DEATH TOLL FROM KENYAN FLOODS RISES TO 62, POLICE SAY. (PHOTO).

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 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.

EFCC ARRESTS FIVE SUSPECTED FOREX SPECULATORS IN ABA.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.


 EFCC Arrests Five Suspected Forex Speculators in Aba


Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the  Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC, on Friday, May 17, 2024,  arrested five suspected forex speculators at the Ama-Hausa mosque, along Hospital Road, Aba in Abia State.

The arrested suspects are:  Hassan Umaru; Haruna Umar Badamasi Abdullahi, Auwal Muhammed  and   Kasimu Muhammed. 

 

 The suspects were in possession of different currencies in varied sums at the point of arrest.


The recovered currencies are: 23,000 Won (Korean currency), 52 (Yuan Chinese currency),  $6, 500 Nippon Ginko, 40 notes of Dalawampung piso( Philippines

Currency) 20 Gambian Dalasis, 20 Swaziland currency and N382,000 (Three Hundred and Eighty-Two Thousand Naira only).


Other recovered items  from them are,  seven mobile phones, one power bank, one air pod, and one ATM card.


They were arrested by operatives of the Command, following weeks of

surveillance and credible intelligence. 


The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

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