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France beats Iceland 5-2, setting up semi-final with Germany
Olivier Giroud scored two goals to lead France to an emphatic 5-2 victory over Iceland on Sunday, sending the hosts…
Brexit: France holds emergency cabinet meeting
Reactions have continued to trail Britain after the country voted on Thursday in a referendum to leave the European Union.…
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France deports 29 Russian fans over Euro 2016 violence
French police have begun the deportation of 29 Russians following violent clashes with England supporters in the early days of…
EURO 2016: France deploys 90,000 police men ahead of competition
Barley a day to the UEFA Euro 2016 championship, France, the host nation of the tournament, has continued to tighten…
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17 Super Eagles players arrive France for Mali
A total of 17 Super Eagles players have arrived in France ahead of Friday’s international friendly match with the Malian…
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Organisers cancel rock festival over Islamic comment
A concert, Eagles of Death Metal, scheduled to take place during a rock festival in August in Paris has been…
4 gendarmes killed in helicopter crash
A military police helicopter crashed in South-Western France on Friday, killing four gendarmes on board, local authorities and the national…
France returns artifact illegally exported from Nigeria
France has officially presented to Nigeria the Nok Terracotta that was repatriated after it was intercepted in France while in…
Nigeria, France sign N14bn power sector MoU
The Federal Government and France have signed a 14 billion naira loan agreement for capacity-building and upgrade of power training…
French President, Hollande arrives Nigeria Friday
President Francois Hollande of France will arrive Nigeria on Friday for a regional security summit scheduled for Abuja on Saturday,…
France outlaws paying for sex
French MPs have passed a law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to…
Buhari departs for France, UK Tuesday
President Muhammadu Buhari will begin an official visit to France and Britain tomorrow, Tuesday, February 2, 2016, a statement by…
Wike urges France to invest in Rivers agriculture
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has urged France to invest in Rivers State agriculture sector with a…
Karim Benzema suspended from France over sex-tape
Karim Benzema has been suspended from the France team until an investigation into his alleged part in a blackmail and…
Amosun seeks return to agro-forestry at UN climate summit
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has advocated a return to agro-forestry as an effective way of lifting…
Ban, British Queen meet on conflict, poverty
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Queen Elizabeth II have reiterated their commitment to preventing and resolving deadly conflicts and eradicating…
France commemorates victims of terrorist attacks in Paris
Some 2,000 people gathered at the Paris military museum on Friday to pay homage to the victims of the Nov.…
Woman blows self, as raid on terrorists mount in Paris
Two suspected jihadists were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout Wednesday in north Paris with…
France terror attack an assault on civilised world, humanity – Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has described the terror attack on France which led to the death of…
Again, France bombs ISIS as Hollande urges global coalition
France’s President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia on Monday to join a global coalition to destroy…
France bombs IS in Syria after Paris attacks
France staged pre-dawn raids on dozens of suspected Islamists and bombed Islamic State’s stronghold in Syria as the prime minister…
Two attackers killed in Paris were Frenchmen
Two assailants who died in the Paris attacks were Frenchmen who had lived in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors said Sunday. The…
300 hospitalized after Paris attacks, 80 in ‘critical’ condition
Some 300 people were hospitalized following the deadly attacks in Paris of whom 80 are in “critical” condition, the city’s…
French policy responsible for Paris attacks, says Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday that French policy had contributed to the “spread of terrorism” that culminated in attacks…
Buhari condemns terrorist attack on Paris, stands by France
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the terrorist attack on Paris that killed over 220 people and injured many more. “President…
UPDATE: 120 dead in Paris attacks, Hollande declares emergency
Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at…
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Stade de France: Fear, panic as terror attack leave fans fearing the worst
France and Germany fans were allowed on to the Stade de France pitch to be evacuated after the full-time whistle…
French envoy seeks FG’s support for Lagos Govt.
Amb Stephane Gompertz, France’s Ambassador for Climate Change, has called for a robust participation from Nigeria at the climate change…
Osun, France sign N8bn solar plant agreement
Osun Government and France have signed an agreement to build a 35 million Euros (N8 billion) 13 megawatts solar plant…
FCT gets $170m from France to boost power supply
France says it has granted 170 million dollars aimed at increasing the power supply for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…