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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…

TV3 says its signals on all decoders and satellite television sets (Direct-To-Home) will be disabled during the live broadcast of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. Managers of the leading television station, Media General Group, explained in a statement Saturday evening that the rights secured by the consortium enables TV3 and other to broadcast the matches live only on free-to-air television in Ghana. In view of the fact that TV3’s satellite channels broadcast beyond Ghana, the station resolved to deactivate the said channels during AFCON matches to avoid flouting the broadcasting rights secured by the consortium which…

The search for the next intelligent, eloquent and beautiful lady to become the next queen of Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB), a culturally oriented television reality show by TV3, has begun in Accra A large number of young beautiful ladies who believe they’ve got what it takes to be selected for the prestigious reality show thronged the premises of TV3 at Adesa We, Kanda, in Accra on Friday to be auditioned for the show that has become the favourite of Ghanaians. This year’s season is on the theme ‘Black and Proud’. Sixteen young ladies, who are well-versed in the culture…

The search for the next intelligent, eloquent and beautiful lady to become the next queen of Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB), a culturally oriented television reality show by TV3, has begun in Accra A large number of young beautiful ladies who believe they’ve got what it takes to be selected for the prestigious reality show thronged the premises of TV3 at Adesa We, Kanda, in Accra on Friday to be auditioned for the show that has become the favourite of Ghanaians. This year’s season is on the theme ‘Black and Proud’. Sixteen young ladies, who are well-versed in the culture…

Event organisers will now be compelled to make a 20 per cent down payment upon booking the National Theatre in Accra before being allowed to use the place for their events and programmes. The new policy has been necessitated by the failure or refusal of some event organisers to pay for the use of the auditorium which has become one of the few venues for most of the country’s big indoor entertainment events. According to the Executive Director of the National Theatre, Amy Frimpong, some organisers hitherto pleaded to use the auditorium for their events and pledged to pay the…

Event organisers will now be compelled to make a 20 per cent down payment upon booking the National Theatre in Accra before being allowed to use the place for their events and programmes. The new policy has been necessitated by the failure or refusal of some event organisers to pay for the use of the auditorium which has become one of the few venues for most of the country’s big indoor entertainment events. According to the Executive Director of the National Theatre, Amy Frimpong, some organisers hitherto pleaded to use the auditorium for their events and pledged to pay the…

Oil and gas service provider Southey Contracting Limited, which operates in the Western Region, has donated 320 mono desks to the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly to be given to basic and junior high schools within the municipality. The donation forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility. In a speech, the Financial Director for Southey Contracting Limited, Dafina Ocran, indicated that the company is not only into maintenance but also giving back to the society in which it operates. “Generally, we are into maintenance services, fabrication, painting, installations, fabric maintenance, corrosion prevention and all sort of works in the engineering…

Hosts Egypt made the ideal start to the Africa Cup of Nations by beating Zimbabwe in the opening game of the tournament in Cairo. Mahmoud Trezeguet scored the only goal of the game with a curled finished just before half time. Liverpool forward Mo Salah came close to doubling his side’s lead in the second half but his low drive was kept out by Zimbabwe keeper Edmore Sibanda. Ovidy Karuru had Zimbabwe’s best chance with a 30-yard strike late on. This year’s tournament is the biggest Africa Cup of Nations ever with 24 teams, and the first to be played…

President Donald Trump has said the US military was “cocked and loaded to retaliate” against Iran, but he changed his mind 10 minutes before planned strikes. Attacks on three sites were planned in response to the shooting down of a US unmanned drone this week. Mr Trump said he had called off strikes after being told 150 people would die. He tweeted: “10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone.” The late reversal was first reported by the New York Times on Thursday night. The newspaper said the operation had been “in…

A project to ensure high literacy among kindergarten and primary pupils in the Kwahu Afram Plains South of the Eastern Region has commenced following findings that only two per cent of kindergarten pupils in the area can identify alphabets and read with comprehension.   An annual monitoring in 2018 revealed that 98 per cent of pupils in the area do not have any reading material at home while 68 per cent did not have any kind of learning support at home. The situation, which has been persisting, is said to be affecting academic performance of pupils in the Afram Plains.…