DEATH TOLL FROM KENYAN FLOODS RISES TO 62, POLICE SAY. (PHOTO).
Death toll from Kenyan floods rises to 62, police say A total of 62 people including eight children have died since heavy rains and flooding hit Kenya's capital Nairobi and other areas late last week, police said, Reuters reported. The capital was the worst hit with 33 deaths, the force said in a statement on X that updated the official tally of casualties. More than 2,000 families have been displaced across Kenya and intense rain was continuing in several regions, it added. Aid workers started pulling bodies from floodwaters across Nairobi last Saturday after overnight flash floods swept away dozens of cars and disrupted flights at East Africa's biggest airport. A tally issued last Sunday put the death toll at 42.
The South South Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC Ishaq Salilu,yesterday wednesday January 18,2017 called for an enhanced collaboration between the EFCC and the Nigeria Immigration Services,NIS,in checking the menace of criminals and fraudsters in the country.Salihu made this remark when he received the Comptroller of Immigration,Rivers State,A,B.Yarima who paid him a courtesy visit in his office.''We pray for a deepened collaboration.We are very ready to partner with you'' he said.According to Salihu,the Nigeria Immigration Service is such a critical organization in the country that an enhanced collaboration will enable the Commission track fraudsters who despite having their international passports seized by the Commission are still able to sneak out of the country through other means.''How they disappear remains a mystery to us,'' he said.Earlier A.B Yarima,said he had visited other sister agencies and felt it was imperative that he visits the EFCC.He said there was need for a synergy between the Commission and the NIS to rid the society of crimes.''We are ready and willing to continue the existing relationship between NIS and the EFCC,'' he said.The Rivers State Comptroller was accompanied by other top officers of NIS including GB Dilosi,S.E.Legglack,both Deputy Comptroler,K.A. Saqiq,Assistant Comptroller,and a hosts of others.More photos below.

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