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It was victory for boys’ schools on the first day of the one-eighth stage of the 2019 National Science and Maths Quiz as Pope John’s Senior High and Seminary School, Presbyterian Boys’ SHS-Legon and St John’s School from Sekondi sailed through to the quarter-finals of the competition. Pojoss started it all on the day, pushing aside Notre Dame Girls’ SHS and regional revivals Koforidua SHTS. Ironically, the Sec-Tech Boys led after Round 1, garnering 17 points against Notre Dame’s 13 points and Pope John’s 12. All three schools failed to score a single point in the Problem of the Day…

A 21 year-old young woman, Sandra Dede Tetteh, has been found dead at Agormanor in the Eastern Region in what is suspected to be a murder case. Her body was discovered in a gutter Sunday morning half naked, with bruises around the neck and throat, raising suspicions of a possible strangulation. The body has since been deposited at the Atua Government hospital for preservation and autopsy. Sandra’s boyfriend, whose name has been given as Noah Kwao, is being accused for the suspected crime. Noah and his friend, Abass Teye, were said to have visited Sandra at about 8:30pm Saturday to…

Namibia forward Iitamunua Keimuine’s 89th-minute own goal gifted Morocco victory in their opening Africa Cup of Nations Group D match. Keimuine misjudged Ajax winger Hakim Ziyech’s free-kick as the 2017 quarter-finalists won in Cairo. Two-time winning coach Herve Renard’s side were limited to largely long-range attempts against a Namibia side making their first appearance since 2008. Ivory Coast face South Africa in Group D’s other match on Monday (15:30 BST). Despite a starting line-up featuring Ajax player of the season Ziyech, Morocco looked on course for a point against a side ranked 113 in the world – in what is…

The 2019 AFCON is in motion with surprises and ecstatic experience. As Ghanaians wait to witness their successful turn against the Benin  side, many are those who have thrown their weights behind them with strong believe that,  in this Year of Return, the trophy which has eluded the land for long would be brought to Ghana—the Gate to Africa. Among the many Ghanaians supporting the gallant Black Stars in Ghana are also Creative artistes of which the multi-award winning young Ghanaian poet & spoken word artiste—Oswald Okaitei—is part. Oswald has collaborated with a young aspiring spoken word artiste—Euodia Attram—to present…

The 2019 AFCON is in motion with surprises and ecstatic experience. As Ghanaians wait to witness their successful turn against the Benin  side, many are those who have thrown their weights behind them with strong believe that,  in this Year of Return, the trophy which has eluded the land for long would be brought to Ghana—the Gate to Africa. Among the many Ghanaians supporting the gallant Black Stars in Ghana are also Creative artistes of which the multi-award winning young Ghanaian poet & spoken word artiste—Oswald Okaitei—is part. Oswald has collaborated with a young aspiring spoken word artiste—Euodia Attram—to present…

Five hundred and eleven recruits of Course 49 graduated from the Fire Academy and Training School (FATS) in Accra yesterday. Three months ago, 398 recruits of Course 48 of the academy also graduated, bringing the total number of recruits in the year to 909, the largest so far in the history of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS). That has brought about a slight improvement in the country’s fire officer to people ratio, which is now one fire officer to 3,589 people as against the United Nation’s (UN) standard of one fire officer to 800 people. This means that Ghana…

MTN Ghana and the Women Organisers of the National Democratic Congress in the Volta Region kick started the 72nd birthday celebrations of former President Jerry John Rawlings with separate visits to his office on Friday. The NDC women’s group led by Madam Aku Sika Kpene, the newly elected Volta Regional Deputy Regional Women’s Organiser and former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye-Lithur, expressed gratitude to the former President for his tireless, relentless and matchless service to the nation. Amidst singing and dancing, the group recounted how women were given the opportunity to play several key roles in…

The breast, the most important external identification of females consists of 15 to 20 clusters of mammary glands surrounded by fatty fibrous tissues to give the breast its consistency. The amount of fat determines the size of the breast. The milk producing part is organised into lobes which have lobules where milk is produced and travels into and which connects and exits the skin in the nipple, the prominent tip of the breast. The nipple consists of smooth muscle fibres which when contracted makes the nipple erect. Around the nipples is a circular pattern of dark skin called areola which…

The chief of staff of the Ethiopian army, Gen Seare Mekonnen, has been shot dead by his own bodyguard in the capital, Addis Ababa. He and another officer died trying to prevent a coup attempt against the administration in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, PM Abiy Ahmed said. In Amhara itself, regional governor Ambachew Mekonnen was killed along with an adviser. The government says the situation is under control after arrests were made. The prime minister has gone on TV to urge Ethiopians to unite in the face of “evil” forces set on dividing the country. The US state department has…