JUST-IN: Tinubu Rewards D’Tigress With OON Honours, $100k Every, Homes

President Bola Tinubu has rewarded Nigeria’s nationwide ladies’s basketball group, D’Tigress with nationwide honours, money prizes, and homes, following their historic fifth consecutive AfroBasket title victory in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

At a reception held of their honour on Monday, President Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, conferred the nationwide honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on every member of the group, gifted them $100,000 every, and an condominium in Abuja.

Whereas addressing the group, VP Shettima stated their triumph was a testomony to the energy of unity and teamwork. “This victory reveals what occurs after we work collectively. Nigerian ladies have by no means failed this nation in sports activities, and D’Tigress has as soon as once more made us proud,” he stated.

Sunday’s emphatic 78–64 win over Mali on the Palais des Sports activities de Treichville capped a outstanding journey for Coach Rena Wakama, who made historical past as the primary feminine coach to guide the group to AfroBasket glory since assuming management in 2023.

D’Tigress have now cemented their dominance on the continent with 5 consecutive titles — 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2025 — an unprecedented feat in African ladies’s basketball historical past.

LEADERSHIP remembers that President Tinubu has rewarded the nation’s senior feminine soccer group, Tremendous Falcons to the identical presents not too long ago for profitable the 2024 Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).