Nigeria’s U-18 basketball team, the Junior Tigers, has been granted visas and is set to compete in their opening match against Egypt at the AfroBasket U-18 Men’s tournament in South Africa on Wednesday, September 4. The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) announced in a press release that the team initially faced visa denial from the South … Read more
A top Nigerian female Basketball player has been confirmed dead. Aku was diagnosed with acute tuberculosis and cried out for financial assistance while receiving medical attention. She gave up the ghost on Wednesday. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Basketball Federation has been thrown into mourning following the death of Joy Aku, a female … Read more
Sports Ministry Reacts To Controversial NBBF Elections EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development on Wednesday said it is aware of the recent developments around the Elective Congresses of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) in Benin City and Abuja on Monday, January 31st, 2022. It would be recalled that two … Read more
ICPC begins investigation of Nigeria Basketball Federation Requests for documents dating back to 2017 The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has initiated the process to begin the investigation of the activities of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) under the leadership of Musa Kida. Ekohotblog gathered that the commission saddled with the responsibility … Read more
The Caretaker Chairman of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Engr Musa Kida has advised interested candidates vying for elective positions into the Nigeria Basketball Federation Board to make their campaigns issue-based rather than personality attacks. An astonished Kida expressed shock over the charged atmosphere with personal attacks flying around with the impending NBBF elections which will … Read more
Sound Sultan was a well-known basketball fan, who helped develop the game in the Festac area of Lagos. D’Tigers victories over Team USA and Argentina was dedicated to late Nigerian singer, Sound Sultan by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) EkoHotBlog had earlier reported the death of Sound Sultan in the early hours of Sunday, … Read more
Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) member, Felix Awogu has expressed confidence with the men and women national basketball teams to finish on the podium at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games holding in 2021. He told Sunday SunSport in a chat that given the performances of both teams in different competitions, Nigeria has become a force … Read more
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has thanked the Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Sunday Dare for his fatherly intervention towards sourcing funds for injured D’Tigress player, Nkem Akaraiwe. The federation described the $15,000 intervention by the Ministry as an early Christmas gift which is well appreciated by the players, her fans and also the federation. … Read more