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"Simon has made up his mind," says close show source, as the judging line-up remains unclear Will Melanie Brown ever return to the show? Mel B will not be spicing up The X Factor this year and has been axed from the judging panel by Simon Cowell . The 39-year-old was never far from controversy on the 2014 series and famously missed the first night of the final weekend with a mystery illness.

Jess Evans and Mike Houlston made the heartbreaking decision to donate their tragic baby boy's organs to help save a life His tiny body was only strong enough to cling to life for a matter of minutes, but little Teddy will always be a hero to his mum and dad. Jess Evans and Mike Houlston knew their brave baby boy could never survive, but they were determined for his life to have a true meaning.

Stephen Keshi will be sacked if he fails to reach the semifinals of the 2016 CAF championship for African players based at home (CHAN), according to reports. Keshi The 53-year-old former Nigeria captain signed a new 2-year contract to continue as the Super Eagles coach, but he may not have as much ‘liberty of performance’ as he did in his previous contract. Clause 4.1 of the contract states that: “The NFF shall employ the head coach for a period of two (2) years. “Provided in the unlikely event that the senior male national team (the Super Eagles) under the head coach fail to make it to the semifinals of the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN), the NFF in its absolute discretion may decide to terminate this present contract.”

..Summons Foreign Affairs Minister; says Nigeria must stand up for Africa, 350 Nigerians displaced The Senate, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to recall Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, following the wave of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. It also hinted that the Federal Government would formally file a criminal case at the International Criminal Court, ICC, Hague, against the Zulu King, who was believed to have instigated the uprising through inciting comments.

There was confusion and drama at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday, as the sacked Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, stalled the formal handover to his successor, Mr Solomon Arase, until he was compelled to do so by the Presidency. Handing overceremony: Acting Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase (middle) discussing with his Deputy Inspector General of Police Hashimu (left) and DIG Doma (right) shortly after handing over in Abuja yesterday. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan

 Meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC was underway late last night. The meeting which held at the Rivers State Governor’s lodge located along Hassan Usman Katsina street, Asokoro Abuja was expected to rectify the zoning of offices in the incoming government. Senate presidency and speakership of the House of Representatives were among such offices which the meeting was expected to look into.

Immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, yesterday said he did his very best and delivered a credible and peaceful election to the country during the 2015 general elections. Abba spoke during the official handing over and taking over ceremony at the Force Headquarters. He said, “I want to thank the Almighty God, for seeing me into the office of IGP; like He said, He gives and He takes and He is also seeing me out as the IGP, particularly, when it is in good health and with the ovation I’m getting from my colleagues.

Zinedine Zidane has admitted that he likes Eden Hazard a lot and is keeping an eye on the Chelsea forward. The Belgian has been in amazing form for the Premier League leaders this season, netting 18 goals and providing 10 assists. He was recently nominated for both the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year awards.

The phrase ‘match-winning hero’ has not been employed to describe Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez very often since he joined Real Madrid on loan from Manchester United at the start of the season. The Mexican striker has rarely featured for Los Blancos, finding himself firmly behind Real’s ‘BBC’ forward line of Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. And manager Carlo Ancelotti rarely rotates his squad, even for home

Veteran actress Joke Silva has placed a curse on the faces behind the problem of piracy that the Nigerian movie industry is facing today. In an exclusive chat with YNaija, the actress, shortly after her session at the Nigerian Entertainment Conference event in Lagos, poured out her heart about the menace of piracy.

Following her husband's defeat at the recently held presidential election, Mrs Patience Jonathan has called for an emergency meeting of the African Ladies Peace Mission where she has served as President since July 2012. Mrs Jonathan was elected President of the group in July 2012 and was expected to do two year term but with the exit of her husband from office, she will have to handover as President to someone else.

L-R: Manny Pacquiao and Fliyd Mayweather Jr Tickets for the richest fight in boxing history, between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, will go on sale Thursday after the two camps put their squabbles aside and finally reached a deal. The release of tickets will come just nine days before the May 2 fight after being held up for weeks because of a contract dispute between Pacquiao’s camp, Mayweather Promotions and the MGM Grand Hotel.

 The Joe Ajaero-led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed displeasure over comments credited Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State in regards to outcome of the rescheduled election of the labour movement. Ajaero, who addressed a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, described Oshiomhole’s comments as "unhelpful, divisive and partial''. The governor had said on Monday that the rescheduled NLC election was transparent, free and fair.

FILE PHOTO: Winners of 2009 Spelling Bee in Lagos Boluwatife Tijani, a 12-year-old pupil of Araromi Primary School, Agege, on Wednesday emerged the winner in the 2015 Spelling Bee competition in Lagos State. Tijani, a Primary Six pupil, competed with 56 other contestants representing the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas in the state in the competition held in Ikeja. Ten-year-old Iretiola Ifaniyi, a Primary Five pupil of Methodist Primary School, Ibese, came second while 10-year-old Jonathan Arowodu of Akesan Primary School came third.

FILE PHOTO: Boko Haram child soldiers Colonel Azem Agouna, Chadian Army Spokesman, said on Wednesday that they have repatriated 43 children, who had been kidnapped by Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram and forced to become child soldiers. He said in N’djamena that the children, who are aged 12 and older and are Chadian nationals, were found in the Nigerian town of Damasak, in North-Eastern Borno.

A staff of popular eatery Sweet Sensation, Oluremi Olayinka pictured above has been sentenced to 266 years imprisonment by an Ogun state High Court for stealing N8 million from her employers. Her company petitioned the EFCC after she made away with N8million handed over to her by her employer. Olayinka was in May 2013 dragged before the court for the offence.

Awka - The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Anambra chapter, has suspended its four-month-old strike, according to the state Chairman of the union, Mark Ifezue. Ifezue said in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday that the suspension followed an agreement reached between the union and the state government to implement the judgment of January 14, 2014. Activities of the Nigerian courts were paralysed from January 5, 2015, when members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) began their nationwide industrial strike which shut down courts' services across the country.

Google said Wednesday it was launching its own US mobile wireless service, with considerable potential savings for customers using their devices at home and for international travel. The service called Project Fi is only available by invitation for now, and only for the Google Nexus 6 smartphone.

She shared a picture of an LO (Lamar Odom) tattoo on her hand holding the shift of her Bentley on her Instagram page and added a 'hearts' emoji on there. She's reportedly been hooking up with Lamar in the last few weeks. Are they about to make a big announcement? Like, maybe they are officially back together? This one that she's proudly showing off his tattoo..

Diezani Alison-Madueke, Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, minister of petroleum resources, says she has done her best for Nigeria and have attained many firsts in the history of oil and gas in the country. She noted that having performed optimally there is no need for her to seek any soft-landing from the incoming administration because she has not committed any crime. She also said the report that she has sought, but refused asylum outside the country was false.

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala WorldStage Newsonline-- A group, Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) on Wednesday urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the imprisonment of Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over failure to obey a February 25, 2014 judgment of the court, directing her to provide details of statutory disbursement to some federal agencies.