The Nigeria Basketball Federation has thanked the Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Sunday Dare for his fatherly intervention towards sourcing funds for injured D’Tigress player, Nkem Akaraiwe. The federation described the $15,000 intervention by the Ministry as an early Christmas gift whic... Read more...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF has launched investigation into a post on Twitter from @DTigressNG alleging that the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports had purportedly released funds for the prosecutions of the FIBA Africa Pre-Olympics Qualifying tournament in Mozambique, Bestchoicesports... Read more...
13 teams will be participating in the 2019 NBBF organised National Championship tagged President Cup. The championship taking place in Ilorin, Kwara state have seen teams divided into 2 groups with matches to be played in a round robin format. In group A, Rivers Hoopers will slug it out again... Read more...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has approved a 7-day shift of the 2019 Men’s Premier League to allow clubs complete their administrative processes . In a letter signed by the Secretary General of the Federation Afolabi-Oluwayemi Olabisi, the deadline extension was at the instance of clubs in... Read more...
The 2019 NBBF Men’s Premier League season dunks off from October 13 to November 30. The men’s league will see teams divided into the Atlantic and Savannah Conferences for a round robin league format. First phase of the Atlantic Conference will hold in Akure while Savannah teams will ... Read more...
The duo of Engr Musa Kida and Col Sam Ahmedu have bagged FIBA appointments after being appointed into the Finance and Legal Commission respectively. The NBBF President and Ahmedu (NBBF board member) who have continued to steer the affairs of basketball in Nigeria since 2017 will serve on the com... Read more...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, president, Musa Kida and the FIBA Africa Zone 3 boss Col Samuel Ahmedu (rtd) have both been appointed into FIBA commissions, Bestchoicesports.com.ng understands Both appointees will serve for four years in their various capacities. Kida was appointed i... Read more...
No doubt the recent FIBA World Ranking for Men, presented by NIKE has been updated with USA maintaining their top-ranked status and newly-crowned World Cup champions Spain closing in the gap but Nigeria’s leap to number 23 in the world has left the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF grinnin... Read more...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has thanked the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari and the Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare after the D’Tigers booked a place in the 2020 Olympic Games. Speaking immediately after their ... Read more...
Basking in the euphoria of recent achievements by the bastketball national teams in continental and global championships, the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF President, Engr Musa Kida has assured Nigerians of more international laurels with what is left of the current board’s mandate, Bestcho... Read more...