Health officials today reported Nigeria’s first cases of bird flu in humans, saying one woman had died and a family member had been infected but was responding to treatment.

A Nigerian jetliner carrying 110 people – including dozens of school children- crashed in stormy weather today as it approached the southern city of Port Harcourt, killing at least 103 who were on board.

A Nigerian jetliner carrying 110 people – including dozens of school children - crashed in stormy weather today as it approached the southern city of Port Harcourt, killing at least 103 who were on board.

Investigators searched the still-smouldering wreckage of a jetliner today, seeking flight-data recorders and ultimately the cause of a crash in the Nigerian bush that officials said killed all 117 passengers and crew aboard.