Japan Loses Sumo Wrestler, Kiyotaka Suetake To Coronavirus

LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-He was tragically outmatched. Pro sumo wrestler Kiyotaka Suetake, known as Shobushi, died yesterday in Tokyo of multiple organ failure brought on by COVID-19, the Japanese Sumo Association announced. The 28-year-old fourth-tier competitor became ill April 4, but hospitals turned him away until four days later, when he began coughing up blood….

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Elumelu Challenges Japan To Invest 5% Of Its $50bn Commitment To Africa

LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In an impassioned keynote speech, delivered before global leaders, at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, African investor and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu CON, challenged the Government of Japan to invest 5% of its $50billion commitment to Africa, in empowering African entrepreneurs. “At TICAD 2016 in…

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Buhari, Sanwo-Olu, Zulum, AbdulRazaq Jet Off To Japan

LAGOS AUUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja Sunday night for Japan to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) slated for the City of Yokohama from August 28 to 30. Buhari’s participation will be his second, having attended TICAD6 in Nairobi, Kenya, in August 2016. He was accompanied by Governors…

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