Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers maintained their place as the top team in the continent and the 19th best team in the world in the most recent FIBA world rankings despite missing out on the FIBA World Cup. In the just finished African qualifying round for World Cup in Luanda, D’Tigers won two games — beating Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire …

The protracted leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) is not about to abate as the two factions citing different authorities to claim legitimacy. One faction is led by Mark Igoche, while the other has Musa Ahmadu-Kida as head. Igoche told newsmen on Friday that he would obey the orders of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, while Ahmadu-Kida insisted that it …