Umar Farouk Mutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian suspect in the attempted bombing of a passenger jetliner as it approached the US city of Detroit on Christmas day, is just like any normal folk, despite his affluent background as the son of … read more
NIGERIAN diplomatic officials in the United States (U.S.) have met with the relevant authorities in the U.S. to facilitate the investigation of the 23-year-old Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was alleged to be involved in a terrorist act. A statement … read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has alerted the Federal Government that attacks on the its oil pipelines have continued in spite of the truce between the government and militants, which has reduced oil output in Delta State to 30,000 … read more
The father of a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a transatlantic jet on Christmas Day had voiced concerns to US officials about his son. The father, a top Nigerian banker, warned US authorities last month about 23-year-old … read more
rmed officers on Sunday rushed aboard the same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day, but the perceived threat wasn’t much of a danger — just an ill traveler who spent too much time in the bathroom. … read more
TWENTY THREE year-old Nigerian, Umaru Farouk Abdul Mutallab, on Christmas day, put Nigeria on the global map of terrorism, when he attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines Flight 253, carrying 278 passengers and 11 crew members from Amsterdam, as … read more
I am really disturbed, says suspect’s father A renowned Nigerian banker, Umaru Mutallab, on Saturday confirmed to the AFP that the man arrested over a botched attempt to blow up a US airliner on a flight from Amsterdan to Detroit … read more
Airports and airlines across Europe moved rapidly to tighten security on U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. Authorities in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the … read more
Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) is one of the most powerful high explosives known. It has been identified to be the explosive used to the Northwest Flight 253 attack. The suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab apparently used a syringe to inject a chemical … read more
Sunday’s flight – Northwest Airlines 253 – was exactly the same route that Abdulmutallab targeted on Christmas Day. The pilot alerted the authorities and the plane made an emergency landing and was met by police on its arrival in Detroit. … read more