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Young people are taking part in a wider range of sexual practices, including anal sex, with opposite sex partners, research reveals. Experts looked at responses to a national sex survey that has been carried out every 10 years since 1990 in the UK. More than one in 10 millennial teenagers said they had tried anal sex by the age of 18. By the age of 22 to 24, three in every 10 said they had tried it. Vaginal and oral sex are still the most common types of sexual activity between young men and women, however. The age that young…

Young people are taking part in a wider range of sexual practices, including anal sex, with opposite sex partners, research reveals. Experts looked at responses to a national sex survey that has been carried out every 10 years since 1990 in the UK. More than one in 10 millennial teenagers said they had tried anal sex by the age of 18. By the age of 22 to 24, three in every 10 said they had tried it. Vaginal and oral sex are still the most common types of sexual activity between young men and women, however. The age that young…

Until his demise, he used to call me ‘DeeJay Herbal’. It is one of the numerous nicknames given to me by my compatriots who have worked with me, but he decided to stick to ‘DeeJay Herbal’. At exactly 2pm, Monday to Friday, between 2008 and 2011, while I am signing off to make way for Ekosii Sen after interviewing herbalist on Asempa 94.7FM, KABA would join me on air live in a jovial way as, ‘DeeJay, se wagye ahye wo ho’, I will then respond with a laughter, then KABA would come in again and say, ‘Deejay, ka nokroe, wagye…

Steel and iron manufacturing giant, B5 Plus Ghana Company Limited has been adjudged the best metals, building and construction company of the year 2017 by the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI). The sixth AGI awards ceremony was held recently at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Accra, and was attended by the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and captains of industry. It was held under the theme: “Promoting Industry and Quality Standards In Sixty Years of Ghana’s Economic Development.” B5 Plus Limited beat several other contenders to add the prestigious award to its arsenal of awards. Commenting…

As part of its effort to reduce gas related accidents in the country, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has engaged consumers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the Brong Ahafo region The exercise is aimed at sensitizing chopbar operators, restaurants, hotels and door-to-door business operators on safe dispensing and use of the gas. The team lead by Communication Officer of the Authority, Benjamin Sekyere Owusu, interacted with some operators of LPG sale outlets and consumers in Sunyani, Berekum, Techiman, Nsoatre and Ahafo Ano respectively. Briefing the media, Mr. Owusu explained, “We take them through what to do when you smell…

The absence of elective mathematics, chemistry, and biology teachers in the Bunkpurugu Senior High Technical School in the Northern region threatens quality teaching and learning there. The school has therefore entrusted the herculean task of teaching biology and chemistry into the hands of two teachers without specialty in those subjects. The Bunkpurugu Senior High Technical School was established in 1991, the school currently has a student population of 1,724 comprising 842 females and 882 males. The school has hostel facilities but they are heavily congested. Lessons begin at exactly 7:00am each day and ends at 1:45pm with two breaks at…

LIXIL Group Corporation, a global leader in the housing and building industry, has endorsed a joint declaration with the World Toilet Organization, Saraya Co., Ltd., and the ANA BLUE WING Program on sanitation and hygiene. The declaration outlines their joint commitment to support the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6): Ensure access to water and sanitation for all. The declaration was announced at an event in Tokyo to mark the World Toilet Day. Approximately 2.3 billion people around the world lack access to safe and sanitary toilets, of which around 892 million people are forced…

When Robert Mugabe left Ghana for his country Zimbabwe in the early 60s, his main ambition was to save his people from the maltreatment suffered under white settlers. This was the message he left for his students and colleagues at St Mary’s Training College, now St. Mary’s Senior High School in Takoradi, Ghana, where he taught English language between 1958 and 1960 before he departed from Ghana. Mugabe succeeded in gaining independence for his country and ruled for almost four decades until he was forced to resign as the Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at age 93. Mr. Kwaw…

Engineers of the Ghana Grid Company (GridCo) and Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) have been working around the clock to restore electricity supply to some parts of Tamale affected by Monday’s fire outbreak at GridCo’s substation. The late evening fire at the feeder room of GridCo’s substation in Tamale plunged the entire metropolis into darkness following the destruction of an 11KV power feeder. Officials say the fire started they were about to trigger routine fault diagnostics and repairs, when some sparks were observed on top of a near-by take-off pole causing strange sounds from the breakers followed by sequence of…