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Nigeria’s Under-18 boys’ team finally got some good news on Tuesday regarding the visa issue hindering their participation in the U18 AfroBasket tournament in South Africa. The Junior D'Tigers have now been granted visas to South Africa to represent Nigeria at the tournament, Afrosport reports. According to the head of delegation for the Nigeria U18 basketball team, Ugo Udueze, the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) have stepped...

Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigers denied South African visas for FIBA U18 tournament

by Ibikunle Salako

3 September 2024

Nigeria's Under-18 boys’ team are running against the clock to participate in the U18 AfroBasket tournament in South Africa. The Junior D'Tigers have been denied visas by the South African Consulate at Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which puts their participation in the competition in jeopardy. The players, who trained and camped in Abuja on return from Abidjan are currently distraught as their dreams of competing...

NBBF & Rena Wakama respond to Abi Olajuwon’s payment outburst

by Taiye Taiwo

30 August 2024

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) and D'Tigress head coach, Rena Wakama have responded to assistant coach Abi Olajuwon's outburst over unpaid dues after the Paris 2024 Olympics. The daughter of NBA legend Hakeem Olajuwon, on Thursday, called out the NBBF for not paying D'Tigress coaches after their impeccable outing in Paris where they reached the women's basketball quarter-finals. Olajuwon took to social media to express her...

Women’s Afrobasket 2023: D’Tigress begin title defence with win over DR Congo

by Ibikunle Salako

28 July 2023

Nigeria’s women’s basketball national team, the D’Tigress got off to a winning start in their title defence, recording a comfortable 69-35 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in the opening game of this year’s Women’s Afro Basketball Championship on Friday. The defending champions led by Rena Wakama, landed in Kigali, Rwanda, on Wednesday, just two days to the kick off of the tournament and amid...

NBBF appoints former player Rena Wakama as D’Tigress head coach

by Taiye Taiwo

1 July 2023

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has appointed former player Rena Wakama as head coach of the national women's team, the D'Tigress. Wakama succeeds Otis Hughley after the NBBF confirmed she has signed a two-year contract to lead the five-time Afrobasket champions. Wakama, born in Rivers State, currently works as assistant coach at Stony Brooks University in the United States of America. The former Nigeria international is...

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