Nigeria: Relief As UK Scraps Visa Plans

Lagos — LOCALS have expressed excitement over reports that the British government has shelved its plan to force visitors from Nigeria and other “high-risk” countries to pay a cash bond of £3 000 before entering the country.

British media reported on Sunday that junior coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, had blocked the scheme backed by Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives.

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