In the final on Sunday, Nigeria edged out Mali 78-64 in a tense showdown, displaying resilience and composure to claim their seventh AfroBasket title.
Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has announced the conferring of national honours on all members of the D’Tigress for winning the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket.
This was announced by the President on Monday when he hosted the team.
Tinubu also pledged $100,000 (N152million) to each of the players and an additional $50,000 to members of the technical crew.
In the final on Sunday, Nigeria edged out Mali 78-64 in a tense showdown, displaying resilience and composure to claim their seventh AfroBasket title.
Recall that last week, the President conferred similar national honours and gifts on the Super Falcons for winning Nigeria’s 10th title of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco.
The Nigerian presidency spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, had also defended the national honours and ₦152million cash rewards given by President Bola Tinubu to each player in the team.
Taking to his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday, Onanuga slammed critics who argued that the rewards were either too much or not enough, questioning their sense of value.
He compared the presidential gesture to the ₦150million grand prize awarded to the winner of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show.
