50 West African universities converge on OAU for WAUG

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
About fifty universities from the West African region have converged on the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU Ile-Ife, Osun State for the 2026 West African University Games, WAUG.
Speaking during the opening ceremony held on Saturday at the OAU sports complex, President of WAUG, Mr Shaibu Tanko, said this year’s edition is special because the Games had been in comatose for a long time before its recent resurrection.
He noted that the games were organised to foster collaboration and networking among universities across West Africa.
“WAUG has been in a coma for a long time until recently that we tried to resurrect it. I must thank the university that is hostin...