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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.

Lagos - Royal Dutch Airlines, KLM, has officially apologized to the 290 Nigerians whose flights were delayed for two days at the Murtala Muhammed Airport. In a statement issued by the airline’s General Manager, Ramon Delima, the Airline apologized for the communication breakdown between the airline management and the passengers.

Delima, who attributed the flight delay to a technical failure, recorded on a brand new Boeing 777-200 meant to be used for the flight, expressed his sincere apologies for the flight cancellation of flight KL588 from Lagos to Amsterdam on the 5th and 6th of June. His words, “During a routine check in Lagos of the brand new Boeing 777-200 aircraft, a technical failure was discovered. Because a spare part had to be flown in from Amsterdam , KLM had no other choice than to delay the flight to the next day. All 290 passengers were accommodated in hotels.”

Abuja - Nigerians have been issued a warning to desist from traveling to any foreign country without the requisite papers.

Making the disclosure at an evening briefing in Abuja, Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, also said efforts to make convicted Nigerians serve their jail terms in Nigeria had so far proved abortive.

The warning came against the backdrop of a revelation that about 20,000 Nigerians are languishing in foreign jails worldwide. Worse still, over 60 of these are on the death roll in countries like Indonesia and Saudi Arabia.

Abuja - President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa has promised to revisit the payment of N110, 000.00 repartition deposits fees for first time Nigerians visa applicants to South African Missions.

Disclosing this to Journalists yesterday in Abuja, Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, also said that President Mbeki has agreed to the reciprocal waiver of visa requirements for holders of Diplomatic and Official passports.

According to Maduekwe, the President Yar’Adua,  and Mbeki also agreed that there is no need of signing another agreement, but promised that implementation of the existing 22 bilateral agreement between the two countries would be fast tracked.