Ahmedu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that Nestle basketball tournament at the grassroots had blossomed into a ‘spectacular theatre of dreams’ for many youngsters.
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Berg said this in an interview with newsmen during a 3×3 basketball competition he organised in collaboration with the Ondo State Basketball Association at the indoor sports hall of the Ondo State Sports Complex, Akure on Monday.
Ahmedu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the club had recruited 13 new players to reinforce the team ahead of the competition.
Asiegbu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that it was only proper for the NBBF to fully comply with the directive of the International Basketball Federation.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that three games were played in Division 1, while two took place in Division 2
The three-man panel, appointed by the basketball’s world governing body, is on a four-day fact-finding mission on the lingering leadership dispute between two factions of the NBBF.
Dalung told newsmen that he did not play any role in the emergency of Musa Kida as the President of the NBBF.
Tunde Popoola, the Secretary-General of Nigeria Olympic Committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that the NOC had been able to secure an extension from November 30
Ogunade told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja that there was the need to intervene in fairness.
Vice-President of NBBF, Babatunde Ogunade, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the club left on its own without consulting the competition’s organisers.
Umar told newsmen in Abuja, after emerging from a meeting convened by the Nigeria Olympic Committee, they were ready if fresh elections were needed to end the logjam.
This is the second major title won under the new NBBF after the D’Tigress went eight games unbeaten to emerge African champions in Mali
The two-day course was held in conjunction with the Nigeria Basketball Federation
The Women’s team will be led by Nkechi Akashili and Chioma Udeaja, both of First Bank Women Basketball Club of Lagos, who were members of the 2017 Afrobasket women championship winning team in Mali.
The camping for 19-year old was initiated by the Tijani Umar-led NBBF to discover young talented basketball players at the grassroots.
The camp, tagged: “Kwese Prospect Camp,” is a youth development initiative of the Tijani Umar-led NBBF and is targeted at grassroots basketball players 19 years old and below
Ugboaja gave the assurance on Saturday in Abuja during a meeting he held with basketball players in the Savannah Conference
Ugboaja made this known after a two-day retreat with players plying their trade in the Nigerian Basketball League system (Premier League, Division 1, Division 2 and Zenith Women Basketball League) in Lagos.
Having established that the indefinite ban on the referees, players and three Lagos State-based clubs who are part of the traditional teams in the Atlantic Conference was not done in good faith by the former board, the NBBF decided to overturn the sanctions.
According to the official website of Nigeria Basketball Federation, D’Tigers led the scoreboard aggregate throughout the fiercely-contested quarter-final match.