Afenifere issues warning to MURIC leader Akintola, gives reasons
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Afenifere issues warning to MURIC leader Akintola, gives reasons

The leadership of the Afenifere group has cautioned the executive Director of the Muslim Rights Concerns (MURIC), Ishaq Akintola and other religious groups against stoking ethnic or religious violence in the Southwest region. The Yoruba socio-political group warned individuals and organisations against making incendiary statements or introducing unsecular practices capable of endangering the lives of people of Ekiti and other states in the Southwest region. In a statement issued by the chairman of its Ekiti state chapter, Gabriel Alonge, the Afenifere group called on the Department of State Services (DSS) and the police to profile and interrogate Akintola and other leaders stoking violence in the region. Alonge cited the comment by Akintola stating that the Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele has declared war on Muslims over the demolition of the Mosque in Aramoko Ekiti, Ekiti State. He described the MURIC leader’s...
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The Lifestyle Life: Andrew Casperson on Moving Into Upscale, ‘Authentic’ Hospitality
Lifestyle

The Lifestyle Life: Andrew Casperson on Moving Into Upscale, ‘Authentic’ Hospitality

Lifestyle Andrew Casperson Headshot Coury Hospitality President Andrew Casperson recently spoke withLODGINGfrom Bentonville, Arkansas, where he was visiting the AC Hotel Bentonville, a Marriott hotel, set to open in the spring of 2025. In addition to sharing details of his career path and the people who influenced it, he discussed challenges such as attracting team members—called “experience curators” at Coury—that can support the company’s mission to provide exceptional experiences for guests, and how this lifestyle-brand focused management company is now extending its services to more traditional brands through its Concert Hospitality entity.Early CareerCasperson’s career dates to high school in the mid-’80s, when his first task at a Holiday Inn in Burlington, Massachusetts,...
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