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.
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After two successive World Cup losses against Russia and Argentina in China, D’Tigers have now shifted their attention to qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Another feather was added to the already decorated cap of the Nigeria Basketball Federation in the wee hours of Thursday in China.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja after the presentation of the 2019 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket trophy to the newly appointed Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, the NBBF President, Engr. Musa Kida, said the boys are focused on the task ahead.
The victorious D’Tigress team and some members of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Board led by its President, Engr. Musa Kida, paid a courtesy call on the newly-appointed Minister of Sport, Sunday Dare, in his office in Abuja.
The board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has lauded the fatherly role played by President Muhammadu Buhari in the Senior Women’s Basketball team’s 2019 Afrobasket triumph.
The team’s General Manager, Musa Adamu, revealed that the team had to wait for the NBBF President, Musa Kida to return from Senegal where he went to cheer the D’Tigress to their fourth African title.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has advised stakeholders to focus more on the positives being recorded in the sport rather than expending unnecessary energy on the few challenges encountered by the AFROCAN team due to lack of funds.
Ahead of the 2019 Zenith Bank Plc sponsored Women Basketball League tipping off on July 26, 2019, the Nigeria Basketball Federation has appointed referees, table officials, statisticians and Technical Commissioners for the four match venues.
As the home based D’Tigers file out on Saturday for their Group B match of the inaugural edition of FIBA AFROCAN against Kenya, the President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr. Musa Kida, has charged the team to reach for the sky.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has announced a slight change in the commencement date of the 15th edition of the Zenith Women Basketball League.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation on Wednesday released a list of 14 home-based players selected for the inaugural edition of the FIBA AfroCan Basketball Championship taking place in Mali, tipping off on July 19 in Bamako.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has identified grassroots development through secondary school basketball as a key ingredient for sustainable development and growth of basketball in Nigeria to build a sustainable structure.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation on Tuesday asked interested individuals and corporate entities to apply for slots in the Zenith Bank-sponsored Women’s Basketball League ahead of its new season.
The Nigerian Women’s 3×3 Basketball team have begun camping in Abuja for the 1st Africa Beach Games in Sal, Cape Verde, from June 18, 2019.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation under the leadership of Engr. Musa Kida has condoled with the family of Kunle Delano and Saratu Luga over the death of two of its key stakeholders in Nigeria basketball.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has congratulated Kingsley Ojeaburu over his recent nomination by the Federation of International Basketball Federation ahead of the 2019 Men’s World Cup in China and the U-19 WC in Greece.
The General Assembly of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has passed a vote of confidence on Ahmadu Musa Kida as President of NBBF, following the achievements recorded under his watch since taking over in 2017.
Factional President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Musa Kida, says there is no court injunction restraining him and his board from carrying out any activity in the name of NBBF.
The avoidable leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Basketball Federation is telling on the federation’s sponsorship portfolio, according to Musa Kida, NBBF president.