French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron prepared to unveil a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle in a bid to give new momentum to the final three years of his presidency. After days of intense behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, Education Minister Gabriel Attal, 34, was emerging as the favourite to succeed Borne, whose successor has yet to be named. …

France has joined a list of countries that have imposed immigration restrictions on international students (including Nigerians) with new legislation that will stop them from bringing their families to the country. The law passed by the parliament on Friday provides a new toughening immigration policy that makes it more difficult for migrants to bring family members to France and delays …

Lagos State Government, and the French government have pumped over N200 million into the Nigerian creative industry. This was made known at the opening night of the 2023 edition of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF). At the event, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said: “For us as a government, tourism and entertainment is part of our economic agenda. Intentionally, we will …

The Presidency on Friday said France will return $150 million looted by former Nigerian military leader, General Sani Abacha, who died in office on 8th June 1998. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale said President Bola Tinubu commended the European country for the decision. Receiving the Minister of Europe and …

French President, Emmanuel Macron has said his government has plans to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution to make them “irreversible”. In an online post on Sunday, Macron said a draft project would be submitted to the State Council, France’s highest administrative court, this coming week, with a view to making abortion rights constitutional by the end of the year. …

France will withdraw its ambassador and end all military cooperation with Niger sequel to the coup, President Emmanuel Macron, has said. “France has decided to withdraw its ambassador. In the next hours our ambassador and several diplomats will return to France”, Macron said. The president added that military cooperation was “over” and French troops would leave in “the months to …

A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed. The bill allows the geolocation of crime suspects, covering other devices like laptops, cars and connected devices, just as it could be remotely activated to record sound and images of people suspected of terror offences, …

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will return to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital today, 36 days to his inauguration as the country’s sixth Executive President. Tinubu travelled out of the country about a month ago. According to his communication team, he jetted to Paris, France to have a rest after a hectic election campaign, and to also preform the lesser hajj in …

Burkina Faso has asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a letter to Paris from the authorities in the West African country, which was obtained by AFP on Sunday. The foreign ministry letter, dated last Wednesday, ends the 2018 agreement under which French troops were stationed there and sets a deadline of …