Making this known in Abuja, the NBBF Secretary General, Afolabi-Oluwayemi Olabisi, said players are expected to fly into Kigali, Rwanda.
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In an interview with NBBF media, Moneke revealed that he got emotional and cried when he was contacted and invited by the federation.
Reacting to a recent feedback over the absence of some players who featured at the 2019 World Cup in China, the NBBF President, Engr. Musa Kida, explained that the exceptional quality of players ready to play for D’Tigers has made selection very difficult for the coaching crew.
The Media Officer of Nigeria Basketball Federation Board, Afolabi Oni, who made the disclosure, said Brown, who would officially start his voyage with Nigeria, submitted the list of the players.
The leadership of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has said qualification for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Men’s tournament was non-negotiable.
This was stated on Tuesday as countries get set for the next window of the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers to be hosted in Rwanda and Egypt after the conclusion of the first window in February.
This was revealed in the second part of FIBA Africa’s ranking of the continent’s 10 best players of the last decade.
The member of the 2017 silver winning Afrobasket team said the initiative was part of his own way of helping the less privileged get by through the tough time occasioned by the pandemic.
D’Tigers’ captain, Ike Diogu, has revealed that he is closer to the end of his journey with the D’Tigers team than ever before.
Nigerian-American and Brooklyn Nets Guard Spencer Dinwiddie is in the process of acquiring a Nigerian passport to be eligible to play for the D’Tigers at the 2021 Summer Olympics Games.
African champions, D’Tigers and their women counterparts, D’Tigress, will wait a little longer to know their opponents at the Olympics as the World basketball’s governing body has postponed the men’s Olympic qualifiers, the European Championship and the Americas Championship by a year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Nigerians count down to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, the President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr. Musa Kida, is optimistic that the senior men and women basketball teams can end up on the medals table.
In fulfilment of his promise to host the Air Warriors of Lagos upon their becoming champions of the Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Friday received members of the team in his office at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.
Prior to his appointment, the 49-year-old coach was the associate head coach of the NBA team, Golden State Warriors
D’Tigers will compete in Group D alongside Mali, Rwanda and Algeria for a place in the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Championship.
Following their amazing performance at the just concluded 2019 FIBA men’s World Cup in China, Nigeria’s D’Tigers now rank 23rd in the latest ranking.
Nigeria’s D’Tigers will on Thursday return home after qualifying the country for Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the just ended FIBA World Cup in China.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, after the D’Tigers booked a place in the 2020 Olympic Games.
The president’s congratulatory message is communicated through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday.
Nigeria’s D’Tigers have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics courtesy their hard-earned victory over hosts China in the final classification game on Sunday at the ongoing FIBA World Cup in Guangzhou, China.