MAGNITUDE 5.5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES EASTERN EGYPT. (PHOTO)
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes eastern Egypt A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook eastern Egypt early Monday, prompting authorities to activate response plans, although there were no immediate requests for emergency help. The tremors were felt across a wide area, waking residents across Cairo and reaching as far as El-Arish near Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip. The quake struck about 40 kilometres north of the city of Suez at 3:00 am (0000 GMT), according to Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, which revised an earlier estimate of 5.2.
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo visited Anambra state on Monday,June 12.He was there to attend the 50th conference of the Nigerian Law Teachers Association held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka,Anambra State.During the event,he spoke on the insecurity in Nigeria and how it can be tackled.The Acting President who was received by the Governor of Anambra state,Willie Obiano lamented about insecurity and poverty in Nigeria.Osinbajo also blamed the Federal Government for the ethnic agitation currently going on in the country.He said most of the security problems confronting the nation were self inflicted,resulting from corrupt practices,injustices among others.He said: ''The Boko Haram in the North-East,militants in the Niger Delta and farmer/herdsmen clashes were as a result of poverty.A lot of these agitation centred on tthe failure of the state to create an inclusive society,a failure to guarantee the security of lives and property by the agencies charged with the responsibility and the failure to build trust around the rule of law and justice system of administration''.Osinbajo said lack of provision of basic needs of life to the people remained the greatest source of tension in the country.More photos below.
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