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Sista Afia Denies Inviting Tracy Shay on Stage During Concert

7Jan

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Entertainment

Sista Afia Denies Inviting Tracy Shay on Stage During Concert

Ghanaian musician Sista Afia has issued a press statement addressing circulating social media reports, videos, and commentaries suggesting that she personally invited a young lady identified as Tracy Shay onto the stage during her recent concert. In the statement, the award-winning artiste firmly denied the claims, clarifying that she had no knowledge of how or when Tracy Shay got onto the stage and did not personally invite her to do so. “My attention has been drawn to a number of social media stories, videos, and write-ups suggesting that I personally invited the young lady, Tracy Shay, onto the stage during my concert. I wish to clearly state that I have no knowledge of how or when she got onto the stage, and I did not personally invite her to do so,” the statement said. Sista ...

PhD, MPhil students gather for All Nations University annual conference

24Nov

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Education

PhD, MPhil students gather for All Nations University annual conference

The All Nations University has held its second annual International Conference in Koforidua in the Eastern Region for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil) students, faculty members, and church leaders. The three-day conference was themed: “African Flagship Private Universities: Changing the Paradigm of Higher Education.” Professor Samuel H. Donkor, President of All Nations University, said the conference aimed to compile and present papers on key academic and developmental themes. These included Christianity and higher education from a Western perspective, integrating theology with other disciplines, mentorship in private universities, digital transformation in the oil and gas sector, and financing and sustainability strategies for private...

Koforidua: Citizens voices shape democratic reforms during Constitution Review Committee forum

9Jul

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Politics

Koforidua: Citizens voices shape democratic reforms during Constitution Review Committee forum

The Constitution Review Committee (CRC) Zonal Public Engagement held in Koforidua has drawn widespread participation, as citizens from across the Eastern Region gathered to share views and suggestions on reforming Ghana’s 1992 Constitution. Speaking during the public engagement, Mrs. Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, Eastern Regional Minister, commended President John Dramani Mahama’s decision to establish the Constitution Review Committee to spearhead public discourse on reviewing and refining Ghana’s 1992 Constitution. She described the move as a testament to the government’s commitment to inclusive, participatory, and forward-looking constitutional reform during the CRC Zonal Public Engagement in the Eastern Regional capital, Koforidua. The forum was con...

Defilement, incest now common in Tano North Municipality-Director

8Jul

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News

Defilement, incest now common in Tano North Municipality-Director

Cases of defilement and incest are now common in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region,, Madam Angelina Aboagyewaa Appiah, the Tano North Municipal Director of the Social Welfare Department has said.She said the municipality had since January 2025 recorded five cases of defilement, mostly linked to incest, saying that alcoholism and substance abuse were identifiable factors that influenced the perpetrators to commit the crime.Madam Appiah said though perpetrators had been prosecuted, many of the cases remained unreported because the victims and their families feared societal stigmatisation.She added that certain belief systems and poverty were also fueling transactional sex, and child marriage and teenage pregnancy in the municipality, and called for stakeholder support to bring ...