Kanye West leads the field at this year’s BET awards with seven nominations.Musical partner and collaborator Jay-Z also has five while the rapper’s wife Beyonce is up for six.Jay-Z and West collaborator last year on Watch the Throne and are on tour in the UK together at the moment.Their songs In Paris and Otis are up for video of the year with Beyonce up for two awards in that category... 

Usher made a rare appearance in Atlanta on Monday. The Grammy award-winning singer wasn’t on stage. He was in a Fulton County courtroom. Usher broke down in court as he gave evidence during a legal battle with his ex-wife over custody of their two sons. Usher Raymond IV and his ex-wife Tameka Foster-Taymond are battling over custody of their two kids. Tameka wants full custody. Usher wants increased... 

Fabio Capello has held preliminary talks with Liverpool Fabio Capello has held talks with Liverpool and has been invited to meet with owners Fenway Sports Group. Roberto Martinez and Andre Villas-Boas have also held meetings with Liverpool and are on the list speak to the owners, and it is expected that they will be joined by at least one other candidate. A source told ESPN: “The long list of... 

Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres celebrate the club's Champions League success Chelsea chief executive, Ron Gourlay, has calmed suggestions Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres will leave the club. Drogba, 34, had been quoted in France Football as saying he had “decided to leave” Stamford Bridge, but his agent later said the quotes were “not genuine”. Following the Champions... 

Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are set to stay at AC Milan AC Milan boss, Massimiliano Allegri, has dismissed speculation that Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva could be sold after Roberto Mancini paid a visit to the club. Mancini was seen at Milan headquarters on Monday, where he held a 30-minute meeting with Rossoneri vice-president Adriano Galliani. The Manchester City boss played down the... 

Mr Emmanuel Kofi Buah (left), Ghana’s deputy Energy Minister, being presented with his award by the organisers STORY BY: EVANS OSEI BAFFOUR, BACK FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA. A Ghanaian deputy Minister of Energy in charge of Petroleum, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has been honoured with the State of Texas recognition award at the fifth edition of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held in Houston,... 

Michael Ikpoki, CEO of MTN The chiefs and people of Juaso Nkyesa in the Asante Akim District of Ashanti Region have expressed appreciation to Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) for what they see as a huge boost to education in the area.   Their appreciation follows the construction of a six-unit classroom block with store and offices for teachers of the Nkyesa LA Primary School. The commissioning... 

STORY: EVANS OSEI BAFFOUR, WITH ADDITIONAL FILES FROM YASMIN BOAMA, STAFF OF ENERGY MINISTRY, BACK FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS (USA) The 2012 edition of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held in Houston, Texas in the United States of America (USA) came to a resounding end with many bright spots to look up to. During a Pan-African programme at the fifth sub-Saharan Africa Oil & Gas Conference held... 

Half a century ago, in the drug industry’s golden era, we were bestowed with countless pills to lower blood pressure, control blood sugar and get rid of infections. But today it costs about $1bn to bring a new medicine to market, a process that can take 15 years. The industry faces multiple crises as budgets are squeezed and tough scientific challenges loom. Academics and patients’ groups... 

Key facts Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2008 (1). Lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast cancer cause the most cancer deaths each year. The most frequent types of cancer differ between men and women. About 30% of cancer deaths are due to the five leading behavioral and dietary risks: high body mass index, low fruit and...