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Reliable information picked up by Onua News suggests that transport fares would go up by tomorrow, Tuesday, April 4. Credible sources withing the transport operators say they will today meet officials of the Ministry of Transport over the review of fares. The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) have all confirmed to Onua News that they will be meeting the Ministry at 2pm today to deliberate on the increment. New fares for both intra-city and intercity have all been decided, but they need the consent of the government through the Transport Ministry…

Short of four days, the NPP would clock three months in office. So in ten days, the Government would record its symbolic 100 days in office. So far, His Excellency has confirmed that he’s in a hurry indeed to deal with the herculean tasks on his plate. The haste with which the President has filled almost all the political offices with a team made up of a blend of old and fresh personalities prove that he was prepared for the political office which he had probably eyed and prayed about the greater part of his life. So far, everything seems…

The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Mr Alhassan Suhuyini has explained his involvement in the circumstances that led to chaos in the chamber of Parliament last Thursday. According to him, his colleague lawmakers for Manhyia South, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, and Ablekuma West, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, rained insults on him on the floor of parliament.He said while Dr Opoku Prempeh referred to him as a “mad” man, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful also hurled other insults at him at the same time. In a radio interview on Accra based Class FM Monday morning, he said: “I told him [Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh]…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the first-ever Ghana District Profile Series report in Accra. This report is part of USAID’s work to support evidence-based decision making, and to bridge the data and information gap at the sub-national level in the implementation of Ghana’s local government decentralization policy. The Ghana District Profile Series, arguably the most comprehensive report ever to be developed in Ghana, is designed to help stakeholders better understand the development progress and challenges being made in the districts where USAID works. The 486-page report, which covers all 59 districts in the three northern…

Although reheating a Chinese takeout when you’ve got a hangover is one of life’s great pleasures, leftover rice can actually be scarily bad for you, the UK’s National Health Service  says. Because if you didn’t already know, you can get a pretty grim case of food poisoning from eating reheated rice; it’s not the reheating that causes the problem, but instead the way the rice has been stored after being cooked the first time. So uncooked rice often contains spores (cells capable of reproducing quickly) of Bacillus cereus — a bacteria strand that can cause food poisoning — that can…

Although reheating a Chinese takeout when you’ve got a hangover is one of life’s great pleasures, leftover rice can actually be scarily bad for you, the UK’s National Health Service  says. Because if you didn’t already know, you can get a pretty grim case of food poisoning from eating reheated rice; it’s not the reheating that causes the problem, but instead the way the rice has been stored after being cooked the first time. So uncooked rice often contains spores (cells capable of reproducing quickly) of Bacillus cereus — a bacteria strand that can cause food poisoning — that can…

South Africa’s opposition party has launched disciplinary action against its former leader after she tweeted colonialism was not all bad. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has been under pressure to sanction Helen Zille since she caused a storm of controversy with the tweets in March. It is feared it may have scuppered the party’s electoral chances. On Sunday, the DA announced the anti-Apartheid activist stood accused of bringing the party into disrepute. DA leader Mmusi Maimane, who took over from Ms Zille in 2015, said it was not “an easy decision to take”, but that he felt the social media posts…

Over the years, I have keenly observed the lives of successful people like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett, Prince Kofi Amoabeng and Mike Agyekum Addo among others and nothing resonates more like their desire to follow their dreams and see it through. Recently I came across a quote from an unknown source that states that your salary is the bribe given you to forget about your dreams. I couldn’t help but wonder the path I was treading especially as a salaried worker. I realised that everything lay with a choice; a choice to invest and enrich myself, or a…

Over the years, I have keenly observed the lives of successful people like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett, Prince Kofi Amoabeng and Mike Agyekum Addo among others and nothing resonates more like their desire to follow their dreams and see it through. Recently I came across a quote from an unknown source that states that your salary is the bribe given you to forget about your dreams. I couldn’t help but wonder the path I was treading especially as a salaried worker. I realised that everything lay with a choice; a choice to invest and enrich myself, or a…

China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism. The measures include prohibiting “abnormally” long beards, the wearing of veils in public places and refusing to watch state television. Xinjiang is the homeland of the Uighurs, a traditionally Muslim group who say they face discrimination. Recent years have seen bloody clashes in the region. The Chinese government blames the violence on Islamist militants and separatists. But rights groups say the unrest is more a reaction to repressive policies, and argue that the new measures may end up…