White House press secretary kicked out of restaurant for working for Trump

The White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders was
kicked out of a restaurant, Red Hen, in Lexington by
its owner because she supports and works for
President Donald Trump.

Independent reports that Sanders said the
incident happened on Friday, June 22 and said

that she politely left
She said the owner’s actions “say far more about
her than they do about me”.
Stephanie Wilkinson who is the owner of the
restaurant reportedly said she had told Sanders
her establishment "has certain standards that I
feel it has to uphold, such as honesty, and
compassion, and cooperation"
“I’m not a huge fan of confrontation
“This feels like the moment in our democracy when people
have to make uncomfortable actions and decisions to
uphold their morals.”
According to Washington Post, Wilkinson said
Sanders was in service of an "inhumane and
unethical" administration.
It was reported that “Sanders and her party were
waiting for their main courses when Ms
Wilkinson gathered her staff to ask if they
wanted her to ask the press secretary to leave.
The staff said yes and Ms Wilkinson took Ms
Sanders outside to talk - where the owner said
she had had got her point across in a polite and
direct manner.”
Sander also tweeted about it saying she respects

those she disagrees with.

Military owed Abiola N45bn it wasn’t ready to pay - Sule Lamido

Sule Lamido has revealed why the Nigerian Military
annulled the June 12 election
- The former governor of Jigawa state said the Military
thought MKO Abiola would seize the opportunity to
take the money owed him
- According to Lamido, the Military owed Abiola N45
billion from contracts executed for the ministry of
communication
A former governor of Jigawa state and the
national secretary of the defunct Social
Democratic Party (SDP), Sule Lamido, has said
that the Nigerian military was owing late
Moshood Abiola N45 billion before his death.
Lamido said the money was for contracts
executed by International Telephone and
Telecommunication for Nigeria's ministry of
communication.
Punch reports that Lamido while speaking on the
annulment of the June 12, election which saw
Abiola as the winner of the presidential seat said
the military high command however refused the

make the payment.
He said the late Abiola had come with the claim
that his company was owed N45 billion for
contracts just after General Murtala Muhammed
had died.
"When (General) Murtala (Muhammed) died, Abiola came
in with a claim that he was owed, I think, about N45 billion
for contracts executed by International Telephone and
Telecommunication for the Ministry of Communications.
The military high command at that time said no. He went
round the Emirs in the North to lobby and the emirs asked
that they (military) should please pay the money.
They (military) said they cancelled the June 12 elections
because if they made him President, he would take his
money and the country will become bankrupt," Lamido
said.
"Those who were close to Abacha should know this, because
Abacha was then one of the big shots; they were all aware.
There was this Bosnian war going on in Yugoslavia. I said
sir; the Nigerian people are very innocent. This is like the
case of a Bosnian woman rapped by a Christian Serb who
got pregnant.
Yes, it is true that the pregnancy is a product of raape but
this is also my flesh and blood, I cannot kill it. This
(election) is my baby, my flesh and blood, I will not kill it. I
said so.
We went through a process and expenditure, the campaign,
the election day and even the entire government machinery
was involved in the election which we won and you are now
coming with the excuse that you owed some money.
That’s your problem. The baby is my baby. Yes, it is a
product of raape but I can’t kill it. At that time, the
Nigerian mood had been worked to go against June 12,"
Lamido added.

3 APC members die in accident on way to convention

Three members of the All Progressives Congress are
dead
- The party members died on the way to the APC
convention on Saturday, June 23
- One of the road crash victims include a councilor
representing Diso ward in Gwale local government
area of Kano state Abdulwahab Inuwa
Some members of the All progressives Congress
(APC) have died in an auto crash in Zaria.
The members - three of them - were said to have
died in Zaria on their way to Abuja for the APC
convention on Saturday, June 23.
Premium Times reports that the victims of the
crash includes a councilor representing Diso
ward in Gwale local government area of Kano
state, Abdulwahab Inuwa, and two of his friends,

Abdullahi Idris and Abubakar Diso.
The trio were said to have left Kano early on
Saturday to join other delegates at the
convention in Abuja.
Murtala Lawan, an eye witness said that the
Honda CRV conveying the deceased somersaulted
at Amaryawa village, few kilometres from Zaria.
According to Lawan, bystanders were trying to
rescue the deceased when the car burst into
flames burning the victims who could not be
pulled out of the fire.
Confirming the incident, a brother to
Abdulwahab said the family received the sad
news from a good Samaritan.
He also said his brother just came back from
Islamic Umrah in Saudi Arabia six days ago
before meeting his untimely death.
However, the Chief Imam of Kano, Sani
Zaharaddeen, conducted the funeral prayer for
the deceased at Kano Central Mosque around
4:30 pm on Saturday.

Why Senator Abaribe was arrested by DSS

Senator Abaribe's lawyer said he was arrested
by DSS for allegedly supporting IPOB
- The lawyer claimed 27 items were taken from
his house
- He described his arrest as shocking
Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume has said that the
Department of State Services (DSS) arrested
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe for allegedly aiding a
proscribed group, the Indigenous Peoples Of
Biafra (IPOB) and gunrunning.
The Nation reports that the lawyer said the DSS
procured a warrant that allowed it to search
Abaribe’s house and to “focus and search for
arms and ammunition and any other
incriminating document, while the alleged crime
was aiding and supporting a proscribed body, i.e.

IPOB.”
The senator representing Abia South was
arrested by DSS operatives before his house was
searched on Friday, June 22 and according to his
lawyer, 27 items were taken away.
He said “but unfortunately, two of the 27 items include
the two handsets of two USA citizens found in the house.
“One of the laptops taken included that of an educationist
containing examination questions slated to be set for
students on the 25th of June 2018.
“All pleas for these questions to be copied were refused.”
“Senator Abaribe, the surety to Nnamadi Kanu, is to appear
in court on 26th June 2018, but on 22nd June 2018, Senator
Abaribe was arrested and detained incommunicado.
“Yesterday (Friday) in the forenoon hours, our Senator
Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe, a high ranking senator of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, was arrested by officers of
state security services.
“The articulate senator who has contributed a lot to our
nation building effort is of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP).
“His arrest was as shocking as it was curious.
“As his counsel, I have, long ago, complied with DSS
stipulation for meeting with its detainees.
“I have also requested for a meeting with the D.G of the
service to know the reason for his arrest.
“All fell into refusal ears. At about 4:45pm, I was alerted
that officers of the services were heading to the senator’s
residence.
“I had to break my long wait at the DSS Headquarters and
rushed to the senator’s residence.
He said: “this man is a known strong voice of the Igbo
nation; hence this is a clamp down on the region.”
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
on Friday, June 22, in Abuja decried the arrest of
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe by the DSS.
In a statement by its national publicity secretary,
Kola Ologbondiyan, the party expressed fears
over the safety of the senator, who represents
Abia North Senatorial District.
It described the arrest as “gestapo-style’’, adding
that it had further confirmed earlier alarm that
the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal
Government has commenced total clampdown on
the opposition.

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APC drops ‘Change’ slogan, adopts ‘Progress’

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dropped the
‘Change’ slogan and adopted ‘Progress’ as its new
slogan.

Vanguard reports that the party made this
change at its convention on Sunday, June 24
One of the masters of ceremonies at the
convention reportedly announced that delegates
should no longer chorus ‘change’ anytime the
name of the party is chanted.
He said: “I want to announce that when shout APC, the
appropriate response should now be Progress and not
Change”
Articles 4 of the APC Constitution as amended
lists ‘Change’ as the slogan of the party and it
has not been amended yet.
Meanwhile, the national leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Bola Tinubu
has reportedly accused the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) of plotting to loot the country’s
treasury for 60 years.
The Punch reports that the former Lagos state
governor’s allegation was contained in a
goodwill message released on Saturday, June 23
after the party’s convention.
Tinubu said many people were against the
formation of the APC and did all they could to
stop the merger.
He alleged that the doubters forged different
tactics to prevent the APC’s formation.

Nigerian Army kills 20 bandits, arrests 3

The Army says it killed the bandits during raids in a
special operation in that area of Zamfara state
- The force also lists the several weapons and other
properties the troops seized from the bandits
- The police in Borno state also confirmed an attack by
Boko Haram terrorists on Konduga town which left
four people dead

The Nigerian Army has announced that troops of
1 Division taking part in the ongoing Operation
IDON RAINI Corridor II killed 20 armed bandits
during a raid on their hideouts in the general
area of Jambrini village in Maru local
government area of Zamfara state in the early
hours of Saturday, June 23.
A statement signed by spokesman of the Division
Colonel Muhammad Dole reported that during
the raid operations, several camps were
destroyed and three more bandits were also
arrested while some escaped with gun shot

wounds.
He listed the items recovered as:
a. Four AK 47 rifles.
b. One F 99 - Pistol.
c. One PTT HH Motorola Handset.
d. 111 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition.
e. Five AK 47 rifle magazines.
f. Two Dane guns.
g. Three mobile phones.
h. One power bank.
Meanwhile, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is
reporting that four people were killed and six
others injured when Boko Haram raided
Tunkushe village in Konduga local government
area of Borno state on Friday, June 22.
According to the report, a male su*cide bomber
also detonated an Improvised Explossive Device
(IED) among group of residents sleeping in an

open place in the area.
Bukar Dalorima, a resident in the area who
confirmed the attack, told NAN in an interview
that the bomb blast was followed by
indiscriminate shooting from the insurgents.
Dalorima said that the many residents were
injured and several were killed.
Borno state police command has confirmed the
attack.
Its spokesman Edet Okon said at about 0100hrs,
gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists
attacked Tunkushe village in Konduga. Four
people were killed in the attack.
Okon said that the Command has deployed more
personnel to strengthen security while normalcy

had been restored within the area.

Kwankwaso snubs APC convention, meets Atiku behind closed doors

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has paid a visit to former vice
president, Atiku Abubakar.

Kwankwaso who was absent at the APC
convention which took place on Saturday, June
23 arrived at the house of the former president
in Abuja at about 8:30pm.
According to Premium Times, Kwankwaso who is
a serving senator held a closed door meeting
with Atiku who was also a member of the APC
before he decamped to the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) to intensify his presidential pursuit.
There has been speculation that the Kwankwaso
is also plotting a move to leave the APC as he is
facing tight opposition from current Kano
governor, Umaru Ganduje.
Sources claimed Kwankwaso’s visit was only to
pay homage to Atiku for the Eid Il Fitr
celebration as he was not in the country during
that period.
The sources added that it would be clearer in the
future if the meeting was related to the senator’s
political future.
A source said: “They only touched on the future of
Nigeria as a nation, but not necessarily their individual
futures.”
Paul Ibe who is the spokesperson of the former
vice president also confirmed the meeting
between the duo but said there was no reason to
raise any speculation as their meeting lasted for
less than an hour.
Meanwhile, former chairman of the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) John Odigie-Oyegun
wished his successor Adams Oshiomhole good
luck as the new national leader of the party.

PDP planned a lifetime of greed but we moved to reform the economy - Tinubu

june-12-tinubu-pledges-
support-buharis-second-term-bid.html- Chief Bola
Tinubu accused the PDP of plotting to loot the
economy for 50 years
- He said the APC came to correct their anomalies
- The APC chieftain said many people though the
formation of the party would not last

The national leader of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) Chief Bola Tinubu has reportedly
accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of
plotting to loot the country’s treasury for 60
years.
The Punch reports that the former Lagos state
governor’s allegation was contained in a
goodwill message released on Saturday, June 23
after the party’s convention.

Tinubu said many people were against the
formation of the APC and did all they could to
stop the merger.
He alleged that the doubters forged different
tactics to prevent the APC’s formation.
He said: “The doubters who gave APC no chance of
existence or of continued survival have gotten their reply in
full. Their envious prayers and complaints have been
answered in reverse.
“They wanted to see the end of us and our pursuit of good
governance for Nigeria. You should not forget, as I shall
never forget, the strong efforts they made to stop us in the
courts.
“There were twelve cases brought trying to stop us from
merging, from registering the new party, then attempting to
bar our candidate from the election.
“Lacking the courage to face the democratic will of the
people, they tried to misuse the courts as a weapon against
democracy.
“We thank the judiciary for following the letter and spirit of
the constitution by dismissing this dirty dozen of malicious
cases filed against us.
“With their schemes foiled, those who tried to destroy us
must bear witness to the destruction of their edifice of
corrupt governance and their dreams of unjust domination
of our nation.
“While they planned a lifetime of greedy enrichment by
looting the people’s resources and the public treasury for 60
years, we moved to reform the economy to bring
development and aid to the poor. ”
“When they hoisted the standard of bias, we raised the flag
of justice and the chevron of fairness.”
Meanwhile, Tinubu pledged his support for
President Muhammadu Buhari's second term bid,
saying that the president deserved a second term
in office.