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You know your partner really loves you when she lets you do this on her wedding day! A Malaysian Die-hard Arsenal fan last weekend hosted an extravagant Arsenal themed wedding where the dance floor was hilariously replaced by a mini football pitch whilst the couple used the Arsenal emblem on their menu. All the guests at the wedding wore Arsenal jerseys.                                                                         Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Lucca has become the 67th animal to be honoured with the Dickin Medal, the Victoria Cross for animals, after the U.S Marine Corps decided to honour the 12-year-old German Shepherd who served the US Marine Corps for six years and lost her leg during a bomb sniffing operation in Afghanistan.                                                                                                          Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

A man who allegedly set his wife on fire which resulted in her death told a Malaysia High Court yesterday, April 7 that his wife had refused to give him money to settle a gambling debt. Chiam Nguang Huat, 42, said he had made a telephone call to ask for RM10,000 from his wife, Lai Siew Fong, 36, for a gambling debt.                                                                    Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Indonesia on Thursday, April 7 said it will resume executions of drug traffickers this year, after a brief hiatus since last year's controversial executions of mostly foreign convicts, including Nigerians. Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo told reporters "more than one" person would be executed for drug offences this year and foreigners were also on the list.                                                                         Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Mariah, who has one of the most powerful voices in the music industry, just insured her vocal cords and hamstrings for $35 million dollars each. The 46 year old mother of two, who is on tour, insured her most valuable assets because if anything happens to them it could result in a huge loss of profits                                                                                 Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the club will not stop its rising talent, Alex Iwobi, from representing Nigeria at the upcoming Olympic Games this summer. Iwobi has been in very good form for Arsenal, a club he has been with since the age of 7. Wenger unhappy that Iwobi didn't choose to play for England, where he would have played less and traveled less has reiterated that the club won't stop the Nigerian attacker from participating in the upcoming Olympics games in Rio, Brazil.                                                                                                                                           Read ...

That is what Radar Online is claiming. They claim Beyonce wants Jay Z to stay away from her upcoming Formation World tour because he stifles her creative energy... Really, Radar? Lol. From  Radar Online "She needs a break from him,” an insider told Radar. “He never lets her out of his sight and it’s really bugging her out.” According to the insider, Beyonce, 34, feels her 46-year-old hubby is beginning to really pen her in.                                                                                                            Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

A High court sitting in Jos this morning nullified the election of Amaju Pinnick as the president of the Nigeria Football Federation, restoring all reliefs granted his election rival Chris Giwa in the process. An NFF media rep revealed to LIB that they have immediately filed an appeal to the ruling. "It's true Pinnick's election has been nullified. That's the decision of the Jos High Court."                                                                                                                                    Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

An alleged armed robber was lynched at Änike Apena Street in Ikeja this morning. He and another accomplice allegedly tried to rob people of their valuables when he was caught. The second robber escaped. In Lagos, mobs still take the laws into their hands to mete out jungle justice to suspected criminals.                                                                                                                                            More Photos» Follow @cool_jist  

The funeral ceremony of former Bayelsa state governor, Diepreye Alamiyeseigha, is holding in Bayelsa at the moment.                                                                            More photos  » Follow @cool_jist  

A video shared by the City of Morro Bay on Facebook today shows Michael Banks being rescued from a ledge on the 600-foot volcanic plug overlooking Morror Bay. "A video of today's Morrow Rock Rescue. The gentleman will be billed for the chopper ride and other related costs. We are glad all involved are OK, and appreciate the hard work of our first responders. Climbing Morro Rock is illegal and dangerous.                                                                                                   Read more »   Follow @cool_jist  

The things you see on social media, ehn! Lol. So apparently, this tree somewhere in Agbor, Delta state is where witches and wizards hold their meetings ...according to the people in the community, so they got a caterpillar to bring down the tree....which ultimately 'refused' to go down/get uprooted. In the video, you can hear the superstitious fellows shouting when the tree goes down and bounces back up. The tree apparently has strong roots and buried deep down but they are convinced its the witches and wizards that don't want the tree down. See the video below.                                                                      ...

Four Utah men, Larson James RonDeau, 36, Josiah RonDeau, 20, Jerry Flatlip, 29, and Randall Flatlip, 26,  have been accused of raping a 9-year-old girl on Easter Sunday while her mom allegedly smoked methamphetamine with a fellow ex-con in the garage and have all been arrested and booked on one count each of rape of a child and sodomy of a child.                                                                                                                    Read more »   Follow @cool_jist  

Boxer Nick Blackwell was yesterday brought out of induced coma by his doctors after they certified him stable enough. Nick Blackwell was put in an induced coma after he suffered brain injuries as a result of punches to the head by boxer Chris Eubank Jr. Wish him quick recovery..         Follow @cool_jist  

Manchester City's midfield powerhouse Yaya Toure will leave the club at the end of the season having not been offered a new contract, his agent said on Monday . The 32-year-old Ivory Coast international, who was the African Footballer of the Year four times in a row from 2011, joined Premier League City from Barcelona for £24 million ($34.23 million) in July 2010.                                                                                                       ...

Footballer John Mikel Obi and his daughters took a picture to support the charitable work of Anja Ringgren Loven, the danish woman who recently saved Hope, the "witch child" in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.                                                                                                                                 More Photos » Follow @cool_jist  

Controversial South African pastor, Penuel Mnguni, stepped on the stomach of a woman who came for deliverance for stomach pain. According to the church's Facebook wall, after he stepped on her stomach, she was healed and totally delivered.                                                                                                                    More Photos »   Follow @cool_jist  

World Footballer of the Year, Lionel Messi has ordered his legal team to pursue legal action against Panama Papers after they accused him of seeking refuge in Panama's tax haven, claims Messi's camp has dismissed as “false and libelous.” The Panama Report reported that the Barcelona star used Panamanian company. Mega Star Enterprises to avoid paying tax on image rights deals.                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

According to the FB user who shared the photos, this incident allegedly happened in Cameroon. Some people need some education, to be honest. So here's what they are alleging. That the man went to sleep the night before after he turned himself into a cockroach or a small animal and hid himself in a truck rim...but forgot to wake at dawn. That he turned to his human form after forgetting where he hid himself the night before and got stuck in this rim. Now, he's being labeled a wizard.                                                                                   ...

31 year old Porn star Amber Rayne was found dead at her home over the weekend. The adult film star, who has been in the industry for 10 years, is believed to have died in her sleep while at her Los Angeles home. Her exact cause of death remains unknown at the moment, but reports indicate she died either on Saturday night or Sunday morning.                                                             Read more »   Follow @cool_jist