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
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