The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, have begun preparations for the third phase of the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers with a training camp in Abuja starting today, February 10.
Camp Details
Coach Abdulrahman Mohammed will lead D’Tigers in the 2025 AfroBasket Qualifiers.
Home-based players will report to Abuja for the first phase of camp from February 10 to 16.
Foreign-based players will join the squad directly in Tripoli, Libya, on February 17, ahead of the qualifiers scheduled for February 17-24.
Head Coach: Abdulrahman Mohammed (returning from the first qualification window).
Assistants: Former D’Tigers star Deji Akindele and Isikaku Smart (NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers).
D’Tigers Qualification Situation
Nigeria is bottom of Group B, having lost all three games in the previous round of qualifiers in 2024.
Only the top three teams from the group will qualify for the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket tournament in Angola.
24-Man Preliminary Roster
Home-Based Players
Okiki Michael (Rivers Hoopers)
Sulaimon Azeez (Hoops & Reads)
Rayyan AR Salis (Gboko City Chiefs)
Patrick Abah (Royal Hoopers)
Abel Offia (Rivers Hoopers)
Ugochukwu Simon (Virtus Ragusa, Italy)
Wisdom Anyaoha (Gboko City Chiefs)
Kareem Joseph (Hoops & Reads)
Ifeanyi Koko (Rivers Hoopers)
Ibe Agu (Customs)
Clinton Osabuohein Best (Hoops & Reads)
Foreign-Based Players
Zaid Hearst (Zamora, Spain)
Mike Nuga (Valmiera Glass, Latvia)
Ike Nwamu (CCMB, France) – Team Captain
Agada Caleb (Avtador, Russia)
Martins Igbanu (Niigata Albirex BB, Japan)
Abdul Malik Abu (Arriva P. Cukier, Poland)
Christian Mekowulu (Akita Northern Happinets, Japan)
Talib Zanna (KK Cibona, Croatia)
Bassey Effiong (Spinet Knight, Ghana)
Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu (Pallacanestro Varese, Italy)
Vincent Buchi (Rivers Hoopers)
Jason Jitoboh (Vellaznimi, Kosovo)
John Egbunu (Breogan, Spain)
What’s Next?
D’Tigers will be aiming to bounce back in the qualifiers when they face Libya, Uganda, and Cape Verde in Tripoli.
The team’s final squad will be determined after the Abuja camp and upon the arrival of the foreign-based players.
