MEET the Stunning Little Women of Atlanta star, Tanya Scott has been showing off her baby bump in lovely photos. Tanya, a 23 year old singe mom of two is expecting her 3rd child with her second baby daddy.
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Who Is Tanya Scott ? Little Women Atlanta star, Tanya Scott shows off baby bump in bikini photos
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Who is Frederick Obateru Akinruntan? Meet Nigeria’s richest king ” Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, HRM Frederick Obateru Akinruntan”
The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, HRM Frederick Obateru Akinruntan was named the richest monarch in Nigeria,accordingto Forbes.
Oba Akinruntan is said to have an estimated net worth of $300 million, while Oba Sijuade of Ife’s estimated net worth is about $75 million.
The Ooni of Ife has investments in construction, landed properties and oil while Oba Akinruntan is mostly into oil.
Oba Akinruntan is owner of the largest petroleum depot in Africa.He also owns Obat Oil Company which he founded in 1981 alongside a gas station which has grown to over 60 gas stations across the nation.
Apart from Oil business, the Oba is also into real estate, with Hotels in Abuja, buildings both home and abroad. He entered the history books in 2012 when he became the first black person to buy the 2014 model of Bentley which was accustomed only for Queen Elizabeth of England.
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Fans Lambast 2017 BBNAIJA’s T Boss for sharing photo with Tonto Dikeh’s estranged hubby Churchill
2017 Big Brother Naija contestant, T Boss has come under fire for sharing a photo and video with Tonto Dikeh’s estranged hubby,Churchill.In a video posted by TBoss,she claimed she bumped into him.But many feel otherwise .
While some said it was an arranged date which she is trying to cover up,others say he snubbed her, Some also say she may be his alleged side chick,Rosaline Meureer’s replacement as he is attracted top light skinned girls with piercings and tattoos.
Read some responses below
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Northern Nigerian youths Gives Igbos Ultimatum to vacate the region– MASSOB begs Igbos
After the ultimatum by Northern youths for Igbos to vacate the region,the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, has appealed to Igbos in the North to start returning back to the South East.
Leader of MASSOB, Uchenna Madu urged Igbos not to wait for the three months quit notice to expire before they vacate the region.Speaking with The Sun, he said
“MASSOB is aware that such rascality will happen. As a matter of fact, this is the only rascality exhibited by sponsored Arewa youths to forcefully exit the people of Biafra residing in Arewa land that MASSOB will 100 per cent support.“Their Boko Haram tactics didn’t work as planned. We pledge our total support towards this divinely approved quit notice.“MASSOB congratulates the Arewa political, religious, traditional and opinion leaders who sponsored their youths wing by using Arewa House in Kaduna for this greatest meeting of a coalition of Islamic fundamentalist.“As there is no other alternative to stop Biafra freedom, the northern leaders have resorted to using their youths wing to start terrorising the people of Biafra living in the northern region.“What they saw during the sit-at-home exercise to mark the 50th anniversary celebration of Biafra declaration by General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu marvelled them irrespective of the promises made to them by their stooges in Biafra land.“MASSOB urge our people to start returning home now. Don’t wait till the three months for quit notice to expire. MASSOB is begging our people to re invest their investments back to Biafra land.”
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Photos: Nigerian Pastor “Rev Michael and his wife Christiana Ewache” welcome their first child after 32 years of childlessness
Rev Michael and his wife Christiana Ewache welcomed a beautiful baby girl after 32 years of marriage. Rev. Ewache is the founder of the Glory of of His Majesty Ministry, Markurdi, Benue State. The baby was born on Monday, 5th of June at the National Hospital, Abuja.
The evangelist posted the photos on his Facebook page and wrote:
“God comes late when He wants to come big, He is never too late. He visited my family”
More photos below…
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The Pieces of Myanmar military plane found in Andaman sea After Plane lost contact with air traffic controllers
The Pieces of a Myanmar military plane which went missing with more than 100 soldiers and family members aboard have been found in the Andaman Sea. Navy ships and aircraft have been searching all afternoon after the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers. More than a dozen children were believed to be among the passengers on the plane.
Speaking to AFP, an Air Force official said that a navy search and rescue ship had found pieces of the plane in the sea an hour’s flight south of Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial capital.
There are still conflicting information about the number of people on board. However, giving an updated figure, the military office said 106 passengers were on board which were made up of soldiers and their family members along with 14 crew. More than a dozen of those on board were children.The plane was a Y-8F-200 four-engine turboprop, a Chinese-made model still commonly used by Myanmar’s military for transporting cargo. The army said it was delivered in March last year and had logged 809 flying hours.
A former executive at the aviation ministry said many of the aircraft in Myanmar’s fleet were old and decrepit.
“Myanmar air force has very bad safety performance,” he said, asking to remain nameless.
Myanmar’s military fleet has a chequered recent history of plane crashes.
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Barack Obama pictured enjoying a meal with Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau in Montreal
Former US President, Barack Obama was pictured having a meal with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau in Montreal, Canada.
According to the social media updates, they discussed their shared commitment to developing the next generation of leaders. Another photo below:
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Nigerian Set To March Topless: June 12, 2017 Nationwide Topless March
This is to inform all Angry, Vexed, Frustrated, and Genuinely Concerned Nigerians that on Monday, 12 June 2017, the OurMumuDonDo movement will hold a Nationwide Topless March to protest the despicable state of living of the common man and the indifference of political leaders to the quandary of the common man.
This protest will be hinged on a vociferous and vigorous demand for Fulfillment of Campaign Promises, Creation of Jobs for unemployed youths, and Increment in Minimum Wage for the proletariats.
The main March will hold in Lagos State and will start by 8:00 AM from the Third Mainland Bridge. Male participants at the protest are expected to appear topless with inscriptions of their most dreadful predicament as it relates to the three major demands for this mass action on their placards or chest. Female participants are not allowed to participate bare-chested but can participate by hoisting placards with inscriptions of their most dreadful predicament.
WHY A NATIONWIDE TOPLESS MARCH?
The quality of life of the Nigerian peoples has been demoted to a pitiable and decrepit state by criminal politicians and insatiable looters of the wealth of the common man. The shared humanity of the Nigerian peoples has been eternally ridiculed by national miscreants in positions of power. The thieving class in power has denied the Nigerian peoples of quality life through their endless plundering of national wealth. We know our silence has enabled corruption and impunity in governance but we will no longer sit and watch while our lives and future is looted by the sons and daughters of Jezebel in power.
Countless generations have passed and all promises by political scammers to better the lives of all suffering Nigerians have come to naught. We now know that the thieving politicians in power are the enemies of the common man. It has dawned on us that our future cannot be saved by the old men in power. We will no longer be deceived by the religious and tribal schisms of political monsters claiming to be leaders. The time to fight for the survival of the suffering man and woman in Nigeria has arrived. There shall be no going back because every suffering Nigerian must speak up this time.
We, the suffering and disenchanted peoples of Nigeria, must catalyze the end of the prolonged era of gerontocracy with audacious looting and criminality. We must catalyze the end of the prolonged era of propaganda with no positive result in governance and the life of the common man.
This battle is a battle between good and evil; a battle between the oppressors and the oppressed; a battle between the forgotten men and women in the slums who cannot afford one meal per day and the voraciously greedy looters looting mindlessly in positions of power; it is a battle between the struggling shoemakers on the streets and the seemingly untouchable politicians in Agbada riding ostentatiously in their criminally acquired fleet of exotic cars.
On Monday, June 12, all suffering Nigerians must flood the streets to express their anger and frustrations; all suffering Nigerians must flood the streets to speak against the insatiable looters in our nation; all suffering Nigerians must flood the streets to demand freedom and prosperity for our nation.
This is a symbolic march; the first of its kind in Nigeria, one which will typify the current abysmal state of life of the common man; it is a march by the suffering peoples which will be completely owned by the suffering peoples. The era of sitting and doing nothing has passed. Before we all die of hunger, we will flood the streets and demand good governance. Before we all die in perpetual penury and discomfort impressed on us by the thieving and looting political oppressors, we will march to express our discomfort and fight against our common enemy.
We will fight because we must. We will not be deterred because our lives are no more secured. We will win because failure is not an option. Our goal is a country where quality life is assured for the common man.
We must collectively and defiantly say that enough is enough! Enough of the failed promises and oppressive rule. Enough of seeing the same faces with no changes. Enough of glorifying criminality and demonizing nationalism. The time to fight for the survival of the suffering man and woman in Nigeria has arrived. There shall be no going back because every suffering Nigerian must speak up this time.
Adebayo Raphael
Publicity Secretary, OurMumuDonDo
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London Bridge Terrorist/killer seduced British woman into marrying him after he was denied asylum
Redouane married Charisse after he was refused asylum in Britain and sent out of the country. , Here are Photos have emerged showing an Essex-born woman tying the knot with the London Bridge jihadi terrorist in Dublin, Ireland. Charisse O’Leary, 38, married Rachid Redouane, 30, in 2012, years after they first met in London in 2010.
Theirs was a traditional Islamic wedding and it seems the marriage was relatively peaceful until Redouane became radicalized after going back to his birth country, Morocco, for 17 months. When he returned he turned abusive and started beating Charisse. He also forced her to begin wearing a hijab. A friend confirmed the abuse to The Mirror.
“He did not want her to drink or smoke – he wanted her to wear a hijab, he wanted a traditional Muslim wife, and Charisse was not that,” the friend said. “She was scared, really scared. It was harsh domestic violence.”
Charisse has a 20-month-old daughter with Redouane called Amina. A holiday snap shows the mother-of-one grinning as she poses outside a cafe named ISIS when she went on a trip to Casablanca in 2014 to meet her Moroccan-born husband’s parents. Redouane was able to move back to the UK in September 2015 with his family after he was given an Irish ID card allowing him freedom to travel in Britain.
A Whitehall source explained to The Sun:
“It is essentially an Irish residency card. It allows the holder to remain in Britain for three months during which time they must apply for British residency if they wish to stay longer.”
Charisse had split up with Redouane and he was kicked out of their flat in Barking, East London, before he began planning the attack. He, along with jihadists Khuram Shazad Butt and Youssef Zaghba, killed eight people in a van and knife rampage on London Bridge and there are reports that the trio planned the London Bridge attack at Charisse’s flat. A neighbor claimed to have seen Redouane and Khuram Butt at the apartment on Saturday before they went on the deadly rampage.
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Don’t congratulate me on my weight loss,it annoys me – Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe’s transformation has many in awe but the actress says she gets annoyed when people congratulate her over her weight loss.She tells Refinery29
It just annoys me because I’m just like, don’t congratulate me on that,” s. “If you’re going to congratulate me on my weight loss, also congratulate me every time I pee. Congratulate me every time I’m burping. Because my body actually has nothing to do with you, and I don’t really need your support for it.”
“My body will always be my body and always had been, and you have nothing to do with it and you’re kind of a stranger. But the way it works is that this is just my body. In the same way that this is just my face, this is just mine.”
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THE LORD’s CHOSEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL… DATE: Thursday June 8th, 2017.
TEXT: Jeremiah 33:6
THEME: NONE OF THESE DISEASES SHALL BEFALL YOU!
MEMORIZE: “For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.” (Jeremiah 30:17)
MESSAGE:
The greatest deceptions in this world have in fact been contained in some medical reports. Medical science may tell you, for instance, that you are crippled and cannot walk for the rest of your life; it may tell you that you are permanently blind and cannot see again; it may dismiss you as an imbecile, bereft of basic intelligence. It may give you a truckload of many other negative reports. For a sinner, the verdict may be true and final. But for the born again child of God, the verdict does not alaign with the report of God or His will for us and therefore is unacceptable and void. God, our Father, can do all things, and He loves showing His glory in the lives of those who earnestly seek Him. He takes exquisite pleasure in rubbishing such negative and burdensome reports tossed on the necks of His children. If we are in Christ and happen to get such a negative report thrown at us, we need not to become moody and give in to brooding. We should in fact rejoice because Christ has already redeemed us from the curse of such infirmities. We should scoff at such reports – they are meant for the world and not the true children of God.
What is the report of hopelessness staring you in the face regarding your health, business, job, marriage, family, etc? You must discard it in the dustbin of history. It is not the will of God for you. What you have to do is to seek the face of God in earnest and holy supplication. He is ever ready to answer you if you will seek Him in holiness and righteousness and will fill your mouth with rejoicing.
Praise/ worship God, then take the following prayer points:
1. I reject every negative medical report over my health and life in Jesus’ name.
2. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and I reject every form of infirmity in Jesus’ name.
3. Every cloak of shame and infirmity hurled in my direction by the enemies, I command it to return back to sender in Jesus’ name.
4. Heavenly father, I declare that mine is the path of laughter and rejoicing in Jesus’ name.
5. Every force trying to steal my health, I condemn you by the blood of Jesus.
AUTHOR: PASTOR LAZARUS MUOKA
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Beautiful, Sexy 2017 #BBNaija TBoss Releases Pictures That Can Steal Your Man And Here Is What We Think
Beautiful, sexy, sassy and ever controversial ex Big Brother Naija contestant Tokunbo Idowu popularly know as TBoss, is one of the beautiful ones that were born and whether you like it or not she is equally as sexy as it comes.
The lady who gave us so much to talk about during the course of the show and even very much after has finally shown that not only is she smart she can equally steal your man with innocent photos without even exposing her b**bs piercing or several tattoos.
These photos will definitely have you in a “Wawu” mood all through the time you will be viewing them. Here is what we think about the photos and what the different looks stand for;
1. The moment she’s in trouble but wants her man to let go she greets him with this
2. When her man is so engrossed with football and she wants to catch his attention
3. When she needs to show her man that she can be geeky but still sexy as a stunner
4. When she outrightly just wanna tease her man . Geeky all the same
5. When she is just being super cute and you can’t help but to just love here.
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All DSTV Subscribers Can Now Enjoy Comedy Central, Discovery & History channels on Compact
DStv is spreading some love by opening up three top DStv Premium channels as a treat to Compact and Compact Plus customers this June. The open window will showcase great content on the premium package; with laughs on Comedy Central (122) and some interesting insights and history lessons on History (186) and Discovery Channel (121) at no extra charge…
There’s so much you don’t want to miss on these Premium Channels
On Comedy Central, you can now catch Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle weekdays along with other favourites like The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and the second season of Broad City.
For those that like factual documentary – get the best of it on History Channel with 101 people who changed the 20th century – this is a must see and knowledge we can all use.
And if adventure is your thing, then check out Cooper’s Treasure a real-life treasure hunt series onDiscovery Channel or get captivated with Naked and Afraid where two complete strangers are tasked with surviving in one of the world’s most extreme weather environments with no food, no water and no clothes.
Don’t miss any moment of the open window and get a taste of DStv premium, with Comedy Central on DStv channel 122; HISTORY on 186 and Discovery Channel on 121
Schedules for these channels and other information are available on www.dstv.com or you can follow DStv Nigeria on Instagram and Twitter.
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Kemen hangs out with Ini Edo, Vincent Enyeama and others at a Gym in Akwa Ibom
Former 2017 BBNaija housemate and fitness trainer, Kemen, was recently pictured with Nollywood actress, Ini Edo and former Super Eagles’ goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, his wife, Promise and his brother at the gym at Le Meridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort, Akwa Ibom state.
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Tragic Video: Armed robbers invade Zenith Bank Owerri, Imo State 😳😳😧… Caught on CCTV camera Live
The CCTV footage of the Zenith bank four-man robbery attack which led to the death of one of the robbers and many injured have surfaced online. The robbery occurred on 22nd February, 2017 at a Zenith Bank Branch along Wetheral road Owerri. The CCTV footage which was released online shows the moment the robbers drove into the bank premises and started to shoot sporadically.
A CCTV footage showing an armed robbery attack at a Zenith Bank branch in Owerri has gone viral on social media.
The footage captured the robbers driving into the bank in a black Hyundai car. The car then stopped just after the gate of the bank, which was open for them by a security guard. Immediately four men armed with what looked like an A.K 47 assault rifles alighted from the car and started shooting.Video Player
The unarmed security guard who opened the gate fled as soon as he saw the men with guns. But another security man dressed in plain clothes, probably a policeman returned fire towards the car which the robbers arrived the bank in, shattering the car’s passenger window.
One of the robbers approached the security hut by the gate where a security official was shooting from. Immediately he peeped into the hut, a bullet hit him in the head. As he dropped, blood could be seen gushing from the back of his head.
One of the robbers was seen retreating into the waiting car as a policeman returned fire from his hiding place.
He walked outside the gate with a bag and was picked up by his colleagues and they drove away.
According to reports, the robbers had trailed a customer (who was also killed) with some cash to the bank (it is suspected that he owned the bag which the fourth robber carried out of the gate).
The police stated that three policemen sustained gunshot injuries while an AK47 and three magazines were recovered from the dead robber.
Reports say the leader of the gang and another member of the gang were arrested at the funeral of the father of the leader of the gang two days later in Aba, Abia State.
One of the policemen attached to the bank was able to gun down one of the robbers who went into the security office to see if anybody was there. According to reports online, the driver was caught at his father’s burial and the policeman who succeeded in killing one of the robbers didn’t die, Armed robbers invade Zenith Bank Owerri 
… Caught on camera .. Watch Video below:
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Dammy Krane Unfollows Everyone on Instagram & Disabled Comment After He was granted bail from Jail In The US
Dammy Krane Unfollows Everyone on Instagram & Disables Comment, After He was granted bail from Jail In The US.
The Nigerian singer, Dammy Krane, has been released from a US jail after meeting his bail conditions, set at $7,500. The singer, who was earlier arrested for credit card fraud, pleaded not guilty to the charges and demanded a trial by jury and also chose the option of a waiver pre-trial conference.![]()
According to an update from the Miami-Dade County Criminal Justice Online System, Dammy Krane’s court hearing has been fixed June 23, 2017
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So adorable Pictures Showing Swan family parades through UK village Photos：CFP
So adorable! Swan family parades through UK village Photos：CFP
A pair of swans walking down the street has become a familiar and popular sight with locals and tourists alike in a small village in the UK. They have been spotted in the past parading their brood of cygnets through the village, bringing traffic to a standstill as they crossed the busy roads in Perranporth. Unfortunately, one of these swans has died after being attacked by either a dog or a fox last week, according to vets who were called to help the injured animal on Thursday May 12.
Photos： CFP
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Full text of former FBI Director, James Comey’s interaction with Donald Trump is causing pandemonium in America
Former FBI Director, James Comey is expected to testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee today. He’s however released the full text of his opening remarks that he intends to deliver before the committee.
Here is the full text of the prepared remarks that aimed a dagger blow at Donald Trump saying the President had demanded his loyalty, pressed him to drop a probe into ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn and repeatedly pressured him to publicly declare that he was not under investigation.
Statement for the Record Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
James B. Comey June 8, 2017
Chairman Burr, Ranking Member Warner, Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. I was asked to testify today to describe for you my interactions with President-Elect and President Trump on subjects that I understand are of interest to you. I have not included every detail from my conversations with the President, but, to the best of my recollection, I have tried to include information that may be relevant to the Committee.
January 6 Briefing
I first met then-President-Elect Trump on Friday, January 6 in a conference room at Trump Tower in New York. I was there with other Intelligence Community (IC) leaders to brief him and his new national security team on the findings of an IC assessment concerning Russian efforts to interfere in the election. At the conclusion of that briefing, I remained alone with the President Elect to brief him on some personally sensitive aspects of the information assembled during the assessment.
The IC leadership thought it important, for a variety of reasons, to alert the incoming President to the existence of this material, even though it was salacious and unverified. Among those reasons were: (1) we knew the media was about to publicly report the material and we believed the IC should not keep knowledge of the material and its imminent release from the President-Elect; and (2) to the extent there was some effort to compromise an incoming President, we could blunt any such effort with a defensive briefing.
The Director of National Intelligence asked that I personally do this portion of the briefing because I was staying in my position and because the material implicated the FBI’s counter-intelligence responsibilities. We also agreed I would do it alone to minimize potential embarrassment to the President-Elect. Although we agreed it made sense for me to do the briefing, the FBI’s leadership and I were concerned that the briefing might create a situation where a new President came into office uncertain about whether the FBI was conducting a counter-intelligence investigation of his personal conduct.
It is important to understand that FBI counter-intelligence investigations are different than the more-commonly known criminal investigative work. The Bureau’s goal in a counter-intelligence investigation is to understand the technical and human methods that hostile foreign powers are using to influence the United States or to steal our secrets. The FBI uses that understanding to disrupt those efforts. Sometimes disruption takes the form of alerting a person who is targeted for recruitment or influence by the foreign power. Sometimes it involves hardening a computer system that is being attacked. Sometimes it involves “turning” the recruited person into a double-agent, or publicly calling out the behavior with sanctions or expulsions of embassy-based intelligence officers. On occasion, criminal prosecution is used to disrupt intelligence activities.
Because the nature of the hostile foreign nation is well known, counterintelligence investigations tend to be centered on individuals the FBI suspects to be witting or unwitting agents of that foreign power. When the FBI develops reason to believe an American has been targeted for recruitment by a foreign power or is covertly acting as an agent of the foreign power, the FBI will “open an investigation” on that American and use legal authorities to try to learn more about the nature of any relationship with the foreign power so it can be disrupted.
In that context, prior to the January 6 meeting, I discussed with the FBI’s leadership team whether I should be prepared to assure President-Elect Trump that we were not investigating him personally. That was true; we did not have an open counter-intelligence case on him. We agreed I should do so if circumstances warranted. During our one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower, based on PresidentElect Trump’s reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, I offered that assurance. I felt compelled to document my first conversation with the President-Elect in a memo. To ensure accuracy, I began to type it on a laptop in an FBI vehicle outside Trump Tower the moment I walked out of the meeting. Creating written records immediately after one-on-one conversations with Mr. Trump was my practice from that point forward. This had not been my practice in the past. I spoke alone with President Obama twice in person (and never on the phone) – once in 2015 to discuss law enforcement policy issues and a second time, briefly, for him to say goodbye in late 2016. In neither of those circumstances did I memorialize the discussions. I can recall nine one-on-one conversations with President Trump in four months – three in person and six on the phone.
January 27 Dinner
The President and I had dinner on Friday, January 27 at 6:30 pm in the Green Room at the White House. He had called me at lunchtime that day and invited me to dinner that night, saying he was going to invite my whole family, but decided to have just me this time, with the whole family coming the next time. It was unclear from the conversation who else would be at the dinner, although I assumed there would be others.
It turned out to be just the two of us, seated at a small oval table in the center of the Green Room. Two Navy stewards waited on us, only entering the room to serve food and drinks.
The President began by asking me whether I wanted to stay on as FBI Director, which I found strange because he had already told me twice in earlier conversations that he hoped I would stay, and I had assured him that I intended to. He said that lots of people wanted my job and, given the abuse I had taken during the previous year, he would understand if I wanted to walk away.
My instincts told me that the one-on-one setting, and the pretense that this was our first discussion about my position, meant the dinner was, at least in part, an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship. That concerned me greatly, given the FBI’s traditionally independent status in the executive branch.
I replied that I loved my work and intended to stay and serve out my ten-year term as Director. And then, because the set-up made me uneasy, I added that I was not “reliable” in the way politicians use that word, but he could always count on me to tell him the truth. I added that I was not on anybody’s side politically and could not be counted on in the traditional political sense, a stance I said was in his best interest as the President.
A few moments later, the President said, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” I didn’t move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. We simply looked at each other in silence. The conversation then moved on, but he returned to the subject near the end of our dinner.
At one point, I explained why it was so important that the FBI and the Department of Justice be independent of the White House. I said it was a paradox: Throughout history, some Presidents have decided that because “problems” come from Justice, they should try to hold the Department close. But blurring those boundaries ultimately makes the problems worse by undermining public trust in the institutions and their work.
Near the end of our dinner, the President returned to the subject of my job, saying he was very glad I wanted to stay, adding that he had heard great things about me from Jim Mattis, Jeff Sessions, and many others. He then said, “I need loyalty.” I replied, “You will always get honesty from me.” He paused and then said, “That’s what I want, honest loyalty.” I paused, and then said, “You will get that from me.” As I wrote in the memo I created immediately after the dinner, it is possible we understood the phrase “honest loyalty” differently, but I decided it wouldn’t be productive to push it further. The term – honest loyalty – had helped end a very awkward conversation and my explanations had made clear what he should expect.
During the dinner, the President returned to the salacious material I had briefed him about on January 6, and, as he had done previously, expressed his disgust for the allegations and strongly denied them. He said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn’t happen. I replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally, which we weren’t, and because it was very difficult to prove a negative. He said he would think about it and asked me to think about it.
As was my practice for conversations with President Trump, I wrote a detailed memo about the dinner immediately afterwards and shared it with the senior leadership team of the FBI.
February 14 Oval Office Meeting
On February 14, I went to the Oval Office for a scheduled counterterrorism briefing of the President. He sat behind the desk and a group of us sat in a semi-circle of about six chairs facing him on the other side of the desk. The Vice President, Deputy Director of the CIA, Director of the National CounterTerrorism Center, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and I were in the semi-circle of chairs. I was directly facing the President, sitting between the Deputy CIA Director and the Director of NCTC. There were quite a few others in the room, sitting behind us on couches and chairs.
The President signaled the end of the briefing by thanking the group and telling them all that he wanted to speak to me alone. I stayed in my chair. As the participants started to leave the Oval Office, the Attorney General lingered by my chair, but the President thanked him and said he wanted to speak only with me. The last person to leave was Jared Kushner, who also stood by my chair and exchanged pleasantries with me. The President then excused him, saying he wanted to speak with me.
When the door by the grandfather clock closed, and we were alone, the President began by saying, “I want to talk about Mike Flynn.” Flynn had resigned the previous day. The President began by saying Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong in speaking with the Russians, but he had to let him go because he had misled the Vice President. He added that he had other concerns about Flynn, which he did not then specify.
The President then made a long series of comments about the problem with leaks of classified information – a concern I shared and still share. After he had spoken for a few minutes about leaks, Reince Priebus leaned in through the door by the grandfather clock and I could see a group of people waiting behind him. The President waved at him to close the door, saying he would be done shortly. The door closed.
The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, “He is a good guy and has been through a lot.” He repeated that Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong on his calls with the Russians, but had misled the Vice President. He then said, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” I replied only that “he is a good guy.” (In fact, I had a positive experience dealing with Mike Flynn when he was a colleague as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the beginning of my term at FBI.) I did not say I would “let this go.”
The President returned briefly to the problem of leaks. I then got up and left out the door by the grandfather clock, making my way through the large group of people waiting there, including Mr. Priebus and the Vice President.
I immediately prepared an unclassified memo of the conversation about Flynn and discussed the matter with FBI senior leadership. I had understood the President to be requesting that we drop any investigation of Flynn in connection with false statements about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in December. I did not understand the President to be talking about the broader investigation into Russia or possible links to his campaign. I could be wrong, but I took him to be focusing on what had just happened with Flynn’s departure and the controversy around his account of his phone calls. Regardless, it was very concerning, given the FBI’s role as an independent investigative agency.
The FBI leadership team agreed with me that it was important not to infect the investigative team with the President’s request, which we did not intend to abide. We also concluded that, given that it was a one-on-one conversation, there was nothing available to corroborate my account. We concluded it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations. (He did so two weeks later.) The Deputy Attorney General’s role was then filled in an acting capacity by a United States Attorney, who would also not be long in the role. After discussing the matter, we decided to keep it very closely held, resolving to figure out what to do with it down the road as our investigation progressed. The investigation moved ahead at full speed, with none of the investigative team members – or the Department of Justice lawyers supporting them – aware of the President’s request.
Shortly afterwards, I spoke with Attorney General Sessions in person to pass along the President’s concerns about leaks. I took the opportunity to implore the Attorney General to prevent any future direct communication between the President and me. I told the AG that what had just happened – him being asked to leave while the FBI Director, who reports to the AG, remained behind – was inappropriate and should never happen. He did not reply. For the reasons discussed above, I did not mention that the President broached the FBI’s potential investigation of General Flynn.
March 30 Phone Call
On the morning of March 30, the President called me at the FBI. He described the Russia investigation as “a cloud” that was impairing his ability to act on behalf of the country. He said he had nothing to do with Russia, had not been involved with hookers in Russia, and had always assumed he was being recorded when in Russia. He asked what we could do to “lift the cloud.” I responded that we were investigating the matter as quickly as we could, and that there would be great benefit, if we didn’t find anything, to our having done the work well. He agreed, but then re-emphasized the problems this was causing him.
Then the President asked why there had been a congressional hearing about Russia the previous week – at which I had, as the Department of Justice directed, confirmed the investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. I explained the demands from the leadership of both parties in Congress for more information, and that Senator Grassley had even held up the confirmation of the Deputy Attorney General until we briefed him in detail on the investigation. I explained that we had briefed the leadership of Congress on exactly which individuals we were investigating and that we had told those Congressional leaders that we were not personally investigating President Trump. I reminded him I had previously told him that. He repeatedly told me, “We need to get that fact out.” (I did not tell the President that the FBI and the Department of Justice had been reluctant to make public statements that we did not have an open case on President Trump for a number of reasons, most importantly because it would create a duty to correct, should that change.)
The President went on to say that if there were some “satellite” associates of his who did something wrong, it would be good to find that out, but that he hadn’t done anything wrong and hoped I would find a way to get it out that we weren’t investigating him.
In an abrupt shift, he turned the conversation to FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, saying he hadn’t brought up “the McCabe thing” because I had said McCabe was honorable, although McAuliffe was close to the Clintons and had given him (I think he meant Deputy Director McCabe’s wife) campaign money. Although I didn’t understand why the President was bringing this up, I repeated that Mr. McCabe was an honorable person.
He finished by stressing “the cloud” that was interfering with his ability to make deals for the country and said he hoped I could find a way to get out that he wasn’t being investigated. I told him I would see what we could do, and that we would do our investigative work well and as quickly as we could.
Immediately after that conversation, I called Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente (AG Sessions had by then recused himself on all Russia related matters), to report the substance of the call from the President, and said I would await his guidance. I did not hear back from him before the President called me again two weeks later.
April 11 Phone Call
On the morning of April 11, the President called me and asked what I had done about his request that I “get out” that he is not personally under investigation. I replied that I had passed his request to the Acting Deputy Attorney General, but I had not heard back. He replied that “the cloud” was getting in the way of his ability to do his job. He said that perhaps he would have his people reach out to the Acting Deputy Attorney General. I said that was the way his request should be handled. I said the White House Counsel should contact the leadership of DOJ to make the request, which was the traditional channel.
He said he would do that and added, “Because I have been very loyal to you, very loyal; we had that thing you know.” I did not reply or ask him what he meant by “that thing.” I said only that the way to handle it was to have the White House Counsel call the Acting Deputy Attorney General. He said that was what he would do and the call ended.
That was the last time I spoke with President Trump.
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Photo: Popular Yoruba Actor, Kunle Afod and wife welcome their son
Yoruba Actor Kunle Afod and his wife, Desola, have welcomed their fourth child. Desola gave birth to their fourth son recently. Mother and Child are said to be doing fine. Kunle announced the arrival of his baby on IG.
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Nigerian Minister Of Interior Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Rtd), condemns ultimatum given to Igbos by Hausa youths, says Nigerians are free to live in any part of the country
The Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Rtd), has reacted to the recent call by youth organizations requesting Igbo people residing in the North to vacate, and for Northerners in Igbo land to return to the North.
The Minister lamented the spate of such spurious and unwarranted calls for separation.
He therefore called on all well meaning Nigerians to go about their normal activities as Government would bring to bear the full weight of the Law on any individual or group violating the rights of citizens of the Country. He added that citizens were free to go about their normal businesses and would not be harassed or deterred by any group or persons.
He advised the various ethnic groups to desist from flaming the embers of hate, animosity, discord and disharmony and adhere strictly to the teachings of our good values of religions and cultures that encourages good neighborliness, national unity and Integration, and love for one another.
He also advised youth to avoid being instrument of violence, animosity and disharmony among our citizens. And that they should rather focus their attention and energies on actions, that would engender national unity, integration and cohesion.
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