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There was a mild drama in Nnewi South LGA of Anambra state as mourners who were attending a burial ceremony were shocked when the man whose wife was to be buried got into a fight with his in-laws, causing the woman's body to fall out of the coffin. The incident was said to have occurred on the 23rd of  June, 2017.                                                                                    Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

As many as 140 people were burnt to death while around 100 others were left injured as an oil tanker caught fire after overturning on National Highway in Ahmedpur Sharqia near Bahawalpur in Pakistan this morning.                                                                           Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

Michael Adebolajo, a Nigerian Islamic extremist who murdered British soldier  Fusilier Lee Rigley in London, is now regarded as the most dangerous prisoner in the British penal system, officials say. The 31-year-old who is being jailed at the HMP Frankland in County Durham, a Category A prison, was described by a prison officer as “violent, unpredictable and a major danger to other prisoners”.                                                                 Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

Manchester United footballer Memphis Depay, 23, and Steve Harvey's step daughter, Lori Harvey, 22, are engaged. The two who have been dating for about a year, got engaged while on vacation in California. Memphis proposed to Lori on Saturday and she said yes. Congrats to them. See more photos after the cut...                                                                                                                                                                                         Read more >> Follow @coo...

See more photos below.                                                                                                                                       Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, says he would win at the Appeal Court where the Federal government has filed a petition challenging his acquittal and discharge by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The tribunal had on June 14th discharged and acquitted Saraki of all charges relating to his case of false assets declaration.                                                                                          Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

The Queen of England was  on Wednesday  reported to West Yorkshire Police for not wearing a seatbelt as she travelled to the State Opening of Parliament. According to the Authorities, they received a 999 call from someone saying the Queen was not wearing a seat belt as she travelled with Prince Charles through London from Buckingham Palace to Westminster.                                                                                                                                           Follow @cool_jist

Mr Yakubu Sulieman, the South West Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has revealed that over 300 houses were affected in the heavy downpour of Tuesday June 20, 2017 in Ibadan, with property worth millions of naira destroyed.                                                                              Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

 The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arraigned 25 year old Nigeria customs service officer, Ugwoke Emmanuel, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for allegedly trafficking drugs. According to the prosecuting counsel, the suspect who is a native of Bale-Oko in Badagry Local Government Area, Lagos State and works at the Seme Border post of Customs, allegedly transported cannabis using an official Customs Toyota Hilux at the Gbaji Customs checkpoint along Seme-Badagry Road on May 14th.                                                                                                                 Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

A father is believed to have murdered his young son and daughter then hanged himself on Father's Day during a bitter custody battle with his estranged wife. The bodies of Alvaro Camara and his kids were found on the Monday after Father's Day by policemen who arrived their home in response to a welfare check.                                                                      Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

As Queen Elizabeth of England gets older (she's 91) a lot of people will think the other Royals would be looking forward to taking over when she abdicates the throne but this is actually not the case as revealed by Prince Harry in a recent interview. Speaking to US magazine, Newsweek, Harry, who is fifth in line to the throne said he did not think his brother William or even their father, Charles wants to be king.                                                                         Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

Travis Kalanick, 40, has resigned as the chief executive of Uber, a company he co-founded. Last week, Kalanick, with an estimated net worth of US$6.3 billion, as of March 2017, announced that he was going on an indefinite leave of absence following the death of his mother in a boating accident. But the move failed to defuse a growing crisis over his leadership and demands from investors that he should resigns                                                                                     Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

A 16-year old teenager was mauled to death by a bear near an Alaskan trail on Sunday during an annual mountain race. According to Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters, the runner was found dead from injuries he sustained in the mauling shortly after 1 p.m. near the Bird Ridge Trail north of Girdwood.                                                                                                                                                                       Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

The Nigerian Police Force  on Tuesday  arraigned suspected kidnappers of students and staff of Nigerian-Turkish International College (NTIC) Isheri, Ogun State, before the Federal High Court, Abuja.                                                                                                                                                                              Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

According to 'The Gambia Today', the man was found hanging from a tree after allegedly beating and stabbing his wife to death in the early hours of Monday.

A farmer has died after his pet pig  bit off his penis as well as three of his fingers during an aggressive fight.  That farmer died after the cuts and wounds inflicted by the pig became infected. Miguel Anaya Pablo returned home drunk and picked a fight with his pet pig that lived with him. The 60-year-old farmer provoked the animal, jumping up and knocking it over, so the pig became defensive and bit its owner’s penis and three fingers then left the man lying in a pool of his blood.                                                                                                                              Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

US President, Donald Trump is mourning the death of Otto Warmbier, who was held in North Korea for 15 months. 22 year old Otto Warmbier died barely one week after the US and his family secured the release of Warmbier ,who had been in a coma for about a year, from North Korea.                                                                                                                                   Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

It's been confirmed by the Anambra State authorities that a nursing student has died of Lassa Fever, while 65 others are being monitored. Speaking with newsmen in Awka  on Monday , the Director of Public Health, State Ministry of Health, Dr Emmanuel Okafor, said that the deceased was a student in one private nursing school in Nkpor, Idemili North.                                                                                                                                                 Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

Jay Z was spotted for the first time on Monday, June 19, since his wife Beyoncé welcomed their twins, a boy and a girl, on Monday, June 12th. The rapper, 47, was seen at UCLA Medical Center on Monday, June 19, looking relaxed in a pair of gray sweatpants and a white T-shirt.                                                                                               Read more >> Follow @cool_jist

This is a press statement released in response to the interview granted by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Channels TV. Read the statement below:                                                                                             Read more >> Follow @cool_jist