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France - European Union (EU) interior ministers have pushed for a rapid agreement on new guidelines for controlling immigration, rejecting concerns that the plan would create a fortress Europe.

“It is a good proposal for a common position for everybody,” said Czech Interior Minister Ivan Langer as he arrived for informal EU talks in the French Riviera resort city of Cannes.

The “European Pact on Immigration and Asylum” sets out principles for the EU to manage migration, fight illegal immigration and help development in poor countries that people are leaving or traveling through to get to Europe.

London - The British government has announced its plans to modernize the short-term visa system to ensure that the country is attractive to business and tourism, while deterring those who seek to break the rules.

In the new system, the key points are that: the maximum leave for visitors will remain at six months; new sponsored family visitor category with licensed sponsors vouching for their family members’ visits.

No plans to introduce financial bonds for family visitors; new proposals for tourist visas, including group travel and special events visas and; a distinct clear category for business visitors.

Lagos - A complete blackout that engulfed the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, the nation‘s premier aviation facility, left thousands of Lagos-bound passengers stranded at several airports across the country on Tuesday.

It was learnt that public power supply to the airport as with other public and private facilities had been erratic and the airport operator, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, usually relied on generators to power the terminal, communication facilities and runway lighting systems.

But the generators at the MMA packed up on Tuesday and flight operations were grounded for hours, as FAAN engineers battled to put the situation right.

Most Nigerian youths are desperate to gain admission to foreign universities. But most of them, including their parents, are ignorant of factors to consider before making their choice. They have erroneously believed that money is the determinant factor.

However, an educationist, Mrs. Rose Omonubi, who has been in the UK, recruiting students for foreign universities for 11 years and the Director, Brooke House College, London, Mr. Giles Williams, said applicants should think beyond money when picking a foreign university.

The two, who spoke during an interactive session that the Avi-Cienna International College, Lagos, organized as part of the school‘s open day activities for parents, were unanimous that the ability to pay the huge tuition should be secondary.

Lagos- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,  has announced that Nigerians will no longer be required to obtain transit visas on KLM flights from Nigeria to major destination in the world including United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, and Japan when traveling via Amsterdam Schipol Airport.