Interior Minister Raul Aregbesola during the launching on Monday, explained that it is part of a move to address the "shortage gap" in passport processing.

He is understood to have entered on a visa for visiting world leaders, which expires on Tuesday as he is no longer on official business.

Any arms delivery "must not weaken the capacity of the French armed forces," Macron said.

The Labour Party flag bearer appealed to the electorate not to vote based on tribe, ethnicity or religion.

The governor also directed that all the laws governing the operations of trucks and related vehicles be enforced with more vigour and diligence.

He thus became the first Argentina captain since Diego Maradona in 1986 to lift the World Cup.

The club said that the two sides "have decided by mutual agreement to terminate the contractual relationship".

Ouellet, 78, is retiring as head of the Vatican's Dicastery, or department, for bishops.

Bloodied survivors emerged limping from the wreckage, while bodies were ferried away in ambulances.

The measure -- adopted last week -- had entered force.