Nigeria: D' Tigers to Honour Chavez With Venezuela Friendly

11 April 2014

An international basketball friendly match is on the card in Abuja between D' Tigers of Nigeria and Venezuela. The match is a memorial in honour of the former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5, 2013 at the age of 58 years following a long battle with cancer.

The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Tijjani Umar, revealed this last night during a courtesy visit by the executive committee of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Abuja chapter.

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