President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today for N’Djamena, the capital of the Republic of Chad, to attend the inauguration of President-elect Mahamat Déby. The inauguration follows Déby’s declaration as the winner of the country’s presidential election held earlier this month, which was subsequently affirmed by the Constitutional Court of Chad. A statement yesterday by his Special Adviser on Media …

Nine-time African champions, Super Falcons will face either Ethiopia or Chad in the second round of the qualifying series for the Paris 2024 Women’s Olympics football tournament. The Paris 2024 Olympics will hold from 26th July to 11th August in Paris. The Falcons, who missed the last three editions of the Olympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020 after losing out …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said it had received 104 stranded Nigerians from N’Djamena, Chad Republic, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. The Coordinator of the Kano Territorial Office of the agency, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi announced this while receiving the returnees yesterday in Kano. Represented by Suleiman Sa’ad-Abubakar, the Head of Human Resources at NEMA …

Germany’s ambassador to Chad will be expelled within 48 hours for his “impolite attitude” and “non-respect of diplomatic practices”, the government in N’Djamena said in a statement on Friday. The ambassador, Jan Christian Gordon Kricke has been in the role since July 2021, and the government gave no official explanation for his expulsion. Government spokesman Aziz Mahamat Saleh urged him …