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Domestic Leagues To Kick Off Soon- NBBF

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3 years ago

February 1, 2022

After the conclusion of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Elective Congress in Benin City, the leadership of the NBBF is determined to build a domestic league structure that will reflect the immense potentials that abound in Nigeria.

Entertaining questions from journalists, Engr Musa Kida who was unanimously returned as the NBBF’s president said the symbolic election heralds new dawn with the domestic league at the center of the board’s plan.

Kida who brought his touch to bear in the last four years with the men and women national teams becoming a dominant force to reckon with at the world stage is determined to replicate the same on the domestic scene.

“My personal mantra is to make sure that since we have institutionalized in a way, we have to build structures around that to make sure that we are a sustainable entity going forward”.

“One of our biggest tasks is to look at what we have done in the last four years and build upon them with a focus on the domestic scene”.

With no legal distraction on the horizon stopping any of the domestic leagues from being organized, he assured that the board is ready to ensure that the Men and Women leagues are up and running in no time.

“We are hoping that all these stakeholders will come on board so that together we have a very enviable domestic league”.

Reflecting on the electoral process, the newly elected president said, “We are all conscious of the fact that Nigerian basketball history has been made today. Nigerian basketball election into its federation was conducted in the most democratic way with 27 states out of the 36 and the Federal Capital Territory present”.

“It was done according to the congress’s approved constitution by Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA), Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and fully domiciled with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports. So, this gives the most positive in the history of basketball in Nigeria”.

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Match Day 2: Nigeria Customs Basketball Women`s Team Hold On beats Societte OmniSports 66-59

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7 hours ago

November 7, 2024

The Gleamer

Oluwabusayo Olowookere

The Nigeria Customs Women Basketball Team had to stay strong in the final quarter of their encounter against Societte Omnisport De L`Armee of Ivory Coast to win 66-59 points at ongoing FIBA Africa Women`s Basketball League Zone 3 Qualifer inside the SKD Gymnasium Paynesville Morovia Liberia.

The Customs Ladies, who secured their first win Teusday started on a strong footing dictating the flow of the game against their opponent Kourtni Perry and Tobiloba Ogedengbe ensuring that the team keep their solidity when defending and on the attack to end the first quarter 24-18 in favour of the Customs Ladies.

In the second quarter, a resilient Customs ladies who pushed took further control of the game scoring 16points as against 8points of their Ivorian opponent finishing the half time at 40-26 points.

On resuming into the third quarter, the bench of Societte Omnisport De L`Armee lifted their team to go all out as they came trying to force the Border Girls into their shell as they scored 18 points to Customs 14 points to cut the lead to 10points going into the break.

In the last quarter, Coach Abdulrahman of Nigeria Customs Service Basketball team deployed every tactics of the game to ensure that they kill of the energy of the Ivorien ladies as they kept on pushing on to find a way back into the game but at the end lost it out by 66-59 points to the Adewale Adeniyi ladies.

Reacting after the game, Head Coach Abdulrahman Mohammed admitted that the game was very difficult but experience got the results for them.

“First of all let me thanked my ladies for holding on in the game because it a game that was more physical and energy consuming for us, we both had a win in our opening game and I told my girls it won`t be an easy game, but I am happy we got the needed result”.

“We are here to win again and we must take every game to get to our target here. Every team here are not a pushover so for we have to put this one behind us and get set for our next game”.

The FIBA Zone 3 AWBL defending champion Nigeria Customs Service Basketball club will tomorrow evening play their last group game against Commissioners of Liberia at the same venue.

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