A new Managing Director for Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, has assumed office, succeeding Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu, who retired on Saturday after 36 years of service. Okunbor’s appointment was announced in January while he was serving as a Senior Advisor in Shell’s Upstream International Operated   business   in The Hague, the Netherlands. The new Shell helmsman, who is also assuming the role of the Country   Chair , Shell Companies in Nigeria, according to a statement by the firm, brings over 28 years of industry experience and expertise to his new role. “I’m delighted at the opportunity to build on the progress we have made over the years. Shell continues to be a highly valued partner for progress in Nigeria and I’m looking forward to exploring   more   channels for fruitful collaboration with our stakeholders,” Okunbor said. Okunbor is the third Nigerian managing director of SPDC and Country Chair of Shell Companies in Niger...

  MOB BEATS UP WOMAN FOUND WITH DEAD BABY IN OGUN     Mayhem was let loose in Ago Igbala in the Ibafo area of Ogun State after a mentally-challenged woman was caught with a dead newborn baby.  PUNCH Metro   reports: It was said the woman, popularly called Tope, was playing with the baby at a refuse dump in the area, when a passerby saw her and raised the alarm . PUNCH   Metro   gathered that Tope dropped the baby and took to her heels when a mob confronted her. She was said to have been beaten up by the mob, who reportedly chased her towards the Ibafo police station, a few kilometres from Ago Igbala. Our correspondent learnt that Tope, who was said to be in her 40s, was later rescued from the crowd by the policemen from the station. In a visit to the area, some residents and eyewitnesses told   PUNCH Metro   that Tope was mentally ill while others said she might be pretending. One of them, Samad Kolawole,...

A video purporting to show the executions of two alleged spies has been released by terror group, Boko Haram. In the video, released on Monday, one of the men is made to make a full confession, explaining his ‘crimes’ to the camera, before the pair were beheaded and their bodies shown to the camera. The gruesome   execution video   echoes those posted by Islamic State and is the second released by Boko Haram. The video, called ‘Harvest of Spies’, was posted Monday on Twitter by Boko Haram, the SITE intelligence group said on Monday. It starts by showing a man kneeling in the foreground with a group of Boko Haram fighters approaching him, holding a flag used by militant Islamist groups. In a theatrical display previously seen in the execution videos released by ISIS, the men line up behind the victim. The video then cuts to show two men, identified as Dawoud Muhammad and Muhammad Awlu, led by Boko Haram fighters before being made to kneel. One Boko Hara...

The Defence Headquarters announced yesterday that   troops   foiled an attempt by   Boko Haram   terrorists to blow up a link bridge in Gulak, Adamawa State,with many of the insurgents killed in the process. Many others were similarly killed in a separate encounter with the soldiers on Djimitillo/ Damaturu road after their camp was gutted by fire. However, a soldier lost his life while another was wounded in the Damaturu road axis battle. This report could not be independently confirmed. But the Director of   Defence Information , Major General Chris Olukolade, said a statement that troops on cordon and search along Djimitillo Damaturu road axis on   Friday   night engaged a group of terrorists after their hideout was discovered by troops. “The fierce fight to dislodge them from the location which is very close to a market, resulted in the capture of   Machine Guns and rifles as well as the death of some number of t...

A 20- year old   commercial motorcycle operator rider, Tumi Ayileka, is currently cooling his heels at the Ondo State Police Command after he was arrested for allegedly raping a pregnant woman currently observing her National Youth Service Corps scheme in the state. The incident occurred at Imoru, in Ose Local Government Area, when the victim, (names withheld) boarded a motor bike on her way to her residence. The suspect was said to have veered off the road, dragged the pregnant woman into the bush and raped her. Confessing to the crime at the police command where he was paraded, Ayileka said he did not know what came over him while he carried the lady on his bike. He said it was his first time of raping anyone, adding that he felt a sense of remorse after the act and had to take his victim   home   after. He said, “She approached me around 7.p.m at Ifon that I should take her to Imoru community where she serves and I obliged after agreeing ...

The Federal Government might have shortlisted four national commissioners to take over from Prof. Attahiru Jega as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. SUNDAY PUNCH   reliably learnt that Jega might be asked to hand over to one of the commissioners in INEC and also proceed on a three-month terminal leave. During a presidential   media   chat   on February 11, President Goodluck Jonathan had reassured Nigerians that he had no plan to remove the INEC chairman from office. The President’s reassurance came at a time when speculation was rife that government had perfected plans to remove Jega. But some stakeholders who spoke after the interview had dismissed the President’s reassurances as needless, adding that the laws of the land do not confer on the president powers to remove the INEC chairman. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, the Supervising Minister of Information, Mr. Edem Duke, had also said the President had...

So sad! A young Nigerian girl has taken her life after her boyfriend dumped her for her best friend. According to a close source, the deceased body was found at the back of a building few days after her boy friend dumped her. She however declined to say the name of the deceased and her boy friend. Source:  http://atshort.com/QBeyD