AfroBasket 2025: Reactions as Tinubu Confers National Honours on D’Tigress, Gives Them $100k Each
- D’Tigress, Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, have been rewarded with the sum of $100,000 each for winning the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket
- President Bola Tinubu also awarded each player and official a flat in the Federal Capital Territory and the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) award
- The team secured their fifth consecutive AfroBasket title with a 78-64 victory over Mali in the final on Sunday in Abidjan
President Bola Tinubu has splashed cash and conferred national honours on the women's basketball team, D’Tigress, for winning the 2025 Women’s FIBA AfroBasket.
The president promised $100,000 to each of the players and an additional $50,000 to members of the technical crew.
On behalf of Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima announced rewards when he welcomed D’Tigress to a lavish reception at the Presidential Villa on Monday.
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It has also been gathered that each team member and official will receive a flat in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), per The Cable.
Nigeria’s D’Tigress won the women’s AfroBasket title, defeating Mali 78-64 in the final on Sunday at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan.
The triumph confirms Nigeria as the only country to win the title five consecutive times. Meanwhile, the team secured an automatic ticket to the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup in Berlin, Germany.
The presidency also honoured all members of the team with the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) award.
Also at the event were First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila, Senate Committee on Youths and Sports Development Chairman Garba Maidoki, and House Committee on Sports Chairman Kabiru Amadou.
Meanwhile, Nigerians have continued to react to the gesture from the presidency. @femyek said:
"Thank you @officialABAT for this honor and gifts given to our champions. Now, pls package something for the personnel and officers of our law enforcement agencies, especially those fighting insurgency and insurrection across the country. They are our champions and heroes too."
@adeyanju_f83140 added:
"When federal government rewarded the Nigerians that represented the country in the just concluded sport festival with such huge amount of money and those gallant soldiers that defended the country ,which is the major contribution to our dear country, were not even compensated."
@Danimoe6 suggested:
"This is a good gesture, but then, our soldiers who sacrificed a lot for the country called Nigeria, are suffering without this kind of compensation, many can't even train their children in university because of peanut they're paid, this is a misplaced priority to me."
@GhesyEmrade posited:
"Congratulations to them, but this is not how to run a country, wasting our resources because you're looking for validation."
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Super Falcons receive more money
Legit.ng earlier reported that President Tinubu’s $100,000 cash prize was not the only monetary reward received by the Super Falcons players upon their return to Nigeria.
According to the Vanguard, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) also announced a cash donation of NGN10 million each to players of the victorious Super Falcons as the country celebrated its latest heroes.
Proofreading by Omoleye Omoruyi, copy editor at Legit.ng.
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