President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rewarded D’Tigress with $1000, 000 each for winning the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket title, DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS reports
The technical crew members were not left out of Tinubu’s largesse as they were with $50,000 each.
The players, and technical crew members were also awarded a national honour (OON), and a flat.
D’Tigress defeated Mali 78-64 in a keenly contested final in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday night.
It was Rena Wakama’s side fifth consecutive title.
Nigeria is now the second most successful country in the history of the competition with seven titles.
Fellow West Africans Senegal lead the chart with 11 titles.