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A Nigerian, based in the United Kingdom (UK), Mr. Victor Olisa, has made history as the first black commander for Baxley Local Council in London. Until his appointment, Olisa was a Chief superindent with the London metropolitian Police. Olisa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)“Policing runs in the family and I have always wanted to be a police officer ...

Charly boy has threatened to sue over a story about him being gay. Below is a tweet to that effect: The story The story has it that Charly boy declared in an interview with a new publication, Danfo Express, that he is gay and not ashamed of being gay. It continues: Even as he made other disclosures about himself, he ...

CAIRO (AFP) – Attackers set fire Monday to the headquarters of Egyptian presidential runoff candidate Ahmed Shafiq, an ex-prime minister under the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak, an AFP journalist said. An annex of Shafiq’s headquarters in Cairo was set ablaze late on Monday. There were no immediate reports of injuries and firefighters said the blaze was quickly put under ...

West Bromwich striker Peter Odemwingie has said that getting married to fiancée Sarah Fallon is the best contract he’s ever signed. Even though the 30 year-old Baggies striker has said he wants to move away to a bigger club next season, it was with great joy that he tied the nuptials with 22 year-old Sarah whom he had been dating ...

What was supposed to be a debut dream show turned out to be a disappointment after Flavour (Okoli Chinedu) failed to impress the fans. He appeared on stage well after 3am on Saturday morning and started playing CDs. Accompanied by one male vocalist and two Djs, the Nigerian artist unashamedly started flaunting his torso in front of a shocked crowd. ...