Nigerian Army seeks partnership with Chess Federation October 12, 2016Premium Times The Coordinator of the Chess event at the 2016 Nigerian Army Sports Festival, Allen Kigbu, has revealed plans to partner the Nigerian Chess Federation in their quest to...
Nigerian Olympiad Teams Set for Baku
Nigerian players qualify for World Chess Olympiad POSTED BY BOWALE ODUTOLA ON JUNE 6, 2016 IN SPORT According to the statement from Nigeria Chess Federation on Monday, the duo alongside three other male players – the rave of the...
5 Nigerians earned FIDE titles
Femi Solaja The busy schedule that the Nigerian chess scene recorded last year may have benefitted the country’s players following the award of FIDE Master title to five players in the latest ranking released by the World Chess Federation...
Nigeria selected players for Chess Olympiad in Tromsø
Following the qualification process, the Nigeria Chess Federation has announced the players which will represent the country at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway. Open team:Akinseye AbiolaBalogun FemiKigigha BomoOlape BunmiAjibowo Olamide Women’s team:Enarevba MandyOlatunji TobilobaRabiu BisiCoker LabakeAramude Sandra...
Joint Declaration by West African Federations on 2014 FIDE presidential elections
Joint Declaration by West African Federations on 2014 FIDE presidential electionsKasparov2014.com Joint declaration by the National Chess Federations ofCote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeriaregarding the 2014 FIDE presidential elections We, the Presidents of the National Chess Federations of Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana,...
Working meeting in Angola & Nigeria for FIDE President
Working meetings in Angola and Nigeria Monday, 17 February 2014 09:30 On February 14th the FIDE President arrived on a working visit to Luanda. In the airport he was met by the President of Angola Chess Federation, Mr. Aguinaldo...
FIDE President Ilyumzhinov sponsors 5 Nigerian players
5 Nigerian chess players offered scholarship to Russian varsityPublished on February 16, 2014 by pmnews Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Russian President, World Chess Federation (FIDE) has offered to sponsor five Nigerians every year to study chess and any other course in...
Nigerian Breweries Plc to sponsor Nigerian Chess
Chess Boss, Adeyemi, Lauds NB Plc on Sponsorship04 Dec 2013 President of the Nigerian Chess Federation (NCF), Mr. Lekan Adeyemi, has commended Nigerian Breweries Plc, for it’s partnership with the federation in the sponsorship of the major chess championship...
West African Chess record holder
West African Chess record holder laments neglect Monday, 29 October 2012 Mrs Nsisong Asanga, a medical doctor, broke a record in the last Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey and emerged the only woman Fader Master in West Africa. In this...