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Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it will not hesitate to apologize to the students and the entire public on happenings that led to violence and destruction if need be. The University said it is meeting with the Council and the student body on Friday, October 26, to deliberate on the way forward after the violence and destruction of property on campus. The University Relations Officer, Kwame Yeboah Jnr, who revealed this on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Bright Kwasi Asempa, explained that the meeting is an emergency and it is in response…

Manchester United are “vigorously contesting” a Football Association charge against manager Jose Mourinho, for comments he made in Portuguese to a television camera after his side’s win over Newcastle on 6 October. It is claimed he used “abusive, insulting or improper language” after the 3-2 comeback win at Old Trafford. Mourinho was given an extension until Wednesday to answer the charge. The Portuguese could face a possible touchline ban if found guilty. The FA used a lip reader and the 55-year-old’s remarks were interpreted as offensive. Mourinho had been under pressure amid reports he would be sacked. His side had…

Nicki Minaj is being sued by singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman over claims she sampled her song without permission. A lawsuit has been filed over Nicki’s track Sorry – which it’s claimed she wanted to release on her album Queen – in a court in Los Angeles. It’s alleged the rapper used a sample from Tracy’s 1988 hit Baby Can I Hold You – despite being told she couldn’t. Newsbeat has contacted a representative for Nicki Minaj for a comment. Tracy Chapman has won four Grammys over a career spanning 20 years. Her last album Our Bright Future was released in 2008.…

Nigeria’s parliament has passed a law capping campaign spending for next year’s elections. The following limits have been set: Presidential candidates: $14m (£11m) Gubernatorial candidates: $3m Senate candidates: $700,000 House of Representatives candidates: $280,000. The Electoral Act also stipulates how electronic card readers, used for the accreditation of voters at polling stations, should work. The BBC’s Aliyu Tanko in Lagos says this is seen as a move to address the malpractices that have characterised previous elections. Card readers were used at some polling stations during the last elections, but there have been worries about them functioning in rural areas where…

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has called on the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Kwabena Obiri Danso, “to gracefully bow out”. The GPCC said if indeed the leadership of the Vice Chancellor “is autocratic, then he must bow out”. A member of the National Executive Council of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, Bishop Samuel N. Mensah, made the call in an interview on Wednesday on the KNUST developments on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Bright Kwasi Asempa. “Our leadership should move away from autocratic leadership. Human beings were…

The Office of National Chief Imam has called for the arrest and prosecution of the students who embarked on the violent demonstration at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Monday. Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, who is the Public Relations Officer for the Chief Imam, believes this will serve as deterrent to other students to use legal means instead of violence to resolve issues. A high-powered government delegation on Tuesday failed to reach a definite consensus with the management and students of KNUST, where a peaceful protest on Monday turned violent. The delegation, led by Minister of Education…

Egyptian side Al Ahly will fight for the CAF Champions League trophy for the second consecutive year after setting up a final with Tunisian side Esperance. Ahly beat Entente Setif 3-2 on aggregate to make it to the final. They will seek to extent their trophy haul in the competition, having won it a record eight times. A 2-1 second-leg loss to Setif on Tuesday did not stop the Egyptian giants from booking a place in the final. They had won the first leg 2-0. Earlier on Tuesday, Tunisia side had to ward off a gritty fight from Angolan side…

A viral outbreak at a New Jersey long-term medical care centre has killed six children and left a dozen more infected. State officials confirmed a total of 18 cases of adenovirus among paediatric patients at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation on Tuesday. Adenoviruses typically cause “mild illness” but the children affected are “medically fragile”, officials say. The state investigation is ongoing. The centre is now closed to new patients. The children involved have “severely compromised immune systems” rendering them more susceptible to the virus, the health department said. “The combination of a worse strain of adenovirus together with…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world’s longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after construction first began. Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The bridge cost about $20bn (£15.3bn) and should have opened in 2016.  Construction has been dogged by safety issues – at least 18 workers have died on the project, officials say. Mr Xi attended the opening ceremony of the bridge, which took place in Zhuhai, along with the leaders of Hong Kong and Macau. Limited bus services…

FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital has won the maiden edition of the FOCOS Corporate Culinary Cup fundraiser held on Saturday, October 20 at the hospital’s 70-bed facility in Pantang, Accra. The Specialist Orthopedic Hospital emerged victorious after beating the first runner-up Euracare Advanced Diagnostics and Heart Centre by just a point. Cal Bank, Sunpower Innovations, Sunshine HealthCare Ltd and Safety Insurance Brokers followed in that order. FOCOS Culinary Cup is an annual inter-organizational cooking competition that aims to raise funds to support children who require complex orthopedic procedures at the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital through fun and healthy cooking. The criteria used were…