MAGNITUDE 5.5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES EASTERN EGYPT. (PHOTO)

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 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.

ORJI KALU NAMED CHAIRMAN OF SOUTH-EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BY SENATE. (PHOTO).


 

The Senate has appointed Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the pioneer Chairman Senate Committee on South-East Development Commission (SEDC), a newly created regional development commission signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.¹ Kalu, a former Abia Governor and current Chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatisation, is expected to lead the commission in achieving its objectives, including civil restitution, erosion control, security restoration, and infrastructure improvement.


Senator Ken Eze was also appointed as the Vice Chairman of the committee, while other members will be announced later. The Senate confirmed the 18-member board of the SEDC, led by Dr. Emeka Nworgu as Chairman and Hon. Mark Okoye as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.


Other confirmed members of the board include:


- Ugochukwu H. Agballah

- Hon. Okey Ikenwa

- Chief Hyacinth Ikpor

- Chidi Echeazu

- Ifeanyi Agwu

- Nasiru Usman

- Hamma Adama Ali

- Kumo Edward David Onoja

- Orure Kufre Inima

- Daniel Akwari

- Chief (Mrs.) Joke Adebayo-Chukwuma

- Hon. Stanley Ohajuruka (E.D. Finance)

- Chief Sylvester Okonkwo (E.D. Corporate Services)

- Hon. Toby Okechukwu (E.D. Projects)

- Senator Anthony Agbo (E.D. Commercial and Industrial Development)

- Dr. Clifford Ogbede (E.D. Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Rural Development)


The SEDC aims to address the region's development challenges, and Kalu's leadership is expected to play a crucial role in achieving this goal.

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