US court gives lifer to Nigerian 'underwear bomber'

A US district court has sentenced Nigeria's "underwear bomber" to life in prison for his role in trying to blow up a packed airliner on Christmas Day 2009. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, was......

Obama sacks intel chief Dennis Blair

President Obama has asked his Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair to step down. As director of National intelligence, Blair was responsible for collationof intelligence among the 16......

US captures prime suspect in Benghazi consulate attack

The White House has ruled out sending Ahmed Abu Khatallah, a key suspect in the attacks at the United States consulate in Benghazi in September 2012, to the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention......

'Man removed from NY bound plane not Nigerian'

Nigeria's aviation authorities said thatthe passenger arrested from a New York-bound flight and detained in Puerto Rico for being on US' 'no-fly list', was a Gambian and not a Nigerian national and......