Nigeria Fencing Federation

Team Nigeria unveils squad for 23rd African Fencing Championships

The Nigeria Fencing Federation has announced a 12-member squad for the 23rd African Fencing Championships, scheduled to take place at Charterhouse Lagos from 25-29 June 2025, Afrosport reports. This marks only the third time the continental tournament will be hosted in Sub-Saharan Africa, following previous editions in Senegal (2002) and Mali (2009, 2019). Leading the Nigerian team is U.S.-based Inkosi Brou, the first Nigerian fencer to...

Nigeria reaffirms readiness to host 23rd African Fencing Championships

by Ibikunle Salako

11 June 2025

Nigeria has reaffirmed its readiness to host the 23rd African Fencing Championships, set to take place in Lagos from June 25 to 29, 2025, Afrosport reports. This marks the fourth time the event will be held in sub-Saharan Africa, following previous editions in Senegal (2002 and 2009) and Mali (2019). Speaking at a well-attended media conference on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at the Lagos Fencing Club,...

Nigeria to host 2024 Fencing World Cup in Charterhouse Lagos

Nigeria gets final nod to host 2026 Commonwealth Fencing Championships

by Afrosport

31 March 2025

Following the provisional hosting rights granted to Nigeria a few months ago, the Commonwealth Fencing Federation (CFF) has formally awarded the hosting rights for the 2026 Commonwealth Fencing Championships to the Nigeria Fencing Federation (NFF) ahead of Australia. This remarkable announcement makes Nigeria the first sub-Saharan nation to stage the tournament. In a letter issued on Thursday, 27 March, signed by CFF President Marie-France Dufour and...

Brou, six others to represent Nigeria at World Junior Fencing Championships in China

by Ibikunle Salako

18 March 2025

Inkosi Brou and six others have been chosen by the Nigeria Fencing Federation to represent the country at next month’s World Junior Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China, from 7-15 April, Afrosport reports Brou, Nigeria’s highest-ranked fencer, will lead a seven-member squad, having actively competed in numerous tournaments this year in his quest to become the first Nigerian to compete in the Olympic fencing event. The teenager,...

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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Team Nigeria unveils squad for 23rd African Fencing Championships

Nigeria reaffirms readiness to host 23rd African Fencing Championships

Nigeria gets final nod to host 2026 Commonwealth Fencing Championships

Brou, six others to represent Nigeria at World Junior Fencing Championships in China

British Fencing Federation pledges technical support to Nigeria

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