A member of the Musa Kida-led Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) faction, Samuel Ahmedu, has downplayed the ongoing Kwese Basketball Premier League organised by the Tijani Umar-led faction by describing it as “just an invitational tournament”. The federation had earlier sealed...

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has warned clubs to stay away from featuring in illegal leagues and that failure to comply will attract punishment (bans). This was made known by the Musa Kida-led faction through its secretary Chiemezie Asiegbu as...

This year's Kwese Premier Basketball League will kickoff on the 6th of May. The start date was confirmed by the Tijani Umar-led NBBF faction. Speaking earlier this week in Abuja about the new Basketball league season, Umar said: “The future of...

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has signed a multi-million naira sponsorship deal with Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria. The two-year deal worth N60m will see Total become the sponsors of the federation’s Men’s National Division 1 and 2 leagues. The new...

The Federal Government has announced cash rewards for athletes who win medals for Nigeria at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games scheduled to start on Wednesday. The announcement was made by the Sports Minister Solomon Dalung while disclosing the financial...

Chicago Bulls power forward Noah Vonleh has stated that his biggest support is from Liberia. Vonleh, 22, who is from a Liberian lineage, was speaking about his Basketball career, Liberia etc. He also revealed that he would like to have a...

The Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) elections would take place immediately after a new constitution has been drafted. This was confirmed by the Secretary-General of the Musa Kida-led federation, Chimezie Asiegbu, on Thursday in a chat with the News Agency of...

International Basketball's governing body, FIBA, has ordered fresh elections into the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF). The decision to conduct fresh elections was reached after the FIBA Executive Committee meeting held on Saturday, March 10 at the House...

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has expressed confidence that the national men's team, D'Tigers will do well at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. Speaking about the recently released 12-man list for the Games next month, the body's Vice President,...

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has unveiled the 12-man squad for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games scheduled for the next month. The list, compiled by the Alex Nwora-led technical crew at the end of the 1st phase of camping, was released...