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Read the press statement below... The Department of State Security (DSS) on Wednesday arraigned two artisans before an Isolo Magistrate Court for allegedly cloning the mobile line of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The suspects - Rilwanu Jamiu and Balogun Stanley Oyewole who claimed to be a cocoa dealer, were said to have attempted to perfect a N50 million transfer with the said mobile line.                                                                                                                        Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

The new Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South-East London is Nigeria-born British councillor, Olugbenga Babatola. 59-year-old Babatola, a Thamesmead councillor became Greenwich's first ever deputy mayor of Afrcan descent. He was sworn in as deputy to former Mayor Councillor Norman Adams on May 19, 2015                                                               Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

   The Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Monday, April 18, paraded 36 armed herdsmen who were intercepted by troops of the 117 Guards Battalion Keffi along the Abuja-Keffi road on Sunday. 56 other herdsmen were arrested at the Dantata check point between Kuje and the Abuja airport. According to the spokesman of the brigade, Captain Bashir Jajira, the 36 herdsmen were arrested by troops at the Keffi check point at about 4:30 pm Sunday, April 16, in a Diana Truck and a Toyota Camry Salon car.                                                                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

U.S republican and Democratic party candidates Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton pulled a major upset last night as they won in the New York Primaries. The significant win in New York, where both candidates have huge follower-ship and backing moves them closer to picking up the nomination tickets for their parties in the U.S Presidential elections.                                                                                                                                                Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

As the 2016 Olympics in Rio approaches, and Super Eagles not participating in any tournament this summer, there has been a lot of lobbying from players, agents and sports media personalities to take certain Super Eagles players to the Olympics in Rio.                                                                        Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Onunkwo Johnson shared these photos of a young woman who was killed in an accident at Cele Mile 2, Lagos last night. There was no form of ID on the lady as her body was deposited at the mortuary. May her soul rest in peace. See the very graphic photos after the cut. If anyone can identify her then contact any police station in the area..                                                                                 Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

The leadership of Nigeria's Senate has denied media reports that it recently took delivery of 109 SUVs, claiming that it only took delivery of 36 Land Cruiser XVR V8 at N36.5 million each. In an interview with National Assembly correspondents yesterday April 19th, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Senate Services, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, said the reports of the senate spending N4 billion on cars was false and that senators unanimously rejected the proposed loan to purchase their vehicles.                                                                                                                                            Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

The things they sue for in America. Lol. According to reports, a fan is suing Kanye West, claiming he was tricked into subscribing to Tidal by the rapper. A class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco by a man named Justin Baker-Rhett claiming Kanye fraudulently promised to release his new album, The Life of Pablo, exclusively on Tidal, making him subscribe to Tidal, only for Yeezy to turn around and release it on other streaming services for free.                                                                                                                                       Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

A British woman claimed a Nigerian gang posing as an online love interest conned her out of £20k. 56-year-old 'Elizabeth' (not her real name) - appeared on Good Morning Britain yesterday, April 19 to warn people of the dangers of online dating. After thinking she was was dating an engineer from Southampton who had a contract out in Dubai, it turned out to be a scam.                                                                                                                                                   Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

In December 2014, Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda was arrested along with members of his G Stone 90s gang. The GS90 had been under surveillance for months by the NYPD Brooklyn South Violence Reduction Task Force in connection with a series of gang related shootings and drug trafficking. Bobby and 20 members of his gang were charged with multiple drugs, guns and murder charges and were not released on bail. Update now is, two of the defendants have been convicted of murder...                                                                                                                                     Read more » Follow @cool_jist