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15 inmates in the Nsukka Prison in Enugu state have escaped after breaking their cells and scaling the prison walls. This incident happened yesterday night August 9th. The controller of prison, Lawrence Okonkwo, who confirmed the jailbreak, said he is yet to get more information about the jailbreak from the Enugu state prisons controller, Isaiah Amariri. Meanwhile there are reports that two of the escaped inmates have been re-arrested. Follow @cool_jist  

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has signed a new four-year contract with the Premier League champions. The 64 year old Italian, led the Foxes to their first top-flight title in his first season of managing the club, a title win that surprised the world of sports.                                                                                              Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

A 13-year-old boy was allegedly shot dead by a relative while testing out the charms prepared for him by a herbalist for protection against bullets. According to the Enugu State Police Command, on August 5th, one Ekene Oluka killed Obumneme Oluka, and is currently on the run. Ekene had successfully tested his charms at different occasions on the deceased but the last one went awry.                                                                      Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Twenty soldiers comprising four officers and sixteen men of the Nigerian Army have been arraigned before a court martial in Maiduguri, Borno state over offences bordering on gun-running and murder during their operation in the state.                                                                                                              Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Few days ago 'The rock' put up a post on Instagram where he slammed some of his Fast & Furious 8 male co-stars, labelling them as 'Candy Asses', but no one knew who he was referring to because he didn't mention names. According to new reports from TMZ, the target of his wrath was co-star Vin Diesel. The former wrestler is believed to have taken aim at his fellow action star because the pair reportedly clashed several times during filming of the upcoming eighth movie after falling out over decisions made by Vin in his extra role as producer.                                                                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

The trial of eight Nigerian men and a Cambodian woman accused of dealing drugs crystal methamphetamine from a Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Church in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, ended on Tuesday, August 9, with the woman claiming she had no idea that the smartphone boxes she delivered in 2014 were filled with drugs.                                                                   Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Michael Phelps now has a total of 25 medals of which 21 are Gold medals after the American swimmer won Gold in the 200m butterfly and Gold in the 4x200-meter relay event on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro. Phelps, 31, comprehensively beat defending champion Chad le Clos in the 200m butterfly before he helped the US win the men's 4x200m freestyle relay.                                                                       Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Tiarra Becca from Love & Hip Hop has been slammed by critics after she released photos of herself all oiled up and in bikini with all her four kids in the pics. Many feel she was exploiting the kids, that it was inappropriate and weird. See more photos and tell us what you think..                                                                                 Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

Clearly not satisfied with their celebrations on the pitch following their 3-2 extra-time victory  on Tuesday over Sevilla in the Supercup, Real Madrid players decided to gate crash manager Zinedine Zidane's post-match press conference in hilarious fashion. Real Madrid stars like Sergio Ramos and Marcelo mobbed their match-winning coach while he was having his interview before spraying water all over him.                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist  

A passenger on board the Emirates plane that crash landed in Dubai has won a million dollars on the lottery - just six days after the accident. All 300 people aboard an Emirates airliner survived a crash landing in Dubai last week, scrambling down emergency slides before flames consumed the plane. One firefighter was killed battling the blaze.                                                                               Read more » Follow @cool_jist