D’Tigers roster ready, team leaves for Angola

Nigeria’s national basketball team, D’Tigers has released a 12-man roster yesterday according to inside camp sources as the team rounded up its preparations for the FIBA AfroBasket 2025 holding from August 12 to 25 in Angola.

With key players Caleb Agada, Ike Nwamu, Josh Okogie and Stan Okoye in camp, Coach Abdulrahman Mohammed and the rest of the technical crew will decide who makes the final 12-man list.

Also in camp are Mohammed Abdulsalam, Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu, Talib Zanna, Mike Nuga, Devine Eke, and Christian Mekowulu. Also present are Martins Igbanu, Ugo Andrew Simon, Emmanuel Omogbo, Fola Fayemi, Peter Olisemeka, and Kareem Joseph.

Of the lot, only three, Caleb Agada, Ike Nwamu, and Josh Okogie, were part of Nigeria’s squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which was held in 2021.

The first and only time Nigeria won Afrobasket title was in Tunisia (2015). Nigeria came close to repeating the feat in 2017 but was stopped by Tunisia.

The Nigerian team is billed to leave Nigeria on Sunday for Angola barring any last minute changes and will be looking to return to the podium again but will have to survive the group stage, where they are drawn alongside defending champions Tunisia, Mozambique, and Cameroon.