By Our Correspondent The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF has assured that the senior men and women teams will face quality oppositions as part of their preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games. While briefing members of the board during their first meeting of the year held on Wednesday, th... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The Technical Crew of the Nigeria senior male basketball team, the D”Tigres has extended invitation to 12 players for the final phase of camping ahead of the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers holding between Wednesday, 17th of February and Sunday, 21st of February. With ... Read more...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has invited 16 players to Atlanta for a 10 day training camp as preparation commences for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo. Training camp to be held at Fairfield Inn & Suites, Atlanta will start on Sunday, 31st of January and end on Monday, 8th, of February.... Read more...
By Our Correspondent As Nigerians anticipate the calendar for the 2021 domestic basketball season, the NBBF is considering available options. This is in light of the recent successes of the bubble format initiated by the National Basketball Association (NBA) as well as FIBA Africa during its... Read more...
The Nigeria Men’s National Basketball team (D’ Tigers) camping for the final the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 qualifiers slated to hold in Monastir, Tunisia, will open in the second week of February. The competition will hold from February 17 to 21. After successfully holding the second phase of the... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Amidst global challenges as occasioned by Covid-19, the Nigeria Basketball Federation is in deep talks with sponsors of the domestic leagues in its quest to kick start the 2021 league season. With the domestic calendars already drawn, the federation is in talks with its l... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Kwese League Director, Ajibarede Bello, has advised the Musa Kida-led Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) to tell Nigerians the truth about the court case, on how they shortchanged Gombe Bulls in the FIBA Zone 3 Club qualifiers leading to halting of the league and their rol... Read more...
By Ebube Dike The Nigeria Basketball Federation leadership has joined thousands of Nigerians in mourning the death of a member of the Kwara State Basketball Association, Steve Onishola. According to family sources, one of the pioneer members of the Kwara Falcons Basketball Club of Ilorin in t... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The Board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation believes the future of the game is bright in Nigeria if young people are given the chance to contribute their quota to its development. This was made known by its President, Engr Musa Kida in Lagos on Wednesday while congrat... Read more...
By Ebube Dike The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr Musa Kida has bemoaned the continued absence of a robust Premier League in Nigeria for men which for the past three years has been the centre of a legal tussle and have truncated the development of the game in the country. ... Read more...