The Kenyan champions are headed to the Elite 16 after finishing second in Group D qualifiers held in Kibaha, Tanzania

Ahead of their debut in the Road to BAL (Basketball Africa League) Elite 16, Nairobi City Thunder have bolstered their squad, signing 2022 BAL Defensive Player of the Year Ater James Majok (AJ). 

AJ bagged silver in the inaugural BAL season in 2021 with Tunisians US Monastir, a side he has played for in the premier African men's club competition for three of the four seasons held so far. They lifted the 2022 title, Majok making the All-BAL first team. 
October 28,2024

The flamboyant Thunder tipped off their campaign with a comfortable 89-53 victory over Seychellois side Beau Vallon and a second victory against the highly fancied Burundians will give them a much needed boost in their top two ambitions.

Urunani have picked back to back wins so far, after thrashing Vallon 112-43 to go 2-0 up after earlier on outwitting hosts JKT 83-60.

Thunder know their work is well cut out against the Burundians, who have heavily recruited for the Road to BAL 2025, and an eye on the next round, the Elite 16.

Captain Tyler Ongwae believes the team has picked up well after the jitters of the first game, where despite winning, they felt they didn’t do as much as they would have wanted.
October 18, 2024

Nairobi City Thunder (NCT) are raring to go as the East Division Group D Road to BAL (Basketball Africa League) matches get underway on Wednesday 16 October in Kibaha, Tanzania. 

The Division has been split into two with Group E matches being played in Zimbabwe from Tuesday 22 to Sunday 27 October. The top two sides in each Group advance to the Elite 16 set for Johannesburg from Tuesday 12 November. 

Thunder goes up against Seychelles' Beau Vallon Heat, Burundi's Urunani, GNBC of Madagascar and hosts JKT playing in a round-robin format.
October 16,2024

After more than a month of training together, Nairobi City Thunder head coach Brad Ibs is pleased with the team chemistry achieved so far.

City Thunder have signed six new players who have featured in their two friendly matches so far, winning both in the last one month.

The six include Kenyans Tylor Okari Ongwae, Eugene Adera, Derrick Mekenye Ogechi and Tom Bush Wamukota. Others are Nigerian Uchenna Onyekachi Iroegbu, and American William Sidney Davis II.

Ibs feels the new players have settled in pretty fast, a signal of inspiring performances once the season kicks off proper.
October 11, 2024

NBA Kenya operations lead, Michael Finley, has tipped Nairobi City Thunder to cruise through the Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2025 qualifiers slated for Tuesday to Sunday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 

This will mark the fifth edition of the BAL qualifiers, organised by FIBA Africa, as teams from across the continent battle for a coveted spot in the prestigious 12-team tournament.

Since the tournament’s inception in 2021, no Kenyan team has gone beyond the preliminary round. 

They include Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in 2021, 2023 and 2024 and Ulinzi Warriors in 2022.
October 15, 2024

KIBAHA(Tanzania) - William Sydney Davis II 'Will' combined with Uchenna Iroegbu, each posting a double-double to propel Road to BAL debutants Nairobi City Thunder to their first victory in a 89-53 show over Seychelles' Beau Vallon Heat.

This was the opening match of East Division's Group D, a group that has attracted five teamss.

Will dropped a game-high of 26 points, adding 11 rebounds while American-Nigerian guard Iroegbu posted a rare one with 10 points and 11 rebounds for victory. 

The initial stages of the match were a see-saw with the Islanders taking an early 7-2 lead. The Kenyan side clawed back to level the score at seven, Derrick Ogechi giving them the lead for the first time from behind the arc for 10-7. 
Oct 16, 2024

Reigning Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) champions Nairobi City Thunder will begin their continental sojourn on 15-20 October, when they participate in the Road to BAL East Division group phase qualifiers in Kibaha, Tanzania.

The 2023-24 season champions are making their first appearance in the tournament, which offers them a route towards making next year’s Basketball Africa League finals.
October 4,2024

American power forward William Sydney Davis hopes his experience playing across various leagues, including the NBA G League, will be a vital addition to Kenyan side Nairobi City Thunder, as they seek success in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) next year.

Davis, who can also play as a center, was signed by the Kenyan Basketball Federation (KBF) Premier League side as part of their squad for the Road to BAL 2025.
October 3,2024

Leaders Nairobi City Thunder are expected to roar louder when they begin their Kenya National Basketball playoff quarterfinals against the University of Nairobi Terrorists at Nyayo Stadium on Saturday. Coach Brads Ibs said his unbeaten side has prepared well and the players have been competitive in training in the last two weeks.
April 5, 2024

Nairobi City Thunder head coach Brad Ibs has backed his charges to replicate the form they showed during the regular season when the Kenya National Basketball Men’s Premier League enters the playoffs stage this Sunday at Nyayo Gymnasium. The ShaurI Moyo based side, who finished the regular season unscathed, will launch their quest for the title in the quarter-finals against the University of Nairobi’s Terror on Sunday in Game One before playing Game Two and Three the following weekend.
May 31, 2024

Nairobi City Thunder will start their campaign to play at the NBA-backed Basketball Africa League (BAL) for the first time with the East Division qualifiers, which are scheduled for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from October 15-20.

The Kenyan champions will take on hosts Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa (JKT), Ethiopia’s Hawassa City, Beau Vallon of The Seychelles, Ushindzi of Comoros, Urunani of Burundi and GNBC of Madagascar in battling for only two slots available to qualify for the Elite 16.

Small forward Tyler Okari, a new signing from German side Niners Chemnitz, believes they can go all the way to win the Division and progress to the next round. But, he says, based on his experience, they need to be tight defensively.
October 2,2024

Kenya National Basketball Men’s Premier League defending champions Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) head coach Sammy Kiki has shifted his focus on the playoffs as his side bid to seal a three-peat. The defending champions’ first-round match-up will be against Africa Nazarene University’s Wolfpacks, with tip-off slated for Sunday at the Nyayo Gymnasium before hosting the latter a week later in Mombasa for games two and three at the Makande Gymnasium.
May 30, 2024

High-flying Nairobi City Thunder assistant coach Sadat Gaya is wary of the threat posed by former champions the Ulinzi Warriors. The two giants meet in an epic Kenya National Basketball League clash at Nyayo Stadium gymnasium today at 8 pm. “We play an inconsistent Ulinzi team that has been up and down throughout the season,” Gaya noted. “In my experience, this is a dangerous type of team. We are prepared for them, but you can never be too prepared. I love our chances against them.”
April 15, 2024

During the Cape Town Tigers’ match against FUS Rabat two weeks ago, three men quietly walked into the Sunbet Arena clad in the colors of Kenya’s super club, Nairobi City Thunder. Sitting courtside at the BAL Kalahari Conference match, the men surveyed the scene, making mental notes of the setting they hope to see their club participate in next year.
March 27, 2024

With five seconds to play, Equity’s new signing, Eugene Adera scaled for a lay-up, but saw the ball agonizingly bounce off the rim, with a three-point margin to cover. Equity then won a foul and a side-ball from the restart, asked for a time-out with three seconds to go as they tried to rally back.
March 24, 2024

Leaders Nairobi City Thunder take on Equity Bank Dumas in a top-of-the-bill Kenya National Basketball League clash at the Nyayo Stadium gymnasium. Saturday’s match-up pitting the top and second teams will tip off at 6 pm. The loud-roaring Thunder remains the only unbeaten team in the 12-team league with 30 points from 15 games.
March 23,2024

Warriors have lost back to back matches for the first time this season, last weekend’s shock defeat to Absa coming hot on the heels after another loss to University lads Strathmore. “We need to do better in our offence and take the chances we had. We need to shoot better. Back to back defeats of course bring a lot of pressure, and this being the second leg when we are chasing a good play-off slot, we need to ensure we get wins,” the tactician said.
March 23, 2024

With the climax of regular season in the Kenya National Basketball Premier Leagues fast approaching, top guns in the competition will be fighting for the top eight positions, importantly the top four to avoid hard encounters during the playoffs.This weekend, league leaders Nairobi City Thunder who are chasing an unbeaten record, will be playing their 16th match of the season against second-placed Equity Dumas.
March 22, 2024

Leaders Nairobi City Thunder coach Sadat Gaya said his charges were nowhere near their best despite an 82-56 win over USIU Tigers in a Kenya National Basketball League match. Thunder, the only unbeaten team so far, have a maximum 28 points from 14 games. They led 20-13 in the first quarter but trailed 20-17 in the second.

Red-hot Nairobi City Thunder continued to stamp their authority in the men's Basketball Premier League after crashing varsity side USIU Tigers 82-56 at Nyayo Gymnasium, Nairobi today. The win saw the Shauri-Moyo based side continue with their winning streak in the league - going 14 games unbeaten. Thunder tops the league with 28 points having played 14 games.
March 09, 2024

NCT remains undefeated after another dominating performance against USIU Tigers (82-56)! We’re 14 games strong and hungry for more.
March 09, 2024

Nairobi City Thunder head coach Brad Ibs has hailed his boys for their stellar performance over the weekend after getting an away win in Eldoret as they maintained their unbeaten run in the Kenya men’s basketball premier league. Thunder stroked down Eldonets Platinum 91-58 at Uasin Gishu grounds in Eldoret to take their total tally to 26 points after 13 matches, winning all and sitting atop the league summit.
March 04, 2024

Kenya Morans Albert Odero has joined Nairobi City Thunder. Odero was Morans' best player at the FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers 2025 in Tunisia over the weekend. He led Kenya’s scoring chart in the three qualifiers in Monastir, scoring 25 points in the 90-69 loss to hosts Tunisia, had 12 in the defeat against Angola and managed 19 in their 80-74 win against Guinea in Group E’.
February 28,2024

The Kenyan sporting space is an interesting space, and I say interesting more on the negative side. My take on Kenya is that it is perhaps the only African country that has a dominant athlete/ team in more than two sporting disciplines.
January 05, 2024

After stamping their authority over reigning champions Kenya Ports Authority in the men’s premier league last weekend, Kenya National Basketball League top seed Nairobi City Thunder will aim to improve their regular season record to 11-0 when they battle former champions Ulinzi Warriors on Tuesday evening at Nyayo Gymnasium.
December 12, 2023

Kenya National Basketball League (KNBL) Men’s Premier League top seed Nairobi City Thunder improved their regular season record to 10-0
December 09, 2023

The free-scoring Thunder have made some big signings and are top of the 12-team table with a maximum of 14 points after easily winning seven of their matches…..
November 17, 2023

Kenya Morans forward Ariel Okal is a new Nairobi City Thunder player after signing a one year deal with the Kenya Basketball Federation team this week.
November 16, 2023

Kenya men's basketball national team Morans power forward Ariel Okal has backed high-flying Nairobi City Thunder to challenge for the...
November 15, 2023

City Thunder basketball team head coach Brad Ibs has applauded his boys for a great show over the weekend when they defeated…
November 06, 2023

Eldonets had their best-ever Nairobi trip when they collected maximum points by beating Absa and United States International University Tigers…
October 13, 2023

City Thunder basketball team head coach Brad Ibs says their defense stood out for them in their weekend win against Kenyatta University’s Pirates in the…
October 12, 2023

Kenya Basketball Federation men’s Premier League team, Nairobi City Thunder, rode on a stable financial base, and astute recruitment policy to win a maiden league title unbeaten, and at the expense of more experienced local teams.

On Saturday, Nairobi City Thunder beat Kenya Ports Authority 84-48  in Game Three of KBF men’s Premier League best-of-five series play-off final at Nyayo National Stadium to win the series 3-0. 
July 22,2024

Veteran Griffin Ligare is the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month (SPOM) for July 2024.

This after inspiring Nairobi City Thunder to their first ever Kenya Basketball Federation Men’s Premier League title in the 2023-2024 season.

At 39, captain Ligare led by example with impressive performances as they struck the Terrorists of University of Nairobi 3-0 (73-66, 84-38 and 75-53) in the quarter-finals,
August 15, 2024

Veteran Griffin Ligare was named the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month (SPOM) for July 2024 after inspiring Nairobi City Thunder to their first ever Kenya Basketball Federation Men’s Premier League title in the 2023-2024 season, which concluded on Saturday 20 July.
August 15,2024

In an audacious bid to enhance their dominance, Kenya National Basketball men’s Premier League champions Nairobi City Thunder have announced the signing of Kenyan basketball star Tylor Ongwae in a move that is aimed at improving their scoring.

Standing tall at 6’7” and adept at playing both small forward and power forward, Ongwae brings a wealth of experience to the Thunder, making him a key addition to the squad for the upcoming season.
August 20, 2024

Nairobi City Thunder has officially announced the signing of standout point guard Eugene Adera, from Equity Dumas.

Known affectionately as "Wakanda," Adera is player whose journey through the ranks of Kenyan basketball exemplifies determination and skill.

Standing tall at 187cm, Adera bringing a blend of athleticism and court vision that will bring a dynamic presence to the Thunder.
August 29, 2024

Kenya National Basketball Men’s Premier League Champions Nairobi City thunder have announced the signing of Kenyan International Player Derrick Mekenye Ogechi from Coto Cordoba CB in the Spanish basketball second division.

Kenya’s representatives in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) qualifiers, Premier League club Nairobi City Thunder, are ready to wrench the BAL title from Africa’s defending champions, Angola’s Petro de Luanda, come next month.

Petro de Luanda recently made history by becoming the first continental team to register a win at the recently concluded Fiba Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.

Angola’s Petro de Luanda, the BAL champions of Africa, made history by becoming the first African team to win a game in the 34th edition of the Fiba Intercontinental Cup.
September 18, 2024

Thunder have brought on board American Power forward William Sydney Davis from the NBA G-League side Ignite as well as Nigerian point guard Uchenna Iroegbu who has been playing in Qatar.

Also joining Thunder, who have already commenced training, is Senegalese power forward Michael Diouf who is the Europe Cup all-time points leader. The 35-year old has featured for Dannish side Bakken Bears from 2015 to early this year.

He played alongside Kenyan international Tuler Ongwae, who has also joined Thunder for their BAL campaign. He is a four-time Dannis defender of the year, and was the Dannis MVP finals in 2021.
September 20, 2024

National Basketball men’s Premier League champions Nairobi City Thunder’s head coach Brad Ibs is pleased with his side after they picked a morale-boosting win over Kenya All Stars in a build-up match at the weekend.

Thunder who bagged the gong unbeaten last term secured a 111-83 victory over their opponents at the Nyyo Gymnasium in Nairobi and coach Ibs says his charges had a good offensive play.
September 23, 2024

Kenya’s representatives to the Basketball Africa League (BAL), Nairobi City Thunder, have signed a galaxy of international professional players, led by former NBA player William Sidney Davis II, to bolster their preparations for the prestigious continental title.

Thunder, the first Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) professional club, recently triumphed in the KBF Premier League playoff final against Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) with victories of 73-70, 59-50, and 86-48. This success qualified them for the BAL qualifiers, scheduled to begin the week of October 20.
September 23, 2024

National league champions Thunder, making their debut in Continental Basketball, will be among six teams seeking the top two sliots for the Elite 16 round of the tournament.

Thunder will take on hosts Jeshi La Kujenga Taifa (JKT), Ethiopia’s Hawassa City, Beau Vallon of The Seychelles, Ushindzi of Comoros and GNBC of Madagascar.

The East Division tournament rolls from October 15-20.
October 1, 2024