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Former Chief of Air Staff, COAS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (rtd), who is facing trial along Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, was in court Tuesday. At the resumed hearing of the case Tuesday, a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Dalhatu, told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja how monies were being disbursed from the accounts of the Nigeria Air Force, NAF, on Badeh's order.                                                                                                                                             ...

Few players have come this good in recent memory, but Cristiano Ronaldo...at 32, and still banging in the goals for club and country, the player would forever have his name etched in the sands of time after his heroics  on Tuesday  night, ensured his club side, Real Madrid now have complete control over their destiny in the UEFA Champions league semi-final.                                                                                                                                    Read more » Follow @cool_jist

A 47 year old female New York corrections officer opened fire on her 44 year old ex-boyfriend outside a prison in Queens on Monday. According to an eyewitness account, the former couple were arguing outside the Queensboro Correctional Facility on Van Dam Street when she shot at him early Monday morning.                                                                               Read more » Follow @cool_jist

The White House and State Department on Monday denied a report by CNN alleging the Trump administration planned to end Michelle Obama’s “Let Girls Learn” initiative. On Tuesday, a White House spokesperson said: “The report in CNN yesterday was incorrect.” “There have been no changes to the program and none have been authorized.”                                                                                                                                                      Read more » Follow @cool_jist

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to change California's ban on "gay conversion" therapy aimed at turning youths under age 18 away from homosexuality, rejecting a Christian minister's challenge to the law which he said violates religious rights. The justices, rejected a challenge to the 2012 law for the second time in three years, let stand a lower court's ruling that it was constitutional and neither impinged upon free exercise of religion nor impacted the activities of clergy members.                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist