Nigeria: Abdullahi, Umar Sure of Afrobasketball Gold

19 August 2013

Minister of Sports Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi and President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) President Mallam Tijani Umar have expressed confidence in the ability of Nigeria's male basketball team, D'Tigers to win the 2013 Afrobasketball Championship.

Umar, who stated this at the sendforth ceremony for the D'Tigers in Abuja on Saturday night, noted that Nigeria has a team that would dominate African basketball at the 2013 Afrobasketball Championship in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

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