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Jackson Feutubobai, pictured above, was today sentenced to death by hanging by a Bayelsa state High court for murdering one Inspector Joseph Ofozini in Lobia II community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on April 5th 2013. ‎Jackson was part of a gang that killed 11 police officers on the day of the incident.                                                                                  Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

The Welsh professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid welcomed his second daughter today. The 26-year-old made the announcement on twitter along with a photo of the newborn. "Delighted to welcome another beautiful baby daughter into our family today. Nava Valentina Bale" he captioned the photo. Bale and his partner Emma Rhys-Jones, his high school sweetheart have another daughter, Violet, born on October 21, 2012. Follow @cool_jist  

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the two bomb attacks in Brussels that left at least 35 people dead and more than 180 injured, a news agency affiliated with the group said. "Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices  on Tuesday , targeting an airport and a central metro station in the centre of the Belgian capital Brussels," AMAQ                                                                              Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

The late king of pop's children, Prince, 19, Paris, 17, and Blanket, 14, were due to inherit £900 million when they turn 30 but tax authorities in America are chasing the late singer’s estate for £555 million and it is believed that MJ owes more than £300m in additional debts which are yet to be cleared...                                                                            Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Kate Abdo, the female presenter at the just concluded Ballon D'or ceremony has revealed how kind, caring and thoughtful Cristiano Ronaldo was towards Barcelona player Neymar before and during the awards ceremony. Ronaldo lost out to Messi at the Awards ceremony.                                                                               Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

At least thirty people have been killed and 180 injured after several explosions rocked Zaventem Airport and a metro station in Brussels and these are the three men police suspect carried out the bombing at the airport. The trio were captured on CCTV in the minutes before 14 people died and dozens more were maimed in the check-in area. Belgian media said the men dressed in black are believed to have blown themselves up, while the man in white is thought to have escaped. The single black gloves worn by the men are suspected to have been in order to conceal detonators. Follow @cool_jist  

Some Christian leaders in Kaduna state were yesterday evening March 21st, kidnapped by some unidentified men in the state. According to Sahara Reporters, a source at the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, headquarters in Abuja, said those kidnapped include the national president of HEKAN Church, Reverend Emmanuel Dziggau and his assistant, Anthony Iliya                                                                  Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Rising Arsenal star Alex Iwobi is currently recuperating in an Abuja hospital after suffering a bout of food poisoning upon linking up with the Super Eagles training camp in Abuja. Iwobi felt ill after eating salad with the rest of the Nigeria team. His father has since visited him in hospital according to MTNfootball. The news was confirmed by Nigeria head coach Samson Siasia. ‘He suffered from food poisoning and so was not part of training. His condition is stable.’ he said                                                                                                                                     Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Facebook fitness buff! And no, it's not photoshopped.. Follow @cool_jist  

APC in Rivers state has called for the outright cancellation of last Saturday's rerun election for National and State Assembly members, saying the election was marred by high incidents of violence and thuggery. Speaking at a press conference in Port Harcourt, the state party chairman, Davies Ikanya, accused the police of conniving with PDP members in the state to rig the election.                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Tyga who spent most of the weekend with his girlfriend Kylie Jenner and her family, was spotted shopping at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills with a pretty female and his goons.                                                   M ore Photos » Follow @cool_jist  

24 year old Matthew Smith strangled his pregnant ex girlfriend and mother of his 2 children, Isobel 'Becky' Parker, 23, in the bathroom of her home in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, after discovering his tax credits had been stopped because he thought she reported him to the taxman.                                                               Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

According to wildlife experts, there has been an increase in incidents of elephant-human encounters in rural India due to the destruction of natural habitat. One such encounter ended in tragedy when two elephants strayed into the village in Burdwan district in India after being separated from their herd. They wrecked havoc in a nearby field destroying crops before one of them caught a man who came too close and flung him in the air before trampling him to death. Villagers tried unsuccessfully to help the man and chase the animals away.                                                                                                                            See more photos here » Follow @cool_jist  

The brothers who have been battling each other for a while now, this night posted a photo of a dove on their respective instagram page with same message. They wrote "That it took out stupidity to realize family comes first, we are very sorry'. Good to know that they've made peace. After all said and done...the best gift God gave to us all is Family!                                                                                                                      Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Italy and Juventus legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffonhas celebrated breaking Sebastiano Rossi's serie A record of going 929 minutes without conceding a goal by penning a letter to his goal post. Yes his goal post via his Twitter account. Buffon, who has been keeping for 25 years survived the first four minutes of Sunday's derby with Torino without conceding.  Read the touching letter Here  » Follow @cool_jist  

The Ghanaian graduate from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) who joined ISIS terror group has been reportedly killed. Sources close to the family of Mohammed Nazir Nortei Alema told the Finder newspaper that the final funeral rites, Adua in Islam were held on Sunday, March 21.                                                                    Read more » Follow @cool_jist