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Here's who's presenting on Oscar on Sunday

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We all know that Ellen Degeneres is going to be the presenter at the Oscars, but now the Oscars presenters have been revealed. And, spoiler alert, there's some cracking actors tipped to appear, from BAFTAs no-shows Benedict Cumberbatch and Jennifer Lawrence, to Brad Pitt and Angelina (scream!), and Bradley Cooper.  Getty To be fair, a lot of the presenters are no big surprise, as many are nominated, a few unexpected appearances give an indication as to who will be appear on the red carpet. So roll on Brangelina, Emma Watson and Anne Hathaway, we're looking forward to seeing what you're wearing (unless you do an Emma Stone at the Golden Globes and don't walk the red carpet). 

Kanye gets emotional on stage talking about his mum

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It's not often that  Kanye West  says something that makes you go, 'awww', but the rapper came over all emotional on stage during a recent show, and he gave a touching speech about his baby daughter Nori. Getty Images The 36-year-old was Mr. Sensitive during the  Yeezus  gig in Connecticut, where instead of his usual ranty behaviour,  Kanye West  told fans that he wished his mother Donda was still alive to meet his daughter.

Amunike is new Eaglets coach

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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the appointment of Emmanuel Amunike as the new head coach of the Nigerian male Under-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets. Amunike This disclosure was made by the head of the NFF’s technical committee, Emmanuel Ikpeme who stated that that Amunike’s appointment was borne out of the need for continuity, since Amunike was an assistant to Manu Garba who led the Golden Eaglets to win the World championship last year. “We have opted for continuity because these coaches are highly experienced and qualified to continue with the progress we are making,” Emmanuel Ikpeme told BBC Sport. “We’ve had a couple of disappointing experiences in the past and it was felt that we couldn’t take the same route again. “Amuneke has transformed from a great player to one of the finest youth coaches in Africa and we believe he deserves his under-17 role as well,” he added.

Nokia veers into android family, targets emerging markets

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At the ongoing GSM Mobile World Congress holding in Barcelona, Spain, the Finish mobile phone vendor, Nokia disclosed that it would take the android route. Stephen Elop, the Executive Vice President of Nokia Devices & Services, while unveiling Nokia X, the Nokia X+, and the Nokia XL mainly for emerging markets Monday at the Mobile World Congress described as “running Android apps with Nokia’s user experience and a wide array of Microsoft services”. Explaining why it supported the rival OS, Elop said that, “Building on the Android OS means having access to hundreds of thousands of apps right out of the box”. Similarly, alongside the major news about the X family, Nokia also announced new affordable handsets from its existing stable, the Nokia 220 and Asha 230 respectively.

Death toll from Yobe girls college massacre rises to 43

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The death toll from a school massacre in Yobe by suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Tuesday has risen to 43, a hospital source in the troubled northeastern Yobe state said. “Ambulances have been bringing in bodies from Federal Government College in (the town of Buni Yadi,” a senior medical source at the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in Yobe’s capital Damaturu told AFP. “So far 43 bodies have been brought and are lying at the morgue,” he said, requesting anonymity as he was not authorised to discuss death tolls. Yobe’s police chief Sanusi Rufai told AFP that 29 people were killed but it was not immediately clear if all of the dead were students. Rufai said he was en route to Buni Yadi with Yobe’s covernor Ibrahim Geidam to assess the extent of the damage.

BREAKING NEWS: SANUSI DRAGS JONATHAN BEFORE ABUJA FED HIGH COURT OVER SUSPENSION

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The suspended Governor of the Central  Bank of Nigeria , CBN, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has filed a suit before a Federal High Court seating in Abuja challenging his suspension from office. It would be recalled that the President had yesterday justified his suspension of Sanusi by saying 'I have absolute power to suspend him". In a related matter, controversial former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir Elrufai, who was very prominent at the head of the welcoming party that awaited Sanusi after his return from Niger Republic last week, has admitted that he did receive a majo contract from the CBN under Sanusi via his firm, Elrufai and Partners. Elrufai made the  admission  on Camera in an interview now circulating on the Internet. His admission came after it was exposed that his anger over Sanusi's suspension may have been as a result of fear of losing this patronage.

2014's Celebrity Splits

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February:  Robin Thicke and Paula Patton have split after eight years of marriage. In a joint statement, the couple confirmed their split: "We will always love each other and be best friends. However, we have mutually decided to separate at this time." Thicke and Patton met in 1993 at high school when Thicke was only 14 years old, and the couple had stayed together ever since. Robin Thicke and Paula Patton