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44 Registered Clubs
215 Licensed Female Players
540 Licensed Male Players
400 Unlicensed Players
Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1964
Rank on FIBA Ranking: 27
15/05/2013
NGR - First Mozambique, then Turkey for Udobi
NEW YORK (Afrobasket for Women/FIBA World Championship for Women) - When Nigeria pulled out of the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women held in Chile, it was quite a blow for Sandra Udobi.
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24/04/2013
NGR - A year to remember for Dominic Okon
WICHITA (NCAA/Afrobasket) - The past year has been unique for Dominic Okon, and if he re-joins the coaching staff of Nigeria men’s national team in the summer, then this will be one of the highest
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04/04/2013
NGR - Varem gives thumbs up to national team
PHOENIX (Afrobasket/FIBA Basketball World Cup) - Nigerian Jeff Varem remembers the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan as a true spectacle.
It’s a tournament entrenched in the memory of all
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04/03/2013
BEN/NGR - Zanna, Yarou in the limelight
PITTSBURGH (NCAA) - A couple of players who grew up in the neighboring African countries of Benin and Nigeria took center stage in an important game of American college basketball on Sunday.
In a Big
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21/02/2013
NGR/USA - Omotola finishing strong
LYNCHBURG (NCAA Women) - Tolu Omotola is putting the finishing touches on a terrific career at Liberty University in Virginia.
The senior power forward/center is averaging 16 points and 9.1 rebounds
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