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.

EFCC ARRAIGNS HUSBAND, WIFE FOR N1BN FRAUD IN ADO-EKITI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 EFCC Arraigns Husband, Wife for N1bn Fraud in Ado-Ekiti


The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC has arraigned a self-styled native doctor, Olorunbukunmi Taiwo and his wife, Awolegan Omolola Omotola, over an alleged contract scam to the tune of N1,098,961,500 (One Billion, Ninety-Eight Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-one Thousand, Five Hundred Naira) only. The couple were arraigned before Justice Abubakar Usman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on a six-count charge bordering of obtaining money by false pretence and retention of proceeds of crime contrary to Section 17(a) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004. Taiwo and Omotola ran into trouble when a widow, Anazia Colina Kenechukwu, a proprietor of a private school in Delta State, petitioned the EFCC alleging that the first defendant, Taiwo, approached her to finance a road construction contract purportedly awarded to him by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC). Kenechukwu further alleged that a total sum of N1,980,000,000.00 (One Billion, Nine Hundred and Eighty Million Naira) only was paid into Taiwo's account domiciled with Access Bank Plc. Investigation further revealed that the couple invested the proceeds of the illicit activities in the acquisition of two properties in Ado-Ekiti, namely: Town Tavern Lounge, located at No. 1, Ikere Road, off Florence Court School, Ado-Ekiti, and a four-bedroom bungalow located on Florence Court, Irewolede Estate, Ado-Ekiti. The Commission had on Monday, May 25, 2026 secured the interim attachment of the two properties. 

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