NBBF
22 Feb
The Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) is now making last-minute attempts for the men’s national basketball team D’Tigers to play the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers. D’Tigers late Wednesday night said that they had withdrawn from the AfroBasket qualifiers due to issues related to money. "Despite several 2020 Olympians committing, D’Tigers will forfeit this AfroBasket Qualifiers window due…
25 Dec
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has said that its preparations for the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers is being stalled by delay in getting the necessary funds from the Ministry of Sports.
21 Oct 2023
Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, has commended the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF), led by Engr. Musa Kida, for their organisation of the Women's Basketball League Final Four, held in Lagos from October 17 to 19, 2023.
8 Oct 2023
Nigeria’s Women National Basketball team’s (D’Tigress) Assistant Coach, Juliana Negedu Akere, believes the current African champions will qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic, if they are adequately prepared for the qualifiers billed to hold in February next year.
28 Aug 2023
Sponsor of the 2023 Olumide Oyedeji Basketball Camp, which ended at the weekend, said that the over 400 kids from across Nigeria attended the event shows that many youngsters want to be involved in the game
23 Jul 2023
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has said that inadequate funding is hampering its programme ahead of the 2023 Afrobasket Championship scheduled to hold I Kigali, Rwanda from July 28 to August 6.
13 Jul 2023
Nigeria’s preparation for the 2023 Afrobasket Women's Championship, billed to hold in Rwanda from July 28 to August 6, has suffered a huge setback, as players expected to participate in then tryout refused to join the exercise.
27 Jun 2023
With less than a month to FIBA Afrobasket Championship billed to hold in Rwanda from July 28 to August 6, the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) may have begun the search for a new coach, who will lead the women’s national team, D’Tigress, to the competition.
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As the country prepares ahead of the forthcoming Rwanda 2023 Afrobasket Championship, watchers of event in the basketball scene are scared that foreign-based female players may shun the national team camp.
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