President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced a reward package for Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, following their victory at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament.
Each player on the championship-winning team will receive a cash reward of $100,000, a new apartment, and the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).
The reward was officially announced on Monday at a reception held in honour of the team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
D’Tigress recently secured an unprecedented fifth consecutive AfroBasket title, defeating Mali 78–64 in the final in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The win also marked Nigeria’s seventh AfroBasket title overall and extended their unbeaten run in the tournament to 29 consecutive games since 2015.
Similar national honours and gifts were also given to the Super Falcons last week for winning a 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in Morocco.
Earlier, the victorious, the women’s basketball team landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja aboard two chartered flights conveying both players and officials.
On the ground to receive the team were officials of the National Sports Commission, the Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Association of Nigerian Women in Sports, and a handful of supporters.
They brought home not only the championship trophy but also an unprecedented achievement in African women’s basketball.
D’Tigress defeated Mali 78–64 in Sunday night’s final at the Palais des Sports de Treichville, sealing a seventh AfroBasket title and extending their AfroBasket winning streak to 29 games, a run that began in 2015.
