Tag Archives: British Airways

65-year-old Nigerian woman atttempts to smuggle 1.740kg of cocaine into London

September 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Luck betrayed a 65-year-old grandmother, Hassan Fatimat Abike also known as Chika Okoye, who attempted to smuggle 1.740kg of cocaine into London concealed in herbal syrup. It was not her fist time of going to London as the drug was … read more »

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S.Africa Jacob Zuma to spent R2bn Presidential jet

June 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Johannesburg – Defence Minister Sam Makhudu Guluybe is in the US to finalise the purchase of a 300-seater R2bn Boeing for President Jacob Zuma, a report said on Friday. The VIP jet would cost $150m (about R1.26bn) and an extra … read more »

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Nigeria gives BA, Virgin Atlantic ultimatum to lower fares

March 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nigeria has given airlines British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic 30 days to lower fares or face a ban from flying to the West African nation, its aviation minister said on Monday. Britain responded by saying it could take retaliatory … read more »

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World’s safest airlines?

August 30, 2011 by benim

Air France-KLM, British Airways and Lufthansa are the safest airlines in Europe, according to a study ranking the “ten safest airlines” by the Air Transport Rating Agency (ATRA) released Monday. The safest US-based airlines are AMR Corporation, Continental Airlines, Delta … read more »

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BA worker who conspired with Al Qaeda to blow up plane jailed for 30 years BA worker who conspired with Al Qaeda to blow up plane jailed for 30 years

March 19, 2011 by benim

Plot linked to hardline Islamist terror cells in Yemen Fanatic: Computer expert Rajib Karim was – and is – ‘a committed jihadist’, according to the judge A British Airways computer expert was jailed for 30 years today for plotting to … read more »

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British Airways worker found guilty of plotting bomb on a passenger plane

March 1, 2011 by benim

Karim, 31, was a ‘mild-mannered, well educated and respectful’ worker but also a secret extremist Terrorist ‘entirely committed’ to jihad, court told He conspired with hate preacher described as ‘bigger threat than bin Laden’ Rajib Karim, 31, a former British … read more »

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Nigerian woman jailed in UK over missing son

February 15, 2011 by benim

The mother of a teenager who claims he was forced to undergo exorcism to purge him of his disobedience has been jailed. Lydia Erhire has become the first person in the UK to be jailed under forced marriage laws after … read more »

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Moscow airport bomb: suicide bombers were part of squad trained in Pakistan

January 26, 2011 by benim

Russian security services warned in December that there were two attack teams primed to carry out attacks, sparking fears there could still be terrorists at large who were prepared to carry out another attack. Intelligence sources said that the squads … read more »

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Medvedev Blames Lax Security for Airport Bomb That Killed 35

January 25, 2011 by benim

President Dmitry Medvedev blamed lax security for a suicide bombing at Russia’s busiest airport that killed 35 people as investigators raced to find the organizers of the “terrorist attack.” Medvedev told prosecutors to probe security personnel at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport … read more »

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Briton among 35 dead in suicide bomb attack on Moscow airport

January 24, 2011 by benim

At least 35 people were killed, reportedly including one Briton, in a suicide bomb blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on Monday. Russia’s Interfax news agency said a Briton was among the dead following Monday’s suicide bombing. The names of the … read more »

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