The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) said it drafted coaches of Air Warriors of Abuja, Samson Sotuminu and MFM of Lagos Basketball Club, Aderemi Adewunmi to the technical crew of D’Tigress’ team to be exposed to the techniques of basketball.

Nigeria's senior women’s national Basketball Team, D’Tigress will open their 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament camp on Saturday, February 1 in Belgrade.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has stated that the country’s female national team, the D’Tigress, would not suffer paucity of funds, as the team opens camp

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has thanked the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare for his fatherly intervention towards sourcing funds for injured D’Tigress player, Nkem Akaraiwe.

D’Tigress’ Head Coach, Otis Hughley has called up 14 players for the last phase of preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Qualification Tournament.

Reigning African Champions, Nigeria will face world number one, United States of America, Serbia and Mozambique in the battle for a spot at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The senior women National Basketball team has been seeded in pot three alongside Japan, Brazil and Great Britain ahead of the draw ceremony for the 2020 Olympic Games qualifying tournament.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) is in festive mood following Nigerian women national team’s passage to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualification tournament at the weekend.

D’Tigress camp came alive oyesterday as players and coaches reported to their base in Maputo for the 2020 pre-Olympics qualifiers coming up in Mozambique from November 14 to 17.

Success in organised sport is a process. It doesn’t just happen. Most of the successful basketball-playing nations of the world have well-articulated programmes, which ensure that at every given period, they churn out talents for their various national teams.

Another feather was added to the already decorated cap of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) in the wee hours of yesterday in China. The NBBF was recognized as the federation with the Most Improved Women Team between 2017 and 2019 at the plenary session of the FIBA Congress and Awards Ceremony, which took place in Beijing yesterday.

In its own right, the victory of the Nigeria women’s basketball team in Senegal is worthy of applause. However, as with most triumphs in Africa’s most populous country, the context of it makes it all the more remarkable.