OMG! White Woman Dies From Mosquito Bite In Nigeria

Turkish Airlines (THY) flight attendant, Selda Durmaz has reportedly lost her life on Friday night in an Istanbul hospital as a result of a mosquito bite in Nigeria, while she was on duty.



On her return to Istanbul shortly after her trip to Nigeria, she got sick, she went to the hospital because of a persistent high fever.

Twice she was diagnosed with the flu, according to allegations, but the third hospital diagnosed her with malaria which she picked up in Nigeria.

Durmaz was later given medical treatment in Istanbul at a private hospital, but she lost her life on Friday night at around 2 a.m.

Meanwhile, scores of A-list celebrities in Nigeria had been enlisted to participate in a charity football match aimed at creating intensified public awareness on the fight against malaria in the country.

Missing White House Chef Found Dead

This morning I reported about a former White House Chef, 61-year-old Walter Scheib, who went missing on June 13th after going hiking alone in the New Mexico mountain. Searchers today found his body on a hiking trail in mountains in the Taos area, the New Mexico State Police said.

His cause of death has not been released. More details will be released later. Sad!

Mum found with 'remains' of her missing son in trunk of her car

   

The remains of 12 year old Quincy Jamar Davis (left) who went missing in 2004 was found in the booth of his mother's car earlier this month in Virginia.

The remains were found in the trunk of 44 year old Tonya Slaton during a traffic stop on June 6th. She has now been charged her with concealment of a dead body.

The Virginia State Police held a press conference yesterday to share more details in the case and revealed that the office of the Medical Examiner confirmed the remains found are those of the woman's biological son, Quincy.

"The last record of him is from 2004 when he was 12-years-old and a seventh grader at Virginia Beach Middle School. It’s incomprehensible that we have nothing else at this point for 11 years that’s why we’re asking the public if they have anything if they can tell us,” said Sgt. Stephan Vick with Virginia State Police.Investigators also revealed that Slaton was in jail for two felony convictions from 2008 to 2010. It’s unknown what happened to Davis during that time.

"There are several family members, including another son, being interviewed right now. Investigators are speaking with other individuals involved, but as far as going into that that’s part of the investigation," Sgt Vick saidHe also said a missing persons case was never filed

BREAKING: Finally President Buhari Moves Into Aso Villa (PHOTO)

News just reaching us informs that President Muhammadu Buhari has finally moved into his official residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to the Nation, Buhari moved in on Sunday evening.

Buhari and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo have been living outside the Villa and used the Defence House, Abuja as their offices since their inauguration three weeks ago as the official residence was being renovated.

Meanwhile, first lady, Aisha Buhari had moved into the official residence since last Thursday.

Buhari, returned to Abuja from Katsina State where he went to inspect his farm on Saturday. He supposedly began moving his properties to the seat of power on Sunday evening.

There had been much speculation on why the new president did not move to the Aso Rock. Rumours suggested that “a spiritual cleansing” was being carrid out.

However, presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu debunked those claims saying: “As far as the president is concerned, the place (his official residence) is not ready yet. Workers are cleaning and refurbishing the place. Once the exercise is completed, the president will move in.”

Pipeline contract: FG must pay ex-militants, says Asari-Dokubo

Former Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has called on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to pay contractors of the oil pipeline surveillance project in the country.

Asari-Dokubo, who is one of the former Niger Delta agitators awarded pipeline surveillance contract by the Federal Government, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the three-month deal elapsed on June 15.

He said that the ex-minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, did not sign for the payment of the pipeline surveillance contract before she left office.

The pipeline protection project, which cut across Lagos, Ogun, Bayelsa, Ondo, Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta States, was executed from March 15, 2015 to June 15.

Asari-Dokubo urged President Buhari to pay the contractors their money if he was truly committed to the rule of law.

“Diezani (Allison-Madueke) did not sign payment for the contract before she left. All across the six states (Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa) where the contract was awarded none of us were paid; none of the companies were paid. The Federal Government should do what is needful by paying the money they owe. The same mandate that was given to Buhari to become President was the same mandate that was given to us in a legal and binding contract.

“If Buhari is law-abiding and if his government respects the rule of law, the contractual obligations will be followed. The contract was awarded to corporate entities by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. We did not go in as individuals and the corporate entities are regarded as individuals under the law. No contract was awarded to any specific individual,” he said.

BREAKING: Dual Suicide Bomb Attacks In Maiduguri, At Least 30 Killed

The first blast occurred in a mosque, and has killed at least 30 people according to eyewitnesses and sources who spoke with our Sahara Reporters correspondent.

Two separate suicide bombs rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has killed at least 30 people and injuring scores of others, according to sources at the scene who spoke with SaharaReporters.

The total tally of dead and injured is not known at the time of publication but is believed to be at least 30 people dead. It is known that the suicide bombings took place at the mosque and market this evening.

The first blast occurred in a mosque, and has killed at least 30 people according to eyewitnesses and sources who spoke with our SaharaReporters correspondent.

The second blast occurred at Baga market area of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, at about 4pm, killing scores of people and injuring many others, according to reports. There are no confirmed death tolls from the market bomb attack.

Sources at the scene said that two vehicles of policemen rode to State Specialist Hospital, followed by CJTF vehicles bringing some injured people from the Baga market blast.

SaharaReporters also observed some police utilities vehicles and CJTF entering State Specialists Hospital with injured people.

A local trader Usman Kaka told SaharaReporters that ''many people may have dead and that blood stains everywhere, I saw dead bodies in policemen van.'' he told SaharaReporters by phone.

Buhari to remove oil subsidy

ABUJA—President Muhammadu BuhariPLANS to totally remove fuel subsidy and use the proceeds for the provision of free and compulsory primary/secondary education across the country.

The administration is also said to be working on unbundling the Nigerian National PetroleumCORPORATION, NNPC, to make it more efficient in the production and delivery of products to Nigerians.

MUHAMMADU BUHARI

These proposalsFORM part of the strong recommendations made by the transition committee raised by Buhari to work out a blueprint for his administration.

Asked if the proposal forTOTAL subsidy removal had been discussed with labour, the source said that members of organized labour in the country were consulted by the committee and they made presentations on what should be done over the matter.

The source said: “ Labour is part of the decision; they have accepted the proposal of fuel subsidy removal.

“A committee is likely to be set up by the federal government to work out the modalities of what is to be done in that respect.

“But the truth is that total removal of fuel subsidy has been recommended with adequate provisions for palliatives on free education andSOCIAL WELFARE for the unemployed”, a member of the transition committee said.

The source pointed out that unlike in the past, the Buhari administration is considering the provision of free meals for students to serve as incentives for them to enroll in school.

The source explained that the committee also recommended the unbundling of NNPC to reposition theAGENCY to serve the needs of Nigerians better.

According to him, all refineries in Nigeria are to be made to work at maximum capacity by the federal government to be able to deliver adequate products to the consumers.

Corruption

He said that the era of allocating more crude than any refinery in Nigeria can process was over, as it was discovered that the policy encouraged corruption and diversion of FUNDS.

In a tone that suggested that the Buhari administration might probe the operations of the NNPC, the committee member further disclosed that the federal government was set to block all channels of FUND leakages in the corporation.

He said: “The federal government is keen on plugging all areas of leakages in the corporation and whoever must have caused them must be made to account for such unpatriotic wastages. We don’t know whether that is what you call probe or not”, he said.

It could not be established as at last night whether such decisions of the officials were influenced by the PLANNED beaming of search light on the operations of the government agency.

FG to pay the controversial N160 billion subsidy claims

Meanwhile, hopes for resolution of outstanding subsidy issues hampering normal supply of petroleum products across the country appear kindled as the special investigation team on subsidy claims verification recommends payment of the controversial N160 billion claimed byOIL MARKETERS.

As a result, bankers have resumed credit lines to the sector while importation by marketers have resumed though it is still on cautious notes.

The supply shortages witnessed across the country since last month was as a result of a disagreement between the federal government andOIL MARKETERS over the subsidy claims resulting in the marketers’ refusal to import more products under the subsidy programme.

In the last week of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, the FINANCE ministry had paid a part of the subsidy claims totalling about N131 billion in the wake of the supply crises arising from this disagreement.

The former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had doubted the additional N160 billion claims ascribed to EXCHANGE RATE differential and interest rate charges on banks’ funding for the petroleum products imports.

She had subsequently set up a special investigative team made of representatives of Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Committee (PPPRC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the DebtMANAGEMENT Office (DMO) and the finance ministry to investigate the claims before she can approve the payment.

The team couldn’t conclude their assignments before the expiration of ex-president Jonathan’s government and exit of the minister, hence validating the allegation of some of the marketers that the investigative team was designed to provide escape for the ministry from the agreement they had reached on subsidy payment. The marketers had also wondered why the setting up of the team whereas this assignment has always been done by PPPRC without any issues.

Return of confidence

Bankers who spoke to Vanguard last week said that their confidence was gradually returning to theOIL MARKETING sector which they had classified as ‘high-risk’ in the wake of the subsidy claims disagreement, indicating that some of them have resumed granting loans to the sector.

The disagreement had put about N300 billion banks’ risk assets (loans) in danger of default, escalating the industry non-performing loan ratio to almost 4.0 per cent with the worst performing banks hitting above 8.5 per cent aggregate and over 40 per cent on the oil sector. The industry red line is 5.0 per cent at which any bank’s exposure would be dangerous and unacceptable.

Top executives of the oil marketers’ associations told Vanguard that they have information that the investigative team has validated the marketers’ claims in their report to the finance ministry two weeks ago.

However, they said that actual payment is waiting for the settling down of President Mohammadu Buhari’s government, a situation which they also said cannot last for too long otherwise the renewed confidence of theirFUNDING banks may wane.

One of theMARKETERS informed that following a meeting with the permanent secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources two weeks ago, some of them have begun importation of products on a low scale while helping the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to distribute its stock to lessen the supply crises. The focused cities are Abuja and Lagos which according to him has been very successful.

He added that the agreement reached with the ministry was just a palliative to welcome the new government of Mohammadu Buhari, adding that eventually they will have to address the issue in a more lasting policy.