The Nigeria Basketball Federation has unequivocally stated that the planned 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Federation slated for April 13 in Abuja will go on as planned.
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The Nigeria Basketball Federation has again warned members of the Nigeria Basketball Referees Council to stay away from holding any illegal election in Kaduna on Saturday.
The AGM, which will have in attendance two representatives from the 36 states basketball associations and the Federal Capital Territory, representatives of Referees, Coaches, Technical Commissioners and the Para Military, will hold at the National Institute of Sports located inside the Abuja National Stadium.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has announced that the 2019 domestic basketball season in Nigeria will start in April with the stakeholders meeting, Congress and Annual General Meeting.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has reassured stakeholders that there is no cause for alarm over the recent Interim injunction reportedly issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja restraining the NBBF from organizing the National Premier League.
Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers, has been placed in Pot 7 by the Federation of International Basketball ahead of the FIBA World Cup draw on March 16.
The Nigerian Basketball Federation board has warned its referees to refrain from any activity capable of bringing the board and game of basketball to disrepute.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has stated that the decision to appoint Alex Nwora as D’Tigers’ coach has paid off handsomely after qualifying the team for the FIBA Men’s basketball World cup in China.
The leadership of the Nigeria Basketball Federation is saddened by the sudden demise of one of the foremost investigative sports journalists in Nigeria, Olajide Fashikun.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has announced November 27, 2018 as commencement date for the Total National Division 1 League.
Adamu Janlong, the Technical Director of Nigeria Basketball Federation, on Friday in Abuja urged private companies to support female basketball by sponsoring competitions.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has advised all club owners in the Men’s Premier League to take a cue from the response of FIBA Africa to their communiqué and fall in line or risk losing their league status.
The President of NBBF, Musa Kida, said on Monday in Lagos that the course was important as it was for the federation to spread its development programmes across board.
The 2018 League season will be held in an abridged format because of the short window before the FIBA Africa Zone 3 Club Championship Zonal elimination starting in November.
The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Musa Kida, has stated that attention will go to the grassroots and various domestic leagues being organised by the federation after the 2018 World Cup heroics of the D’ Tigress and Nigeria’s World Cup qualification for China 2019 with three games to spare.
Members of the D’Tigress team have attributed their record breaking feat at the ongoing FIBA Women’s World Cup to the unflinching support given the team by the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, led by Musa Kida.
Nigeria’s senior women’s national team, D’Tigress is scheduled to play in Group B with teams from Australia, Argentina and Turkey when the competition dunks off in September 22.
The leadership of the Nigeria Basketball Federation is in deep shock over the sudden demise of Timeyin Amatossero-Keke, who collapsed and died last week Monday night at the Bluefield State College basketball court in the United States of America.
The 12-man team expected to report to camp on September 6 will be headlined by Portland Trail Blazers’ Al-Farouq Aminu, who last featured for Nigeria in 2015 when the team played in the FIBA Afrobasket.
Ogaba told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that female Basketball is suffering in the country due to lack of competitions.