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A day after comedian Kathy Griffin released an offensive photo of herself holding a decapitated head of President Trump, CNN announced that they've terminated her contract and she will no longer come back as a co-host of their annual New Year's Eve program even though Griffin has apologized.                                                                                Read more » Follow @cool_jist

One Captain Chris Ndukwe Oshuoha has been killed by Sea pirates. Details surrounding his death are still sketchy, however, according to friends and family, he was reportedly captured by the pirates while on duty at sea and murdered. He left behind a wife, Florence Anthony Oshuoha and a 2-year-old daughter.                                                                     Read more » Follow @cool_jist

British luxury car maker, Rolls Royce has crafted the most expensive new car eve, the £10 million two-seater, Rolls Royce Swept-tail. It takes its name from the ‘swept-tail’ design of Rolls-Royces of the 1920s-30s and is built to mirror the elegant lines of a racing yacht. The outrageously expensive vehicle is the brainchild of an unnamed super wealthy customer who approached the brand with his vision of building a unique one off car.                                                                                                                                                             ...

The  Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has arrested three suspects in connection with last Thursday's kidnap of six male students of Igbonla Model School, Igbonla near Epe in Lagos state.                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Two commercial sex workers in Ogun state have been arrested by the state police command for allegedly killing one of their customers, Adeyinka Olayinka, at the KS Hotel, Ifo yesterday May 30th. According to a statement by the state police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the commercial sex workers, Kudirat Raji alias Angela and Esther Basiru, stabbed the deceased with a broken bottle during an argument.                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Nigerians have rated the performances of President Buhari led administration as poor in a poll conducted by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The online poll recorded about 14, 532 votes with 50% of the respondents rating the administration as poor; 35% rated the administration as average while 11% voted for excellent. 3% of the respondents were indifferent. Follow @cool_jist

Dear Arsenal fans, it is official Wenger is going no where!  Arsenal Football Club and Arsène Wenger have agreed on a two-year extension to his contract as manager.  Announcing the news, the club's majority owner Stan Kroenke said: “Our ambition is to win the Premier League and other major trophies in Europe. It’s what the fans, players, staff, manager and board expect and we won’t rest until that is achieved. Arsène is the best person to help us make that happen. He has a fantastic track record and has our full backing.”                                                                                                                        Follow @cool_jist

The Australian Government has revealed that convicted paedophiles would be denied passports in a bid to protect children from being abused outside its country. The proposal, under a "world-first" plan proposed by the government, will be introduced to the parliament soon and would prohibit registered sex offenders from traveling overseas.                                                                         Read more » Follow @cool_jist

EFCC today confiscated a mansion at plot 2A9 CITEC Estate, Abuja owned by George Turnah, a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, a former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Last week, the antigraft agency confiscated some bank accounts and properties traced to Turnah in Bayelsa. Continue to see more photos of the property that was confiscated today                                                                                                                                                                               ...

A 23yr old South African man was kidnapped and raped by three female assailants in a taxi. What started out as an ordinary commute took a traumatic turn when he hailed a communal taxi which had the women as passengers and got in. Suddenly, the car changed direction and he was ordered to sit in front. He was then injected within an unknown substance and passed out. South African Police Service Captain Colette Weilbach said: 'He stated that he woke up in an unfamiliar room on a single bed.                                                                          Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Lebanon has called for ban of the new  Wonder Woman  movie because its lead actress, Gal Gadot, is an Israeli, AP reports. A security official said a formal request for a ban has not yet been received. A ban would require a recommendation from a six-member committee from the Ministry of Economy, a process that has not yet began, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporter.                                                                                 Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Tuesday afternoon around the Gbagada axis of Lagos State, this kidnapper was caught when he tried to kidnapped a baby and the baby's Grandma. According to an eye witness to spoke to LIB, 'the mother of the little baby just parked, left the Granny and baby in the car so she could use a nearby ATM.                                                                                                                     Read more » Follow @cool_jist

The General Manager LASEMA, Mr Adesina Tiamiyu said the prompt response by emergency responders culminated to the rescue of fourteen victims from the collapsed building at No 9 Daddy Alaja Street, Oke Arin, Idumota, Lagos Island. According to him the "Agency received a distress call via the toll free number 767/112 on  Monday 29th of May, 2017  at about  7:00am  concerning a collapsed 3 storey building on the Island, which prompted the immediate activation of the Agency's Emergency Response Team and other responders which includes the Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Building Control Agency, National Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria Police Force, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to the scene of the incident.                                                       ...

Republican senator, Jon McCain has just made a rather bold statement against the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. McCain says Putin is the biggest threat to global security, even greater than Isis. In an interview on ABC this morning, the Republican senator said president Donald Trump made Putin “nervous” and expressed concern at reports that White House adviser Jared Kushner allegedly discussed creating a secret communication channel with Russia.                                                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Malta-based NGO, Migrant Offshore Aid Station, MOAS, has released statement on the Mediterranean tragedy in which over 30 African migrants including toddlers drowned. Read below: 24th May 2017 saw one of MOAS’ most tragic rescues to date. Overcrowding and sea swell tipped hundreds into the water during a rescue yesterday. 32 bodies were recovered to MOAS vessel Phoenix alongside 604 survivors, one of whom has since died on board despite our medical crew’s desperate efforts to save her                                                                                       Read more » Follow @cool_jist

The kidnappers of six male students of the Igbonla Model School, Igbonla near Epe in Lagos state, have reduced the N1 billion ransom they initially asked parents of the students to pay. According to reports, the kidnappers have asked some of the parents with good jobs to pay between N20 million and N50 million ransom while others with not so good jobs were asked to pay lesser for the release of their sons.                                                                                                                                 Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Al-Shabab Islamist fighters on Sunday, May 28, stoned a man to death as punishment for alleged adultery in Ramo Adey village in the south-central Bay region, Somalia. 44-year-old Dayow Mohamed Hassan was convicted by an Islamic court of being in an adulterous relationship with a woman and impregnating her, despite having two wives, Moalim Geedow, the regional governor representing the al Qaeda-linked insurgency said.                                                                                                                                          Read more » Follow @cool_jist

An elderly couple, Mr Reuben Akanbi, 70, and Mrs Victoria Akanbi, 68, have been strangled by unknown a‎ssailants in the Gbongan area of Osun state. According to the state police public relations officer, Folasade Odoro, the son of the deceased couple, Caleb Akanbi, called in the police after discovering the remains of his parents at about 11am Sunday morning                                                                                                                   Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Johnnie Walker Influencers –Don Jazzy, Mo Abudu and Richard Mofe Damijo alongside their Indian counterparts – Indian TV Presenter, Rannvijah Singh Singha; and Bollywood Superstar, Sophie Choudry went on a boat ride  en route to the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix Race Day. Later in the day, Don Jzy met with McLaren Honda driver, Sergio Perez and F1 legend and former Champion, Mika Hakkinen. Legendary F1 commentator Murray Walker once said “In Formula 1, anything can happen, and it usually does...” More photos after the cut...                                                                           Read more » Follow @cool_jist

With more than 80 million collective social media followers, platinum selling artists Eminem and Justin Timberlake helped raise just under $2.3 million in the last few days. A crowd funding effort started by the Manchester Evening News set a 24-day deadline to raise $2 million for the British Red Cross, both artists read about it and shared the link on their social media pages, encouraging fans to join them in donating to the victims of the attack.                                                                                                Read more » Follow @cool_jist