France and the European Union have cut off financial support to Niger after a coup toppled the West African country’s democratically elected president. Abdourahamane Tiani, a general who leads the country’s presidential guard, was declared the country’s new leader after President Mohamed Bazoum was detained earlier this week. In a statement on Saturday, July 29,…
The candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the February 25 presidential election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, reportedly met with the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Paris, France. Naija News gathered that the former Governor of Kano State met behind closed-door with Tinubu for four hours and reminisced on their relationship dating back to…
France Slashes Visas For These Countries. Truetells Nigeria reports that the France on Tuesday said it would sharply reduce the number of visas granted to people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, accusing the former French colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return. “It’s a drastic decision, and unprecedented, but one made…
Rwanda’s most-wanted genocide suspect has been arrested in France. Felicien Kabuga, 84, who was living under a false identity in a flat in Asnieres-Sur-Seine, near Paris, had been pursued by international justice for 25 years, the French Justice Ministry said in a statement on Saturday morning. French gendarmes arrested him at 0530 GMT…
