US security rules likely to harm ties with Nigeria: Govt

Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 10:57

New US security restrictions on air passengers from Nigeria are likely to harm ties between the two countries, the government in Abuja has warned.

US intelligence must do better: Mullen

Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 10:21

US intelligence agencies have made progress since 2001 but they still have to do better after an attack on an airliner was narrowly averted, the top US military officer said on Wednesday.

US jury indicts Xmas airline attack plotter

Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 09:50

A US jury has indicted Umar Farouk on charges relating to his alleged role to blow up a plane on Dec 25.

Dec 25 bomber’s family to attend arraignment

Last Updated: Monday, January 4, 2010, 11:42

The family of a Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a US airliner as it approached Detroit on Christmas Day plans to attend his arraignment in court this week, a family source said on Sunday.

Dec 25 bomber preached peace before botched attempt

Last Updated: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 12:43

Hours before heading for his mission to blow up Detroit-bound Flight 253, Nigerian bomber Umar Abdulmutallab cleaned his flat spotlessly neat, prayed loudly and pretended to be wanting world peace, his flatmates have revealed.

Al Qaeda affiliate armed Dec 25 attacker: Obama

Last Updated: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 15:21

Obama has for the first time accused an al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen of arming Dec 25 attacker.

Failed Dec 25 attack an intelligence failure: US media

Last Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 16:34

The US media on Thursday slammed intelligence agencies for their failure "to connect the dots" that would have prevented a Nigerian terror suspect from sneaking explosives inside a plane on Christmas Day.