D'TIGERS FLY ASKY TO BURKINA ON FRIDAY

The contingent of players and officials of the Nigerian senior men's national team the D'Tigers will leave the shores of the country on Friday 13th march aboard ASKY Air from the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja for the 1st leg of their FIBA Africa Basketball championship qualifiers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

The qualifier which doubles as  the qualifiers for the  All African Games in Congo Brazzerville later this year will see the D'Tigers take on the Burkinabes' on monday March 16th before  coming back home for the return leg on the 25th of March according to the FIBA Africa secretariat qualifiers schedule release.

The team strength has however been boosted for the make or mere double header by the arrival of the foreign based duo of  Ejike Ugboaja, who remains the 1st and only Nigerian to be drafted by the NBA directly from the Nigerian Premier Basketball league in 2006 and veteran captain Olumide Oyedeji who currently stars for the London Lions in the UK.

The team and officials will however have a media chat with press men this evening before boarding the Asky Airline early tomorrow morning. 

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Oyedeji Completes 2nd Training , Hails Team Preparedness 

The Nigerian camp was in high spirit yesterday following the arrival of the 2nd foreign based player expected in camp with the arrival of  veteran D'Tigers captain  Olumide Oyedeji,with all set for the all important qualifiers for the 2015 FIBA Africa Basketball Championship and  All African Games between Nigeria and Burkina Faso on the 16th and 25th of this month in Ouagadougou and Burkina Faso respectively.

The London Lions center who completed his second training session this morning having trained during the evening practice yesterday, disclosed that the team is in high spirit and will come back to Lagos for the 2nd leg with nothing short of victory.

 "The guys are set and we are ready. All we want to to qualify for Tunisia 2015 and that's what we plan to do in Burkina Faso and later at home here in Nigeria".

Oyedeji joins former NBA draftee Ejike Ugboaja, who is set for Greece after the qualifiers, following his move from Turkish 2nd Division League side Istanbul Teknik Universiti, where he starred in the 2013/2014 season, as the only foreign based players in the squad.

The teams leaves for Burkina Faso capital via Asky Airline on Friday for the March 16 encounter.