Plateau United who lost the first leg 4-2 in Tunisia needed to defeat their opponents by two unreplied goals to advance to the group stage.
The hosts had a good start and Tosin Omoleye scored what would turn out to be the only goal of the game in the 25th minute.
Plateau United tried to find a goal to level the scoreline on aggregate and progress to the group stage on the away goals rule but could not as Etoile held on till the end.
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Kennedy Boboye's side had earlier defeated Eding Sports 3 - 0 in the first leg and 1 - 0 in the second leg to progress to this round.
The result means that no Nigerian team will feature in the 2018 CAF Champions League after MC Algers beat MFM 6-0.
Plateau United will now join MFM, Enyimba and Akwa United in the CAF Confederations Cup play offs.