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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says there are “salivating” opportunities in the country for investors to explore. Osinbajo said this on Thursday when he met Boris Johnson, British foreign secretary, who led a delegation of UK ministers to Aso Rock. He said the federal government is ready to provide the necessary assistance to private investors seeking to invest in the country. The vice-president also said the Buhari administration has shown enthusiasm to help private sector succeed. “Investors would salivate if those potentials were realised. [The country] is close to the tipping point in terms of making that happen,” Osinbajo said. “UK is our natural partner and it is much easier for business because of the relationship over time and because of the robust presence of the UK here in Nigeria through the DFID which has been tremendously supportive.” He also said the country had no choice but to diversify away from oil and focus on agriculture. Osinbajo added that Nige...

LONDON — Theresa May has been urged to apologise after it emerged that the number of foreign students overstaying their visas is vastly lower than official figures. Conservative and Labour politicians condemned May's policy of including student numbers in migration figures, after officials were found to be   massively overestimating   how many international students stayed in the country after their degree. The latest   ONS migration statistics showed that only 4,600 students remained in the country illegally, far less than the almost 100,000 previously estimated. The prime minister insisted on including international students in immigration statistics during her time as home secretary and has continued this despite disagreement from Chancellor Philip Hammond and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable said: "This debacle happened on Theresa May’s watch at the Home Office. I spent five years in coalition battling her depa...