Oti Region

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SoNA 2026: Kadjebi residents shared views on expectations

February 24, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 24, GNA – Residents of Kadjebi in the Oti Region have shared varied views on the 2026…

Health

Oti National Ambulance Service honours SEMT Marfo for heroic life-saving intervention  

February 24, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore, GNA  Dambai (O/R), Feb. 24, GNA-The Oti Regional Management of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) has honoured Senior Emergency Medical Technician (SEMT), Mr Daniel Marfo, for his exceptional bravery and professionalism in…

Social

DVLA expands 24-hour services to regional offices nationwide starting next month  

February 23, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore, GNA  Dambai (O/R), Feb 23, GNA-The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is set to revolutionise its service delivery by introducing 24-hour operations at…

Court & Crime

Two shot dead at Keri

February 23, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu / Kingsley Mamore, GNA  Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 23, GNA – Two persons have been shot dead at Keri, a farming community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of…

Social

Oti Minister urges crackdown on undocumented bikes

February 23, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore, GNA   Guama(O/R) Feb. 22, GNA – Mr John Kwadwo Gyapong, the Oti Regional Minister has called on the Ghana Police to strictly enforce laws…

Social

Buem MP urges DVLA staff to serve with integrity

February 23, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore, GNA   Guama (O/R), Feb 22, GNA – Mr Kofi Idi Adams, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Buem Constituency, has advised staff of the Driver…

Economy

Let’s restore confidence in power distribution – Jasikan District Engineer

February 22, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu, GNA  Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 22, GNA – Mr Musa Abiaduka Osumanu, the Jasikan District Engineer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has appealed to customers and well-meaning Ghanaians to…

Social

Oti Region: NAP urges youth to leverage apprenticeship programme to fight unemployment

February 21, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore Dambai (O/R), Feb. 21, GNA – The National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP) has urged youth in the Nkwanta North District to take…

Social

ECG engages Kadjebi community on power distribution and safety

February 21, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu, GNA  Kadjebi (O/R), Feb 21, GNA – The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has engaged residents of Kadjebi in the Oti Region on its operations, billing systems, bushfire prevention and the…

Court & Crime

Jasikan Circuit Court remands two for conspiracy, trafficking of narcotics 

February 20, 2026
GNA

By Edward Williams   Jasikan (O/R), Feb. 20, GNA – The Jasikan Circuit Court has remanded a 50-year-old driver and a 25-year-old Nigerian national on counts of conspiracy and…

Social

Krachi East Assembly members cry foul over projects exclusion  

February 20, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore  Dambai (O/R), Feb. 20, GNA – The Assembly members in Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region are up in arms over their exclusion…

Social

Kadjebi residents demand installation of prepaid meters to curb overbilling 

February 20, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu  Kadjebi (O/R), Feb 20, GNA – Residents of Kadjebi in the Oti Region have appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to install prepaid…

Social

Low voltage damage KASEC corn mill – Headmaster 

February 20, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu  Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 20, GNA – Mr Emmanuel Cole, the Headmaster of Kadjebi-Asato Senior High School (KASEC), has alleged that persistent low voltage and power fluctuations…

Social

Krachi East community sensitized on rule of law and anti-corruption  

February 19, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore  Dambai (O/R), Feb 19, GNA- The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has sensitised different groups in Krachi East municipality of the Oti Region on the importance of upholding the rule…

Social

Persistent power outages anger Kadjebi residents

February 19, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu  Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 19, GNA – Residents of Kadjebi in the Oti Region have heightened concerns over persistent and unannounced…

Social

Iseguri Initiative mourn Ghanaian traders killed in terrorist attack 

February 18, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu, GNA   Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 18, GNA – Iseguri Initiative, a Kadjebi-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has expressed its deepest condolences to the families of eight Ghanaian traders who lost their lives in a recent terrorist…

Social

Queenmothers condemn sexual exploitation by Russian  

February 18, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore, GNA  Dambai (O/R) Feb 18, GNA – The All Regions Queen Mothers Association has condemned the actions of a Russian national, Mr Viacheslav Trahow, who reportedly filmed his sexual encounters with Ghanaian…

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Catholics in Kadjebi observe Ash Wednesday

February 18, 2026
GNA

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu   Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 18, GNA – Catholics in the Kadjebi District have joined the global Catholic community to observe Ash Wednesday on February 18.   The Blessed Heart of Mary…

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DVLA to commission Buem ultra centre in Jasikan  

February 18, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore, GNA   Dambai (O/R), Feb 18, GNA – The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is set to commission the Buem ultra centre on February 21, in Jasikan.   The event would…

Social

Off-duty ambulance officer saves crash victims in Oti Region 

February 17, 2026
GNA

By Kingsley Mamore, GNA  Dambai (O/R), Feb 17, GNA-An off-duty ambulance officer’s courage and swift intervention have saved a life following a head-on motorbike collision on the Dambai–Nkwanta road…