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Nigeria withdraw from AfroBasket qualifiers due to lack of funds

Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers have forfeited their participation in the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers due to lack of funds from the government. D’Tigers were scheduled to begin their quest for qualification against Libya, Uganda and Cape Verde from February 23-25 in Tunisia. A brief statement from the Nigeria Basketball Federation confirmed that players who represented the country at the 2020 Olympic Games were ready to stage...