Dal 2015 rappresenta la [[Nazionale di pallacanestro della Nigeria|Nazionale nigeriana]].<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31165:%EF%BB%BF%EF%BB%BF-shane-lawal,-ekpe-udoh-debuts-but-festus-ezeli-not-in-nigeria-s-list-for-afrobasket&catid=594&Itemid=645|titolo='Shane' Lawal, Ekpe Udoh debuts but Festus Ezeli not in Nigeria's list for Afrobasket|autore=NVS Sports|sito=www.nigeriavillagesquare.com|lingua=en|accesso=2017-07-13|dataarchivio=26 ottobre 2017|urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026214236/http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31165:%EF%BB%BF%EF%BB%BF-shane-lawal,-ekpe-udoh-debuts-but-festus-ezeli-not-in-nigeria-s-list-for-afrobasket&catid=594&Itemid=645|urlmorto=sì}}</ref>
