Tag: Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF)

The Nigeria's basketball body, the NBBF, said it was left with no other option than to withdraw from the qualification ...

Coach Bakare emphasises that the NBBF and the local basketball league will face ongoing challenges in attracting sponsorships because of ...

The referees revealed that since last Sunday, they have been using their personal funds to run their stay in Ibadan

The federation initially invited 18 players to camp on Monday, 17 July, with five players from the local league making ...

Coach Mike Brown reiterates that early camping will help the team in forestalling what happened in the last window

D'Tigers are in Kigali to consolidate and win a slot in the final World Cup qualifiers in August.

There is first a country before any organisation or federation that bears the Nigerian name, colours, and flag in representing ...

The reversal comes barely six weeks into the self-imposed two-year basketball ban.

The committee is among many things saddled with revamping basketball from the grassroots

Mr Mark believes the ban is painful but it might bring some good results in fixing the challenges.

NBBF members are said to have come together to discuss and finalise strategies for a viable basketball season.

Igoche says inactivity in the local Nigeria basketball scene has meant that the country has lost many promising youngsters

While the NBBF crisis has been counterproductive on all fronts, it is not yet clear if the latest correspondence from ...

D'Tigers rallied from a first day loss to beat Mali and then blowout Uganda to qualify for the next phase ...

The basketball league has been on an almost four-year hiatus on account of infighting in the NBBF.

After many back and forth accusations, Nigeria's national women's basketball team players have finally received their dues

"Seven-member committee instituted to plot a way forward for the game and to settle all lingering feuds."

The standoff between the Ministry of Sports and the caretaker committee it instituted has subsided with the NBBF elections suspended

The past weeks have witnessed a lot of fireworks between opposing camps; including a protest staged in Abuja

The protest, which was predicated on the forthcoming NBBF elections, was led by led by newly elected players' representative, Stanley ...

The Nigerian women, who have conquered Africa for three successive years, have a litany of complaints against the outgoing board.

The elections will be held in Benin and will be chaired by Lanre Glover.

Former national team player says the focus should be on reviving the domestic league

The basketball fraternity has been embroiled in internal turmoil with various camps laying claim to the NBBF leadership.

D'Tigress won their third consecutive AfroBasket title and are now undefeated in Africa since 2017.