Basketball in Africa

The Nigerian Basketball federation, NBBF, has disclosed that the men's national team to the Afrobasket 2013 tournament in Cote d'Ivoire would arrive Lagos on Saturday on Virgin Atlantic at 5.30 a.m.
The team is expected to fly out to Abuja on Medview Airline where they would be hosted at a reception by the NBBF at Westpoint Hotel, Wuse on Saturday. The guest of honour at the event would be the Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, who would formally bid the team and staff farewell and wish them a successful championship in Cote d' Ivoire.
The team would thereafter depart Abuja for Abidjan on Sunday.
After the training camps in Abuja, Los Angeles and Orlando and the Stankovic tournament tour of China, the selected players and staff to represent Nigeria at the championship would include:
PLAYERS:
1. Abdulwahab Alade Aminu
2. Alfarouk Ajadi Aminu
3. Andy Obinna Ogide
4. Ben Chukwukelo Uzoh
5. Chamberlain Nnameka Oguchi
6. Gani Oladimeji Lawal
7. Ike Somtochukwu Diogu
8. Jamaal Olasewere
9. Olumide Oyedeji
10. Richard Chukwuma Oruche
11. Stanley Gumut
12. Stan Chukwuemeka Okoye
STAFF:
1. Head Coach-Ayodele Bakare
2. Assistants-Sani Ahmed
3. Ayinla Johnson,
4. Ogoh Odaudu and 5. Abdulrahman Mohammed
Doctor-Dr.Suleiman Ohida
Physio-Ekundayo Ogunkunle
Media Officer-Patrick Omorodion