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D’Tigers open camp on Saturday for 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers

By Wale Mustapha on August 18, 2022 News, Sports

D’Tigers camp will open on Saturday, 20, August in Abidjan as the team starts preparation for window four of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. The team’s head coach, Mike Brown, disclosed this became necessary to address the slow starts in the first two windows when the team lost to Cape Verde. Disclosing this to […]

NBBF lauds President Buhari on international basketball commitment

By Wale Mustapha on June 23, 2022 News, Sports

The Board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has extended its gratitude to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari for rescinding the Federal Government’s decision, through the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sport, Chief Sunday Dare, to withdraw the national teams from international basketball. In its immediate reaction, following the press conference presided over by the Permanent […]

Basketball: Relief as Federal Government rescinds decision on international withdrawal

By Wale Mustapha on June 23, 2022 News, Sports

Following the intervention by concerned stakeholders, former Nigerian International basketballers, well meaning Nigerians and a letter of appeal by Musa Kida on behalf of the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation(NBBF), the decision of the Federal Government to withdraw from international basketball for two years has been rescinded. Kida’s letter of appeal dated June 17, […]

Basketball: Sunday Dare charges IMC to facilitate revamp of grassroot basketball in Nigeria

By Admin on June 4, 2022 News, Sports

Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare has tasked the newly-inaugurated Interim Management Committee of the basket ball to ensure the growth of the game in areas such as including grassroots talent development and corporate sponsorships amongst others. The Minister made this known during the inauguration of an 11-man team to manage the […]

NBBF Crisis – Detractors resort to cheap blackmail after a failed conspiracy theories

By Admin on June 3, 2022 News, Sports

The Pro- NBBF campaigners have tried endlessly, to paint the Sports ministry in bad light while also trying to gather enough support and sympathy for the NBBF Board rendered redundant by the recent decision of the Sports ministry to withdraw Nigeria from all international competitions for atleast two years. Unlike in the past when these […]

Basketball: Ministry outlines conditions for return to international competitions

By Wale Mustapha on May 17, 2022 News, Sports

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development says it has a duty to approach the Federal Government to reconsider Nigeria’s withdrawal from international basketball, but if only there are improvements on the state of the game and unity amongst stakeholders. Last Wednesday, the Federal Government’s decision to have Nigeria withdraw from international basketball for two […]

After 30 months, FIBA still studying NBBF constitution

By Wale Mustapha on October 31, 2019 News, Sports

By Ajibarede Bello For the past 30months FIBA is still studying the final draft constitution submitted by the stakeholders from Nigeria. Meanwhile, it empowered its surrogates in Nigeria and they have gone for the overkill of anyone suspected of not being in their camp. International and national referees were barred from officiating and some call […]