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.

By David Odama (In Lafia, Nasarawa State)

Not less than ten persons were reportedly killed at the weekend attack on Gidan Sule by suspected Fulani herders in Kadarko, Keana local Government Area of Nasarawa state.

• * Slams Sahara Reporters Online News For Deliberate Falsehood.

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

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has strongly condemned what it described as the 'spate of deliberate falsehood by the Sahara Reporters, particularly recent false publication against the incumbent Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, and another against a respected former IGP, MD Abubakar."

• * As Notorious Drug Kingpin Bags 7 Years Imprisonment.

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

Desperate attempts by the tramadol drug cartel to smuggle into Nigeria over Two Million Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand (2, 465, 000) tablets of the pharmaceutical opioid in 225mg and 250mg, weighing Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty Six kilograms (2,356kgs) with an estimated street value of One Billion, Forty Million Naira (N1, 040, 000, 000) through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd), has received a delegation from Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria led by it's National President, Comrade Augustine Agbo Apeh at the NDLEA National Headquarters, Abuja, on Thursday October 6, 2022. NNL.

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

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the International Criminal Police Organization, popularly known as Interpol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU that will enable the anti-narcotics agency to contribute to the pool of global criminal data and also access such records of 195 countries around the world for its use.