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The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), have released a 12-man roster for the third window of the FIBA African World Cup qualifiers, scheduled to hold between June 7th - 5th July, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. This follows a decision by the…

Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) President, Musa Kida, said it is high time all stakeholders came around the NBBF board to enable it hit the ground running in its quest to start a domestic programme that players, technical officials and…

Following the conclusion of the report review process, the International Basketball Association (FIBA) has congratulated Engr. Musa Kida and other newly elected board members of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF). In a letter from…

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, qualified for the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup tournament scheduled for Australia in September, despite having no training camp and arriving in Belgrade two days to the…

Nigeria's senior women's basketball team, D'Tigress, beat rivals Mali 73- 69 to qualify for this year's FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup scheduled for Sydney, Australia. Needing a victory in its last group B game in Serbia, D'Tigress…

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has revealed that stakeholders in the game are still waiting for Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, to decide on the report of the seven-man panel, which was set up to reconcile…

World basketball governing body, Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA), has extended the deadline earlier given to Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) to hold its electoral congress to January 30, 2022. FIBA had…

Having suffered a shocking opening day defeat to Cape Verde, Nigeria's D'Tigers recovered to beat rivals Mali 72-70 in  FIBA world cup qualifying match Saturday. In fact, it seemed D'Tigers would lose their second match in a…

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), has warned teams not to bank on the supposed Premier League Basketball Final 8 competition taking place in Abuja as qualifiers for the 2021 FIBA/NBA Basketball African League. According to the…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare says the victory of the national senior women's basketball team, D'Tigress, at the just concluded 2021 FIBA AfroBasket Championship in Cameroon is a worthy Independence Day gift to…