Nigeria, March 26 -- The Chicago Bulls have announced the acquisition of a Nigerian basketball star, Al-Farouq Aminu, from the Orlando Magic.

The Bulls via an official statement on their website also confirmed they acquired centre Nikola Vucevic in exchange for forward Otto Porter Jr. and centre Wendell Carter Jr., as well as two first-round picks with certain lottery position protections.

Aminu in the past years has been a key member of the Nigeria national men's basketball team-D'Tigers. He was part of the record-breaking team that won the country's first-ever FIBA Africa Championship (AfroBasket) in Tunisia in 2015.

The 30-year-old ,who was named in the All-Star Five of the 2015 AfroBasket tournament, also represented Nigeria at the...