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Nigeria’s Brou wins bronze medal at 2025 African Junior Fencing Championships

Nigerian teenager Inkosi Brou has claimed a bronze medal at the ongoing 2025 African Junior Fencing Championships in Luanda, Angola, Afrosport reports. Brou, secured Nigeria’s first medal at the tournament, winning the only medal for a Sub-Saharan African nation on 1 March. Egypt dominated the first day, bagging three golds, while Tunisia and Nigeria also climbed the podium. Angola shone with Daniel Tchipongue, who finished fifth...

US-based teenage fencer Akinbamiro switches allegiance to Nigeria

by Ibikunle Salako

10 February 2025

American-based teenage fencer Peluola Akinbamiro has pledged her allegiance to Nigeria on the international stage, Afrosport reports. The 13-year-old student from Fort Bend Fencing Academy in Houston, Texas, revealead that her love for Nigeria inspired her decision to reach out to the Nigerian Fencing Federation (NFF), aiming to make her international debut for the country. Adeyinka Samuel, President of the Nigerian Fencing Federation, noted that more...

British Fencing Federation pledges technical support to Nigeria

by Ibikunle Salako

19 December 2024

The President of the British Fencing Federation, Pat Aiyenuro, has pledged her federation's technical support to the Nigerian Fencing Federation (NFF), marking the beginning of a collaboration between the two nations. Impressed with the organization of the first fencing World Cup in Sub Saharan Africa, Aiyenuro noted that assembling some of the world's best fencers in Lagos confirms Nigeria’s growing status in the sport. She assured...

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Nigeria’s Brou wins bronze medal at 2025 African Junior Fencing Championships

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