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US Senate details failures finding Nigerian airline bomber
US intelligence and counterterrorism agencies missed chances to prevent the Christmas Day airline bomb plot because of human and technical errors, a...
New rules would have stopped air bomber: US official
A Nigerian man's botched attempt to blow up a US-bound plane on Christmas Day probably would not have occurred if new US...
US announces new airline security measures
The United States announced new security measures to replace the mandatory screening of air travellers from 14 mostly Muslim countries that had...
Nigerian airports start installing body scanners
Nigeria has started installing body scanners at international airports, a senior aviation official said, three months after one of its citizens was...
US defends interrogation of airplane bomb suspect
US Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday rebuffed criticism that intelligence was lost by giving a lawyer and other legal rights to the...
US pledges early review of air security “blacklist”
The United States will soon review a list of countries whose air travellers are subject to tighter screening and could remove nations...
Air security “blacklist” angers US allies: analysis
Airline security measures introduced by Washington after a failed attempt to blow up a flight on Christmas Day risk backfiring because they...
Two Nigerians among terror suspects arrested in Malaysia
Terror suspects from Nigeria, Jordan, Syria and Yemen have been detained in Malaysia, activists said yesterday. This follows a report which linked...
Nigeria’s corruption “unbelievable”: Clinton
Describing corruption in Nigeria as "unbelievable," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested. The government's failure to deliver basic services helped foster...
Senators urge bomb suspect face US military charges
Two senior US senators urged the Obama administration to hand over to the US military the man accused of trying to blow...
US officials defend handling of airline bomb case
The US Justice Department defended its decision to charge a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a US passenger jet in...
US team should have questioned Nigerian: spy chief
The top US intelligence officer said yesterday that a group set up to interrogate terrorism suspects should have been used when a...
Algeria protests at new US air security rules
Algeria's foreign minister summoned the US ambassador yesterday to protest at Algeria's inclusion on a list of countries whose flights bound for...
‘Shock’ US report due on attempted airline attack
The White House was poised to release a report yesterday that top aides said will shock Americans about security lapses that allowed...
More guidance urged for Nigeria youth post attack
Nigeria's vice president yesterday urged citizens of Africa's most populous country to provide better guidance to its youth after one of its...
Nigerian bomber indicted in US
A US grand jury yesterday indicted Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts for trying to blow up an American airliner in...
Nigerian inclusion on US screening list “unfair”
Nigeria described as unfair its inclusion alongside Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen on a list of countries whose air travellers will face tighter...
Nigerian bomb suspect spent weeks in Ghana before flight
A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a US airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day spent weeks in Ghana...
New US air screening focuses on Africa, Arabian Peninsula
Air travellers from Nigeria, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and nine other countries will face full-body pat downs before boarding airliners under...
