BASKETBALL

Private sports marketing outfit, Inspire Marketing and Branding International has joined hands with the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, with a view to repositioning the sport in the country, especially as it affects the fortunes of the various national teams. Nigeria’s men’s national basketball team D’Tigers Speaking on the partnership in Lagos at the weekend, The Managing Director and Chief Executive …

19TH MILO SECONDARY SCHOOLS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: ABUJA, ADAMAWA EMERGE CENTRAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS …As Abuja Players Clinch MVP for Region Government Secondary School, Karu, Abuja, and Government Secondary School, Numan, Adamawa, emerged regional champions in the male and female categories respectively at the Central Conference of the 19th edition of Nestle Milo Secondary School Basketball Championship, which took place at the …

The FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2017 Final Round taking place from September 15-24 may be five months away but Chioma Priscilla Udeaja is already foreseeing Nigeria emerging top at the end of a 12-team battle in Bamako, Mali. Senegal, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt are made up of female players like us and the difference only shows when the game is played.” – …

 President of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Tijjani Umar has said the body was prepared to start both Men’s and the Zenith Women Basketball Leagues this month after concluding all contractual agreements with sponsors. The NBBF President, who spoke ahead of the federation’s board meeting in Abuja at the weekend said Zenith Bank has released the N35million sponsorship money for the …

* New Season Dunks Off April 10 The 2017 Zenith Bank Basketball League has been scheduled to start on April 10 in Abuja with the financial institution committing N35m to the sponsorship of the competition. The Deputy Managing Director of the bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, on Tuesday at the Zenith Corporate headquarters in Lagos told newsmen that contributing to the development …

University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Bayero University Kano (BUK) have emerged national champions in the men and women category of the inaugural Nigeria Universities Games Association (NUGA) 3X3 Basketball Tour In Abuja. In what was a repeat of the final of the Southern League, the University of Lagos confirmed their superiority over University of Ibadan 14-11 to lift the gold …

– NBA Africa Game Returns to South Africa in Team Africa vs. Team World Format – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced today that NBA Africa Game 2017, the NBA’s second game in Africa, will take place Saturday, Aug. 5 at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa. The announcement was made at …

Nigeria’s senior men’s and women’s national teams will play international friendly games against top-ranked teams ahead of this year’s continental championships, the country’s basketball federation’s chairman Tijjani Umar announced. The Nigerians have been invited by Lithuania, Australia, France, Serbia and China. The reigning FIBA AfroBasket champions have automatically qualified for this summer’s continental event and, unlike most Africa national teams; …

.To Re-Launch D’Tigers’ Mascot The Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) has announced it has secured a $12 million sponsorship package for the local league. The deal which is for five years was unfolded when the basketball stakeholders gathered for its Annual General Meeting in Abuja. The federation’s Marketing Consultant, Kunle Raji, described the deal with an undisclosed global firm as the …

In its bid at bringing a new lease of life for university sports, Nigeria University Games (NUGA) Basketball has concluded a sponsorship arrangement with the Ahmadu Musa Kida (AMK) Foundation to begin an annual 3-Aside Basketball Tournament from 2017. This was disclosed to newsmen in Kaduna on Monday by the NUGA Basketball Chairman, Professor Adamu Ahmed, who said he sees …