The 2023 Olumide Oyedeji Basketball Camp that started on August 21, 2023 and continued as at press time on Wednesday with over 400 kids across Nigeria in attendance.
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The tournament which was initially set to feature 8 Nigerian Premier league teams will now feature 10 teams with the addition of Gidi Giants and Spindex and the tournament starts from 6th-11th of February 2023, still at the national stadium, Lagos.
The election of the new executive, to be led by the former NBA star, was described by the congress as a milestone
The event is targeted at the secondary schools in Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Ogun, and Lagos states with registration already underway under the direct supervision of the various state basketball associations.
Oyedeji, who is the South West representative on the board of the NBBF, expressed excitement about the prospect of basketball development in the zone under his watch for the next four years.
This decision was taken during the inaugural meeting of all basketball chairmen in the zone.
The colourful ceremony, which had the theme: “The Labour of Our Heroes Past,” was graced by several sports stakeholders in the country
This followed the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja striking out the case brought against the NBBF by the Management Board of Kwese Basketball League, headed by Olumide Oyedeji, which tried to forcefully hijack the league from the federation.
Ajayi said this on Friday on the WhatsApp platform of the union.
The spirit of Olympics was once more revived as the Nigeria Olympic Committee gathered athletes, Paralympians and other sports enthusiasts to celebrate the 2019 Olympic Day in Lagos.
The President of the Nigeria Olympian Association, Olumide Oyedeji has thrown his weight behind the Lagos Media Marathon.
Fourteen-year-old Togolese Mubarak Bote and 13-year-old Osun State indigene Olawuyi Adenike bagged scholarships worth $45,000 each to further their education for showing outstanding skills, discipline and emerging Most Valuable Player and Most Promising Player respectively at the just concluded Olumide Oyedeji Basketball Camp in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 42km race started at exactly 6.30 a.m. at the National Stadium in spite of an early morning rain in Surulere, the take-off point and some parts of the city.
The replacement was elected unopposed
Oyedeji has served the nation for two decades and captained the team that won the 2015 Africa Nations Basketball Cup in Tunisia, the first major trophy to be won by Nigeria in the sport
Oyedeji, who now plays for London Lions as centre, has so far completed two training sessions since his arrival on Wednesday
The team’s strength has been boosted for the make or mar double header by the arrival of two foreign-based players
This followed the appointment of Nigeria Basketball Federation board member and former D’Tigers captain, Olumide Oyedeji, on the FIBA Player’s commission for the 2014-2019 term of office
To tutor the participants this year, Oyedeji said: “I am inviting high profile local coaches like Ayo Bakare, who handles the national team now, Scott Nnaji and Ganiyu Otenigbagbe