The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) on Monday officially released the D'Tigers final 12-man roster for the third window of the FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers set to take place in Tripoli, Libya, from 21-23 February 2025. The NBBF earlier in the month announced a 24-man preliminary roster for the D'Tigers, which has now been trimmed down by 50%. The selected squad includes a strong mix of experienced players...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has released the preliminary roster for the men’s national basketball team, the D’Tigers, ahead of the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers third window, set to take place in Tripoli, Libya, from 17-24 February 2025. 11 home-based players made the 24-man preliminary roster with the rest made up of foreign-based players, with the team to be led by head coach Abdulrahman Mohammed, who...
The Savannah Conference in the Nigeria Basketball Premier League returned for Day 2 action at the Rayfield Indoor Gym in Jos, Plateau State, on Tuesday. The Plateau Peaks continued their perfect start with a 64-56 win over Nile University to make it two wins out of two. Gombe Bulls bounced back from their opening defeat with a tightly contested 70-69 win over Nigeria Customs, who lost...
Following the successful completion of the 2024 Zenith Bank/NBBF Women's Premier Basketball League, the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has confirmed the start dates for the much-anticipated 2024 NBBF Men’s Premier Basketball League season. According to the NBBF, 16 top teams in the country will compete across two conferences—the Atlantic and Savannah Conferences. The Atlantic Conference, which is slated to take place in the Indoor Sports Hall...
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...
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