS protest. Dingyadi disclosed this to State House correspondents after a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He quoted Buhari as saying that relevant stakeholders including the youth, will be carried along to forestall a repeat. When asked whether it would include a crackdown on potential protesters, Dingyadi replied, “On the…

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Officials of the Lagos State Task Force and Okada riders on Tuesday clashed at Second Rainbow Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. It was gathered that officials of the task force had arrived at the bus stop to impound Okadas when the clash occurred. Eyewitnesses narrated that the Okada riders resisted the officials of the task force from impounding their motorcycles. The PUNCH gathered that the clash happened about 12:15 pm on Tuesday. In a bid to express their displeasures, the Okada riders set bonfires on the expressway, leading to gridlock. “We trekked long distances under the scorching sun,” a commuter, told…

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Yet to be identified gunmen have kidnapped twelve assistant-superintendents of police (ASPs). They were said to be abducted on their way to Zamfara from Borno state. BBC Hausa, disclosed this, reporting that one of the abductees called his wife and asked her to raise N1m, noting that there would be trouble if she fails. “He called me on Wednesday and told me that he was in the hands of the kidnappers. “I can’t tell you I have any other information. We are in a state of frustration,” she was quoted as saying. Vanguard

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says there is no hope in sight to suspend its lingering strike due to alleged lack of commitment by the Federal Government, Prof. Theophilus Lagi, the ASUU, Abuja Zonal Coordinator, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday at Gwagwalada, Abuja. Newsmen reports that the ASUU, Abuja Zone, comprises the Federal University of Technology, Minna; Nasarawa State University, Keffi; Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai; Federal University of Lafia, and University of Abuja. Lagi said the strike had lingered for several months as the government had yet to show any serious commitment or willingness towards…

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Army troops of Operation Accord have killed a kidnapper while several others escaped with gunshot wounds in Garin Arawa of Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Monday, November 16, 2020 following credible intelligence on activities of criminal elements in the area. According to a Press Release made available on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 by the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Eneche, it was stated that the troops also recovered one AK47 rifle, one magazine and one motorcycle during the operation. Troops were said to have mobilized to the village and made contact with the…

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A Magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos State, has granted bail to the embattled #EndSARS protester, Peter Eronmosele Adene, in the sum of one million naira. The court granted the bail on Tuesday after it rejected a request by the police for an order to detain him for another 30 days, to enable them conclude investigations into the allegations against the defendant. Details shortly…

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Seun, son of Fela Kuti, late Afrobeat legend, has tackled the Lagos state government over plans to shut down Afrika Shrine due to a proposed #EndSARS meeting at the venue. This is just as the police on Tuesday morning restricted movement in and out of the shrine in Ikeja to prevent the meeting from taking place there. In a post on his Instagram page on Monday, the 37-year-old Afrobeat singer had called out the government for clamping down on people’s right to association. He added that the government called Yeni Kuti, his eldest sister, to warn against the meeting billed for 12pm…

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FOLLOWING the directive by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State that termination of N400m contract for the building of Oba Akinbiyi High School, Oremeji, Ibadan be investigated, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela, the former Commissioner for Education has said it is “immoral and ungovernor-like” to make press comments on issues that the governor had not been adequately briefed. The governor had, on Monday, paid an unscheduled visit to the school which was constructed by the administration of late Abiola Ajimobi. He frowned at the alleged structural defects noticed in the building, stating that the walls and the tiles were already giving way…

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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said soldiers have intensified operations against bandits, kidnappers and other criminals with the killing of one kidnapper, arrest of two others and one bandit. The suspects were said to have been arrested by soldiers of Operation ACCORD following intelligence report of their activities in Garin Arawa of Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who made this known in a statement said “Troops of Operation ACCORD have intensified the onslaught against criminal elements with attendant successes. Following credible intelligence on the presence of kidnappers in Garin Arawa of…

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