From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 To: Chief Oyibo; Subject: Terrorist Attempt on Delta Flight 253 The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) condemns the attempted act of terrorism on Delta flight 253 into the … read more
A passenger on an international flight bound for the United States Friday ignited a small explosive device shortly before landing in a move the White House called an attempted terrorist attack, a senior administration official said. Another passenger on the … read more
Barring any last-minute change of mind, President Umaru Yar’adua may have concluded plans to formally hand over to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, to act as President, next week. President Yar’Adua has been on a sick bed in King Faisal specialist … read more
A Nigerian reported to be studying in Britain allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic airliner on Christmas Day in what the White House called an attempted act of terrorism. The suspect, claiming links to al-Qaeda, was taken into custody … read more
U.S. counterterrorism officials are scrambling to assess a potential new threat from an explosive mixture that evaded detection aboard a Detroit-bound airliner but failed to bring down the plane. Multiple law enforcement officials said the suspected attacker – identified as … read more
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan’s widely publicised order to Petroleum Minister Rilwanu Lukman on Wednesday to forgo his Christmas break and tackle acute fuel scarcity across the country turned out to be too little, too late as fuel shortage severely disrupted … read more
ONE of the two major constituents of Abia State, the Ukwa Ngwa people, have issued a quit notice to non-indigenes with no visible means of livelihood to leave their community, warning that they will henceforth not guarantee the safety such … read more
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Rilwanu Lukman, yesterday defied the order of the Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan, barring him from going on holiday. Mr. Lukman travelled to Vienna, Austria, for the Christmas and New Year vacation, undermining the planned meetings … read more
The person at the centre of a storm is sometimes the last to realise it. This is the case with President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Those who know may not be saying it, but Nigerians, except for the most rabid Yar’Adua … read more
Twenty-three persons aboard a trailer loaded with cattle were confirmed dead after a crash in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara State, local media reported on Friday. Twenty passengers were killed on the spot in the accident on Wednesday night at the Gidan … read more