30th June, 2010
The 2009/2010 All Stars match will come up on Sunday at the Tafawa Balewa Square Sports Complex, Kaduna, Nigeria.
The match will be between the best players in the Atlantic and Savannah Conferences of the NBBF/DSTV Premier League.
The match will be beamed live on satellite channel, DSTV.
Chairman of the technical committee of the NBBF, Muktar Khaleh, said the match will feature 24 players, adding that 12 players will come from each conference.
He disclosed that the players will arrive for the epic match on Friday for the team in Atlantic Conference and Saturday for the team from Savannah Conference.
According to Khaleh, the President of the federation, Tijani Umar will address the media on Saturday morning, where he would unfold plans for the All Stars game and the other programmes for the year.
Khaleh, who is also the President of FIBA-Africa Zone 3, revealed that apart from the match, there will be a contest in three pointers and slam dunk.
—Wale Joseph