Men You Should Know: Usman Umar Kibiya
Early life And Education Usman Kibiya Umar was born on 12 June 1949 in Kibiya Local Government Area. As customary of many northern towns, people bear the names of the communities they hail from thus, Kibiya bears the name of his own local government area: Kibiya. He attended Kibiya Junior Primary School from 1955-1958 […]
Tokyo Olympics: Abba Optimistic About D’Tigers
Former D’Tigers player, Mohammed Abba ‘Jugu’ has backed the Nigerian national male basketball team to have an impressive outing at the Tokyo Olympics which is scheduled to hold next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more about Sports Abba who expressed optimism at the array of players in the country’s basketball squad, stated […]
Golden Moments In Sports: When D’Tigress Decimated Guinea 103-33
In a game that certainly proved D’Tigress as Africa’s biggest basketball team, the Nigeria senior women’s team utterly dominated Guinea at the 2017 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket in Mali. D’Tigress went up against the Guineans on the back of three straight wins at the games. The Guineans, on the other hand, had a good run through […]
Coach Pleads With NBBF To Improve Communication With Clubs
Mustapha Dogo, head coach of Nasarawa Amazons basketball club, has asked the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) to be build on its communication with clubs in the country. Dogo recalled that last year, clubs were were only given a week’s notice to prepare for the 2018 Zenith Women Basketball League. For clubs who were not on […]
D’Tigers Relinquish Afrobasket Championship Title to Tunisia
The Nigerian senior men’s basketball team have failed to retain the FIBA Afrobasket Champions title after they were bested by co-host Tunisia on Saturday at the jam-packed 12,000 capacity Salle Omnisports de Rades Gymnasium. Tunisia hosted the tournament for the third time this year; in 1987 and in 2015 where D’ Tigers won the title. […]
D’Tigers off to a Flying Start
Nigeria’s Men Basketball team, D’Tigers, dismantled their West African counterparts, Mali, to win their first game at the Afrobasket Championship in Abidjan. D’Tigers recorded a comfortable 74-59 victory over Mali, to secure their first win and top Group D. Ike Diogu was the star of the show, amassing 19 points and 7 rebounds. He was […]