By Ebube Dike Mr. Dare made this assertion when Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF President, Eng. Musa Kida paid the Minister a courtesy visit on Tuesday after returning from the just concluded Afro Basketball qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda where 'D Tigers' won all their matc... Read more...
By Akin Bolarinwa Ex-Nigerian basketball star, Samuel Oguche said all is now set for the hosting of the J-town basketball peace tournament holding between 8th to 15th of January 2021. Oguche who is one of the major organizer of basketball youth camp in Nigeria affirmed that the tournament is... Read more...
By Ebube Dike As stakeholders look ahead to the new season following the recent Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 lifting of ban on contact sports, clubs have been advised to put their houses in order in readiness for the new season. This was contained in the letter addressed to the State B... Read more...
Basketball has been highlighted as a veritable tool to curb insurgency in the North East region, youth restiveness and unemployment in Nigeria. This assertion was made by the North East zone representative on the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Alhaji Abba Kaka. Kaka who is the Ch... Read more...
Casademont Zaragoza Shooting Guard, Rasheed Sulaimon has been ruled out of D'Tigers' 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers due to injury. Sulaimon who was listed in the 20 man list earlier released by Coach Mike Brown will no longer play any part in the qualifiers to be decided between the 27th and 29th of... Read more...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has announced that final camping for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers will commence on November 23, 2020. Making this known in Abuja, the NBBF Secretary General, Afolabi-Oluwayemi Olabisi said players are expected to fly into Kigali. On the duration of the... Read more...
