Nigeria Basketball Federation

Nigeria’s senior women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, are expected to arrive in Yaoundé, Cameroun, today ahead of their FIBA Afrobasket title defence, which begins on Saturday. D’Tigress will open their title defence against…

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ahmadu Musa Kida, has expressed  appreciation to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare for the supportive role he played during the Tokyo Olympics …

The long awaited Nigeria Basketball Premier League is commencing in grand style in the capital city Abuja and the State of Sunshine, Akure in Ondo State today 8 September 2021. 22 teams will take part in the championship with 11 teams…

The Coach of the Nigeria’s National Basketball team (D’Tigers), Mike Brown, has confirmed that he will coach Nigeria at the AfroBasket tournament in two weeks. Before the Olympics, D'Tigers impressed with big wins against the United…

Nigerian basketball star Micheal Eric revealed that he has tested positive to COVID-19, leaving him out of the basketball team representing the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In an official announcement published by the Nigeria…

The Nigerian men's senior national basketball team, D’Tigers, have invited 49 players to the California camp in the United States to begin final preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, scheduled to begin on July 23, 2021. D'Tigers…

Tony Emunwen and Sule Mohammed have both been announced as Technical Commissioners for the National Sports Festival by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF). The announcement was made by the NBBF Secretary General, Afolabi-Oluwayemi…

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has assured that the senior women (D’Tigress) and men's (D’Tigers) teams will play quality oppositions in friendly games, as part of their preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo this year.…