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The former soldier who stripped naked and fed himself to the lions at a Chile zoo never got over his mother dying from breast cancer when he was 11, MailOnline can reveal. Franco Ferrada, 20, launched himself into the lion pit at Santiago Zoo in front of horrified onlookers on Saturday while claiming to be a prophet sent from God. He left a note in the pocket of his abandoned clothes to be a prophet and declaring the end of the world was nigh. Follow @cool_jist  

Police say a Florida man, 49-year-old Joel Jones, allegedly raped a woman and then called 911 to turn himself in. When Police arrived to arrest him, he told them he wanted to go to prison to get even with a man who killed his 14 year old son.                                                                                                                                                                            Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Former Super Eagles coach and NFF Technical Director, Amodu Shuaibu has died in his sleep just three days after the death of Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi. A statement released by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) this morning reads:                                                                                            Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Four years after her husband of 25 years, George Brice, was diagnosed with kidney failure, GourMay Brice decided to give him her kidney. She shared news on FB, along with a video, asking for prayers. ( Read here ). The Surgery has now been done and it turned out out well. The transplant was a success and her kidney was a perfect match. Follow @cool_jist  

Fans chanted his name throughout Argentina's opening game even though he wasn't on the pitch, against Panama, but they eventually got to see their hero in action. With Argentina leading by a goal and half an hour to play, Lionel Messi was introduced and in typical fashion, he lit up the tournament with his brilliance. The attacker bagged a hat trick and set up a fifth goal to help Argentina to a comfortable win and send them through to the next round. Argentines will be hoping their talisman maintains this blitz all the way in search of an elusive continental title.

One of the world's best goalkeepers David De Gea was yesterday linked to a sexual assault scandal. De Gea denied the reports calling them 'lies'. Top Spanish paper El Confidencial has published the Whatsapp conversations between the protected witness (prostitute girl alleging De Gea forced her to have sex with teammates) and David de Gea, Manchester United and Spain keeper. Read the full English translation of the whatsapp chats between De Gea and the prostitute after the cut.                                                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea alongside Athletic Bilbao player, Iker Muniain and Real Madrid midfielder Isco have all been exposed by a girl claiming she was forced to have sex with Muniain and Isco in 2012 after being physically threatened by David De Gea.                                                                                               Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

The Billionaire founder and C.E.O of Virgin Group uploaded a photo of him dressed like a mermaid on Twitter to celebrate World's Ocean Day. Follow @cool_jist  

Where will you now place Messi? Cristiano Ronaldo, fresh from winning the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid and a favourite to win the 2016 Ballon D'or says if his achievements are considered, then he's the best player of the last two decades. Speaking to Italian magazine Undici, Ronaldo says that he would rate himself as the best. "Where would I rate myself amongst the top players of the last twenty years? Thinking positively, then I believe with what I’ve achieved, I’m the best of the lot.”                                                                                                                     Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Host nation and tournament favorites France needed a late stunner from Dmitri Payet to see off Romania in a tightly contested opening game as EURO 2016 got underway. Arsenal's Olivier Giroud gave France the lead just before the hour mark but Bogdan Stancu kept his cool to slot home a penalty  seven minutes later . Payet saved Les Bleus' when he sent a stunning strike into the top corner from the edge of the box, securing all three points. Follow @cool_jist  

Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros and Katyucia Hoshino both measure less than three feet tall making them the world's shortest couple. The couple from Brazil who have proved that size doesn't matter when it comes to love both have forms of dwarfism and stand at 34.8in and 35.2in respectively.                                                                                    Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Desmond Nunugwo, a suspect under investigation by the EFCC, passed away today June 10th, few hours after he was taken into custody. His demise was confirmed at the hospital where he was rushed after he suddenly took ill. Late Nunugwu allegedly fraudulently obtained N91million from an acquaintance after he tricked her into believing that he had high net worth business associates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates who were at the verge of buying Nicon Insurance and convinced her of their disposition to help her stock fish business.                                                                                                                                   ...

Heart-stopping footage from a Russian Zoo shows a huge tiger trying to pounce on a visitor sitting by its enclosure. Video capturing the incident shows a woman sitting with her back to the enclosure, with the tiger only inches away from the glass, the woman takes a peek behind her to see the massive beast launching itself at her. Its whole body rising and crashing against the glass barricade that separates visitors from it. This of course made the woman and people around scream while she jumped away. Luckily, the glass wall was solid and stayed strong, despite the tiger seemingly putting its whole weight behind the attack.                                                                                Watch the video after below.             ...

Senate President Bukola Saraki has appealed to President Buhari to give those who didn't vote for APC a chance in his government so that the dream of bringing the desired change in Nigeria might be realized. Saraki gave the charge while speaking at the 1 year anniversary of the Senate yesterday.. “We must find a way to bring the best brains in our country on board wherever they may be found. Even those who did not vote for us but believe in the change that we all believe is necessary to move our country forward should be given a seat at the table.                                                                                                                     Read more » Follow @coo...

A Federal High Court judge handling major cases including the trial of former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako and his two sons, and cases instituted by five Senators led by Abu Ibrahim, seeking to void the election that produced Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate President and Deputy President, has died.                                                                               Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Hundreds of men and women have gone topless to stage a protest on one of Britain’s most popular beaches (Brighton) to ‘Free the Nipple’ and make boobs more acceptable in society. The campaign's aim is to highlight social media policies over banning nipples. They want social media to allow women’s nipples to be visible.                                                                  Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Four years after her husband of 25 years, George Brice, was diagnosed with kidney failure, GourMay Brice is giving him her kidney. She shared the news on FB, along with a video, asking for prayers.                                                                Read more »   Follow @cool_jist  

Six suspected drug traffickers have been arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, attached to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, for allegedly concealing cannabis and cocaine in vegetables and shoe soles respectively. A statement by NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, says that three of the suspects were going to China where drug trafficking was punishable by death.                                                                                               ...

The young man was killed along White house, close to Nyong edem street, Calabar south, about 7:57am....today June 10th...by suspected cultists.                                                                     More photos» Follow @cool_jist  

Diego Maradona has blasted his compatriot and former player Lionel Messi on Live TV without knowing he was being recorded, claiming the Barcelona star lacks the character to be a leader for the national team.  At the "Hublot Loves Football" event in Paris on Thursday , Brazil legend Pele asked Maradona if he knew Lionel Messi personally, and Maradona spoke his mind. forgetting he was on live TV.                                                                    Read more » Follow @cool_jist