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Three Nigerian scammers have been given jail sentences for defrauding victims they met on dating sites of tens of millions of dollars. Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison; Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31, was sentenced to 115 years and Femi Alexander Mewase, 45, got 25 years in prison, according to a report by Infosecurity Magazine. That brings it to a total of 235 years in prison.                                                                                                                                       Read more » Follow @cool_jist

After suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people and injured 119 more at singer, Ariana Grande's concert at the Manchester arena on Monday, she confirmed Friday that she will return to the city for a fundraising concert to support the families of the victims. She also apologized for the trauma caused and offered her condolences to people who lost someone to the terrorist attack.                                                                                      Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Ben Stiller 51, and his wife Christine Taylor, 45, are calling it quits after 17 years of marriage, The couple  announced their separation in a joint statement on Friday. They said: "With tremendous love and respect for each other, and the 18 years we spent together as a couple, we have made the decision to separate".  "Our priority will continue to be raising our children as devoted parents and the closest of friends. We kindly ask that the media respect our privacy at this time."                                                                                                                                         ...

The first day of Ramadan 1438 fasting will commence tomorrow,  Saturday, May 27 . In a just concluded press conference, the Sultan of Sokoto - Sa'ad Abubakar III, stated that the moon has been sighted in many states of the Federation. Reliable sightings of the moon were received from Muslim leaders across the country, and the sightings were verified by the National moon sighting committee. Hence, the fast would commence  today , May 27. Watch the video below                                                                                                                                                  ...

Hundreds of travellers were left stranded when their flight was evacuated because a mobile hotspot named "Jihadi London" was detected before takeoff. The passengers were due to board the Thomson flight from the Mexican tourist resort of Cancun to London Gatwick, but extra security checks meant it couldn't leave the airport. The WiFi network name was spotted by a passenger resulting in the plane getting grounded.                                                                                                                                    Read more » Follow @cool_jist

New reports have emerged that says Salman Abedi, the suspected bomber that detonated an explosive killing 22 people in Manchester  on Monday  may have have called his mum hours before the attack. A spokesman for an anti-terror force in Libya  Ahmed bin Salem confirms that he telephoned his mother hours before the attack and said, "Forgive me."                                                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Head of Operation Clean and Healthy Abambra state, Kenneth Okonkwo aka Ocha, died following complications from an injury he sustained after his car plunged into a ditch along one of the roads in the state yesterday. According to reports, his driver died on the spot of the accident while he died in the hospital where he was rushed to.                                                                                                                                                     More photos» Follow @cool_jist

14-year-old schoolgirl, Luyanda Mhlongo was strangled to death after she was brutally gang raped and repeatedly stabbed in a plantation, a stone’s throw from her home in Elokishini near Eshowe in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Her body‚ partially clothed and riddled with stab wounds‚ was discovered by children playing in the trees on Saturday, May 20.                                                                                                                                                        Read more » Follow @cool_jist

The man pictured above was deported from Libya Thursday. He went on his knees on the tarmac to express his gratitude to God immediately he arrived Nigeria. He must have gone through a lot while in Libya. Another photo after the cut...                                                                                                              Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Manchester clubs, Man U and Man City have put aside their age long rivalry to dole out financial support to families of the victims of the Manchester terror attacks  on Monday  that killed 22 people and injured 64 people.                                                                                                                                                                                           Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Salman Abedi (inset) killed 22 people and injured at least 119 more when he detonated a bomb at Manchester Arena on Monday night as children were piling out of the venue having watched Ariana Grande. But this afternoon the father of the attacker, Ramadan Abedi (right), said: 'We don't believe in killing innocents. This is not us.'                                                                                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist

At least 31 African migrants including young children drowned  on Wednesday  when they fell off an overloaded vessel in the Mediterranean Sea "This morning our crew on board the Phoenix reported that they were engaged in the rescue of a large wooden boat carrying several hundreds of people" said a spokesperson for Maltese NGO, Migrant Offshore Station (MOAS).                                                                                    Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Indonesian police said that a suspected suicide bomber and a police officer were killed in explosions near a bus station in the eastern part of the capital, Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon. There were two blasts in Kampung Melayu that went off five minutes apart late in the evening. Some people, including police officers, were wounded and have been taken to a nearby hospital. A hospital official who spoke to local TV stations said two policemen.                                                                                                                                                           ...

There was drama in Tieng’re, Kisumu County in Kenya as the body of a man buried almost two months ago on a disputed piece of land was  on Tuesday  exhumed following a directive issued by a High Court. Villagers at the scene who couldn't believe their eyes watched as youths hired by Gibson Onunga, who claims legal ownership of the disputed land, pulled out the casket containing remains of the late Ogada Ouko.                                                                       Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Members of staff and students of the Osun State University, Ipetu Ijesa, were reportedly harassed and battered by Airforce personnel  on Tuesday .  According to multiple reports, the Airforce men, who have allegedly been terrorising students of the University for a long time, arrived the campus Tuesday and beat up people on sight.                                                                                                                                                       Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Shortly after UK police identified 22-year-old Salman Abedi as the suspected suicide bomber who detonated bombs on Monday evening at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester which killed 22 people, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the UK has raised its threat level to "critical".                                                                                                                             Read more » Follow @cool_jist

The Labour Party (LP) has said that Boko Haram members never kidnapped the 300 Chibok schoolgirls and that the APC concocted the story just to dent  the image of former president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The party in a statement released Tuesday which was signed by its national chairman,  Abdulkadir Abdulsalami, the party said the recent release of 82 Chibok school girls is a fluke and that APC should expect the wrath of God for manipulating parents of the Chibok girls. The statement in part reads:                                                                                                                                   ...

Indonesian police arrested 140 men, including a British and Singaporean on suspicion of having a 'gay sex party' at a sauna in the capital late on Sunday Police spokesman, Argo Yuwono said the men were caught strip-teasing and masturbating in the scene.                                                                                                                              Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Bakin Kasuwa, Zaria, Kaduna State on Monday, burnt their brooms and joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.                                                                                                             More photos here » Follow @cool_jist

According to the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, these men (kidnappers) stormed the popular Lounge 24 Night Club and kidnapped the manager, Chidi Ojukwu aka Odaa Opuo. Immediately, the ever ready security operatives were alerted and they trailed the kidnap suspects to a lonely area in Urum where they engaged in a shoot out, killing two of the suspects on Monday, while the third ran into the bush seriously injured. Fortunately, the victim was rescued unhurt.                                                                                                                         Read more » Follow @cool_jist