A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan Monday, Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, issuing a tsunami warning for waves up to three metres (10 feet). The quake hit at 4:53 pm (0753 GMT) in Pacific waters off northern Iwate prefecture and the tremor was strong enough to shake large buildings as far as Tokyo, hundreds of […...
About 573 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as opposition continues to strategise ahead of the 2027 general elections. The 573 defectors who are from Sabuwar Dan Masara town in Dutse were presented to PDP top brass in a ceremony held yesterday, reports […]
•Secondhand clothes It takes Nii Armah and his crew of 30 fishermen hours to haul their weighty nets to shore on the bustling Korle-Gonno beach of Ghana’s capital Accra. Finally, their catch emerges — a colossal barracuda and a less welcome bounty of bundles of discarded clothing. Where once nets teemed with fish, they are […]
•Japan earthquake Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region. Residents in the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa prefecture were asked to “evacuate immediately to higher ground,” national broadcaster NHK said. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along the coastal regions...

