Nigeria’s professional boxing sensation, Raheem Animashaun, popularly known as ‘Baddo’, emerged the youngest boxing champion in West Africa when he claimed the West African Boxing Union light-welterweight title on Sunday at the Gymnasium Hall of the National Institute for Sports, Lagos. Fighting in front of hundreds of boxing enthusiasts in a fight promoted by De-Lads Boxing Promotions, the 16-year-old recorded …

Nigeria’s telecom landscape has driven the West African tech economy up the ladder with the region’s telecoms sector now hitting $63.1 trillion. The huge revenue accrues from activities in the Fintechs, E-commerce and Digital Market places which contribute 80 per cent growth annually. The region is also bolstered by $30 billion injected annually, into the region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), …

United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called for a return to democratic governance in several West African countries facing political instability. The appeal came following her recent diplomatic tour of the region which included visits to Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. In a briefing with President Bola Tinubu, Mohammed emphasised the urgent need for countries experiencing …

A delegation from the West African organisation arrived in Niger Republic on Saturday for discussions with the military junta that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, according to sources close to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The regional body decided to mobilise a “standby force” as a last resort to restore democracy in Niger following the detention of Bazoum …

A former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has blamed the military takeover in the Republic of Niger, and the rise of military coups in West Africa on what he described as the “shrinking civic space and strangulation of democracy by the political class”. In a live broadcast last Wednesday on national television in the Republic of Niger, the coupists announced the …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday hosted former President Goodluck Jonathan who briefed him on some political developments in West Africa and some other parts of Africa. Jonathan is the Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Mali. The former Nigerian leader said he was at the State House in Abuja to relay to President Tinubu …

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved eight million dollars to boost the banking system on the continent. A statement by African Development Bank (AfDB) said the fund was for establishing a digitally interoperable unique bank identification system. It said the fund was also meant to establish a harmonised customer identification framework for the Gambia, …