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Most Reverend Gabriel A. A Mante, Catholic Bishop of Jasikan, has raised concerns over the government’s decision to start the mining of Iron ore, a recently discovered mineral resource in the Oti region. The Oti Regional Minister, Mr Joshua G. Makubu at a press conference in Accra earlier in October, …

A man, identified as Zongo Lee believed to be in his late 50’s has been found dead at Nkwanta in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region. According to reports, the deceased ‘Zongo Lee’ found lying motionless and unwounded in the early hours of Friday, November 11, 2022, at …

Joshua Makubu, the Oti regional Minister has narrated the physical and emotional ordeal he had to endure after he lost his legs at age 9. Living with a disability left him with suicidal thoughts on several occasions due to society’s attitude toward him, after his amputation. According to him, the …

People’s Liberation Council (PLC) of Western Togoland have said that the recently discovered iron ore in the Oti Region belongs to the people of Western Togoland and not Ghana. According to the PLC, the territory that the Government of Ghana is referring to as the Oti Region belongs to the …

A suspected thief has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob after they caught him sneaking into an area in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) John Nchor, Public Relations Officer of the Oti Police Command, confirmed the incident to the Ghana …

His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, as the Asante custom demands, on Sunday evening, stormed Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital to attend the wake keeping at the Yiadom-Hwediem Palace to mourn with the New Juaben Traditional Council over the demise of the Omanhene and the Queen mother. The final …

The New Juaben South Municipal Director of Education Victor deGraft -Etsison is requesting for a temporal closure of both public and private schools in the Municipality due to the final funeral rites of the late paramount Chief of New Juaben Traditional Area , Daasebre Prof.Emeritus Oti Boateng and the Queenmother …

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned of a pending thunderstorm likely to be hit parts of the Volta and Oti regions between 6OM and 11PM on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. This according to the agency this is a result of a rainstorm which is propagating from southern Benin towards Ghana. …

Residents of Sibriso, a village near Kwamekrom in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region are distraught by the alleged killing of a 17-year-old herdsman identified as Sani Mohammed. The incident which occurred on March 1, 2022, has revived several concerns about the delicate relationship between farmers and herdsmen in …

Zakari Yussif, a septuagenarian and a farm hand has been burnt by wild bushfire beyond recognition at Dodo-Pepesu in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region. The deceased, a resident of Dapaa Kukurantumi, who was believed to be working on a farm close to the inferno, tried quenching it, but …