Basketball

NBBF President, Reacts To W/Cup Draws, Say D’Tigress Will Make Nigeria Proud

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5 years ago

March 3, 2022

… As D’Tigress rumbles with France, Japan others

Joel Ajayi

The President of NBBF Engr Musa Kida has expressed optimism that the Nigerian D’Tigress will make Nigeria proud as they were paired with France and Australia in the forthcoming World cup holding in September this year.

Reacting to the draw, Engr. Kida said the Nigerian girls have all the potentials to emerge the best in the tournament, saying that the Federation will leave no stone unturned to ensure that they get the best of preparations before the world cup will commence in Australia.

According to him, “we will do our best to ensure D’Tigress have a better preparation for the tournament, the team has been making the continent proud, I can assure that the forthcoming world cup will be another avenue for the team to make Nigerians and Africa proud the more”

He however sought the support of all stakeholders to move the game forward in the country.

Nigeria’s D’Tigress has been drawn in group B with France, Australia, Canada, Japan, and Serbia ahead of the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup in Sydney, Australia in September 2022.

Recently, at the playoff, the Nigerian women’s basketball side defeated France and Mali to qualify for the prestigious global dunking and slamming game.

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Fresh Ideas, Science Needed to Revitalise Basketball —ABA

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7 days ago

September 27, 2026

The Gleamer

Cyril Ogar

President/Founder, Amateur Basketball Academies, ABA, Aliyu Lucky Abubakar has called for a scientific and pragmatic approach to rediscovering the game of basketball in the North East.

The former player of many teams in Nigeria stated this on Saturday during training of coaches in Yola, Adamawa State.

Aliyu said the training is aimed to arm Coaches so they can, in turn, reach the children, especially those that ABA may not. The Deputy Comptroller in Nigeria Customs Service decried non-challant attitudes of the stakeholders in the development of basketball in the North East.

” Basketball is fading in the North East, and we at ABA will not allow it to die.”

“Adamawa was once a force in the game of basketball but had fallen behind. Our plan is to discover talent through coaching training, nurture it, and carry it from state level to the national team, and eventually, the global stage.” The basketball administrator said.

In his keynote message to the participants, which centered on the theme, “HOPE,” Harnessing opportunity, Organising for excellence, Promoting players’ development, and Empowering the next generation, Aliyu said, is far more than a drill instructors.

” Every child you see on a basketball court has a dream, and it is our job as a coach to spot it early and give it somewhere to go.” He concluded.

In his lecture titled, ” Who is a Coach”, Emmanuel Odah, the head Coach, FCT Basketball and former National Juniors team, described a coach as a committed, organised, affectionate, caring and humble.

” Commitment is consistency, and consistency is mother of progress; humility comes first because a coach who can not control himself can never control a game,” Odah insisted.

Other instructors at the training include ABA head of technical, Coach Adeka Daudu, as well as Coach Alexander Anyebe Ujoh, who spoke about the relationship between a coach and child in his care.

Coaches at the training commended ABA for its boldness to give hopes to basketball coaches all over the country. They promised that lessons learned would reshape and reset their mind on the job. They said the training will help them in understanding their role not only as an instructor but also grooming the children for a better future.

Among guests at the event include FCT Acting Director of Sports, Mr. Iyiola Ogundele and Bayelsa Veteran Basketball administrator, Coach Tony

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