Tag: france
French coys to meet with Buhari, invest in Nigeria
A delegation of 50 heads of French companies are expected to visit Nigeria next week to explore business opportunities and…
France to buy painting for 80mn euros
Paris (AFP) – France said Thursday it was willing to pay 80 million euros ($90 million) to acquire one of…
Refugees reject France seek better life in Germany, Holland, Sweden
They dream of a better life in Germany, Sweden or Holland, but one country appears glaringly absent from the lips…
France to invest €130m on Nigerian roads, electricity, water
French President, Francois Hollande has stated that his country will invest 130million euro in rebuilding Nigerian roads as well as…
France pledges military equipment, intelligence support to MNJTF
French President François Hollande has pledged that his administration will assist the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) with intelligence gathering…
France to prepare air strikes against IS in Syria – Hollande
AFP – France will launch surveillance flights over Syria from Tuesday with a view to conducting airstrikes on Islamic State…
France honours Americans, Briton in train attack courage
President Francois Hollande bestowed France’s highest honour on a group of Americans and a Briton on Monday saying the whole…
No, Nigeria is not the world’s biggest champagne consumer after France
Do Nigerians pop nearly as much bubbly as the French themselves? What started out as a forecast on new champagne…
US, Germany, France, others hold anti-Islamic State Conference In Canada
Officials from 20 countries involved in the United States-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) gathered in Canada’s Quebec City on…
France, China pledge military, economic cooperation with Nigeria
The French and Chinese governments on Friday pledged to extend the level of military and economic cooperation they have with…
Halliburton Bribery: The Timeline of a Scandal
By Remi Oyeyemi “A mediocre with adequate information is at a better advantage compared to a genius without information.” –…
Terrorism: Tunisia, France, Kuwait hit by deadly attacks
A 16-year-old British boy injured when a gunman stormed a tourist beach in Tunisia saw his mother and grandmother killed…
France summons US ambassador over spying allegations
The United State ambassador to France, Jane Hartley, has been summoned by Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, over allegations that the…
Danish striker suspended for biting police officer
Danish striker Nicki Bille Nielsen, who plays his club football in France for Evian, was handed a 60-day suspended sentence…
France hunt accomplices in foiled church attack
French police were hunting Thursday for possible accomplices to an Algerian student whose plan to attack churches was foiled when…
France to introduce goal-line technology next season
Goal-line technology will be introduced in the French top flight from next season, the league’s president Frederic Thiriez announced on…
Ibrahimovic banned for four games over anti-France rant
Paris Saint-Germain’s tempestuous striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Thursday received a four-match ban from Ligue 1 officials for his comments attacking…
Hundreds of flights scrapped as French air traffic controllers strike
Hundreds of flights to and from France were cancelled Wednesday as air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike over working…
French senator kills himself before ‘Chinese wedding’ trial
A French senator and former mayor of Tours, due to stand trial in a corruption case over fake Chinese wedding…
49 Spaniards, 72 Germans among dead in France air crash
At least 49 Spaniards were among the 150 people killed in the German passenger jet that crashed in the French…
3 French citizens arrested for kidnapping 2-year old Serbian girl
Three French citizens were arrested in Serbia Friday after kidnapping a two-year-old girl in the capital Belgrade, prompting a movie-style…
Mother gets 23 years for killing, storing babies in freezer
Audrey Chabot, a 34 year old mother was on Thursday convicted to 23 years in prison by a court in…
Madonna wants ‘a drink’ with French far-right leader Le Pen
Madonna wants to “sit down and have a drink” with France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen to hear out the…
Nigeria, too strategic to be ignored – France
The outgoing French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Jacques de Labriolle, said on Sunday that Nigeria remained too strategic to be…
Commit fully to Boko Haram fight, French Minister tells FG
Nigeria must commit fully to fighting Boko Haram, French French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday, on a tour…
Fake cops rob French pensioner of 13 gold bars
Two thieves posing as police officers gained access to a French pensioner’s home on Wednesday and robbed him of 13…
Jews have ‘their place in Europe and especially France’ – Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that Jews were welcome in Europe and France, in an apparent retort to…
France, Egypt urge ‘new measures’ against IS after beheadings
France and Egypt on Monday urged the UN Security Council to meet and mull fresh measures against Islamic State jihadists…
Knifeman attacks three French soldiers outside Jewish centre
A knife-wielding man attacked three soldiers patrolling outside a Jewish community centre on the French Riviera Tuesday, with sources saying…
France defends freedom of speech after violent protests
President Francois Hollande stressed on Saturday that France was committed to “freedom of expression” after fresh violence broke out in…