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Ghana Embassy set to inaugurate Ghana Residents Association in Japan

Africa

Ghana Embassy in Japan set to inaugurate Ghanaian Residents Association in Japan

The Ghana Embassy in Japan in collaboration with an interim committee for the formation of the Ghana Association in Japan is set to inaugurate the nation-wide Ghanaian Residents Association in Japan, JafriQ Radio can exclusively confirm. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has been earmarked for the headquarters of the Association with members expected to converge at Matsubara Danchi on March 30, 2025 at 15:00 Japan Standard Time for the 3-hour […]

todayJanuary 10, 2025

Kwasi Appiah is a former coach of Ghana's Black Stars

Africa

Ex-Ghana coach Kwasi Appiah names the best player he has ever coached

Sudan national team head coach James Kwasi Appiah has named the best player he has ever coached during his coaching career. Appiah, who has guided Sudan to successfully qualify for the 2025 AFCON tournament in Morocco, has had two spells with the Black Stars of Ghana and even qualified the four-time AFCON winners to the 2014 FIFA World Cup - demolishing Egypt 5-1 in the qualification series. During a recent […]

todayJanuary 9, 2025

John Mahama is the 6th President of the fourth republic of Ghana

Africa

Ghana set to inaugurate new President John Mahama in few hours

John Dramani Mahama has made a sensational comeback as a President of the Republic of Ghana and is set to be sworn into office in a few hours. Mahama, 66, defeated incumbent Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the 2024 General Elections in the West African nation. Mahama, who was President of Ghana between 2012 and 2016, obtain 56.55 percent of the valid votes cast as against his closest rival […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

John Mahama has nominated Alban Bagbin

Africa

Ghana’s President-Elect John Mahama nominates Speaker of Parliament

John Mahama, Ghana's President-Elect, has nominated Alban Bagbin, as the Speaker of the 9th Parliament of the fourth Republic of the country. Bagbin, Speaker of the 8th Parliament, is regarded by many to have distinguished himself during his reign as the Speaker of the house of legislature. According to sources within the incoming ruling party, the National Democratic Congress, the President-Elect has informed Members of Parliament to vote overwhelmingly for […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

Titus Phiri has been arrested by the Zambian Police Service.jpeg

Africa

Drunk police officer frees 13 detainees to celebrate New Year in Zambia

Zambia Police officer Titus Phiri has been arrested and placed under investigations for freeing 13 police cells detainees under the influence of alcohol. According to the Zambia Police Service, the force has launched a manhunt for the 13 perps who are all on the run. Detective Inspector Titus Phiri of the Leonard Cheelo Police Post, who was intoxication, seized the cell keys for both the male and female and freed […]

todayJanuary 5, 2025

Tomiko Itooka celebrated her 116th birthday on 23 May 2024

Japan

World’s oldest human dies at 116 years old in Japan

The Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, the oldest recorded person in the world, has been confirmed dead in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture. Itooka, 116, died in a nursing home in Ashiya on Friday. She was the world's living oldest person according to the Guinness World Records. She became the world's oldest person after Spain's Maria Branyas Morera who passed away at the age of 117 years old last year August. Ms Itooka […]

todayJanuary 4, 2025

Nippon Steel attempted to purchase US Steel

Japan

America blocks $14.9bn sale of US Steel to Nippon Steel [Japan]

Joe Biden, President of the United States of America, has blocked the sale of US Steel to Japanese company Nippon Steel in a $14.9 billion deal, according to multiple records. The move by Biden fulfils his political promise to Americans, however there has been concerns that the move could hurt Washington's relationship with Tokyo. In the heat of the 2024 US Presidential Elections campaign, American Steelworkers Union pressured the political […]

todayJanuary 3, 2025

The Yomiuri Shimbun Hikaru Ogawara of Aoyama Gakuin University crosses the finish line of the final leg of the 101st Tokyo-Hakone Intercollegiate Ekiden on Friday in Otemachi, Tokyo

Japan

Aoyama Gakuin University wins 101st Tokyo-Hakone Intercollegiate Ekiden

Shibuya-based Aoyama Gakuin University, retained their Tokyo-Hakone Intercollegiate Ekiden title on Friday in Tokyo. The Christian private university has thus set a new record in the competition by finishing the two-day, 10-leg road relay race that covers 217.1 kilometers in 10 hours 41 minutes 20 seconds. Komazawa University, who won 2023 champions, set a reputable record time for the return journey but settled for second in 10:44:07. Kokugakuin University finished […]

todayJanuary 3, 2025

People try to salvage items from the burned down secondhand clothing market at Kantamanto in Accra, Ghana, on January 2, 2025. The fire at the Kantamanto market began in the early morning hours, destroying a large part of the area and displacing thousands of traders. AFP - NIPAH DENNIS

Africa

Akufo-Addo speaks about Kantamanto Market devastating fire outbreak [Ghana]

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo says he has been left devastated by the massive fire outbreak that destroyed numerous shops and stores in Ghana's biggest clothes market - Kantamanto. Thousands of traders have lost almost all their goods and capital as almost nothing was salvaged from the horrifying fire outbreak. Ghana's National Fire Service had to deploy about 13 tenders to bring the fire under control. During his final state of […]

todayJanuary 3, 2025

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