The Police and other security agencies have beefed up security across the country with Christmas just five days away.

Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians usually travel to their home towns to celebrate the occasion, some by road and others by air.

Air travels have become particularly expensive this year and many of those who would have preferred to fly have either chosen to travel by road or called off travel all together.

Reports from different parts of the country showed that traffic from the South West and the northern states to the South East and South South has been on the increase in the last few days.

It was gathered that the beef up in security is to check attempts by unscrupulous people to use the festive period to carry out criminal activities.