• Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Expressway In Enugu Now A No-go Area

• As Fear Grip Travellers, Enugu Residents

• Police Commissioner Leads Rescue Operation

• Citizens Afraid Of Christmas Return

By Valentine Nnamani (Bureau Chief South East, in Enugu)

Gun-wielding kidnappers masquerading as herdsmen have reportedly abducted a former Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), Dr Dan Shere and a yet to be specified number of students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) who were returning to their campus after eight months of strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

By Feyisayo Helen

Two teenagers have been arrested by the operatives of the Oyo State Police Command, for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl and recording the act on their phones.

A woman simply identified as Gift, has reportedly stabbed a man to death during a fight in Delta State, south-south Nigeria.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Public Accounts Committee of the Senate has commended the Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), for providing good leadership for the anti-narcotics Agency in its onslaught against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Department of State Services (DSS) has called for calm on public anxiety over the weekend alert issued by the United States of America (USA) Embassy that there might by organised terror attacks soon in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja and parts of Nigeria.

The United States Embassy in Abuja, on Sunday, issued a fresh travel advisory, saying it has intelligence of an elevated risk of terror attacks in the country, specifically in Abuja.

• ...Others In Edo, Kano, Ondo, Bauchi, Akwa Ibom

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Two ladies and two men wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilograms (16 tons) of illicit drugs intercepted in Lagos, Abuja and Netherlands top the list of arrests by operatives of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of the country in the past week.

By Princess Simon Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Armed men suspected to be bandits have attacked Maijaki village in Birnin Maza/ Tashibo ward, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger state, killing one and abducted 13 others.

• * 9 Ghanaians Get 72 Years In Jail For Smuggling 10,843kgs Cannabis Into Nigeria

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

A pregnant woman, a nursing mother and a 200-level university student were among 28 persons arrested with 9,437.6 kilograms of cannabis and 138,053 tablets of pharmaceutical opioids among others by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA during interdiction operations across 12 states: Yobe, Ondo, Edo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Kaduna, Kwara, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

An undisclosed number of persons were kidnapped on Thursday night when unknown gunmen invaded Obeagu community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

A 30-year old woman was arrested on Friday for killing her boyfriend over a disagreement in mararaba, Karu Local government Area of Nasarawa state.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi, was, on Tuesday, conferred with the third highest National Honour Award of COMMANDER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC (CFR) by President Muhammadu Buhari.