Coach Wakama hails Tinubu’s reward to D’Tigress
D’Tigress head coach, Rena Wakama, has praised President Bola Tinubu for his “life-changing” reward after the team’s historic fifth consecutive AfroBasket championship victory. Speaking to State House correspondents, Wakama commended…
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Tinubu rewards D’Tigress players $100,000, national honours, flats
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday announced a reward of $100,000 for each member of the victorious national female basketball team, D’Tigress. Represented by the Vice-President Kashim Shettima, the president announced…
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Tinubu to welcome D’Tigress back to Abuja, hails team on historic triumph
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for lifting their seventh African championship title at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket. D’Tigress, led by Coach Rena Wakama,…
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Nigeria beat Mali to win Women’s Afrobasket’s 5th title in a row
Nigeria overcame a resilient Mali in the final game of the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket in Abidjan to become the first team to win the tournament five times in a row.With…
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Afrobasket: Tinubu lauds D’Tigress for making historic final
……. beating Senegal President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for reaching the final of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket for the fifth consecutive time, following a…
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Tribute to ex- Sec General NFA Patrick Okpomo 21yrs after by Gbenga Gbadesire
It’s been an incredible twenty one years since one of Nigeria’s foremost football technocrats, Patrick Okpomo,who was a former Secretary General of Nigeria Football Association (NFA), died in Lagos. ‘Secto’…
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D’Tigress beat Cameroon, advance to semi finals in women’s Afrobasket
Nigeria’s D’Tigresses, have advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket tournament in Abidjan by defeating Cameroon 83-47 and keeping their title defense campaign alive. The victory extends their…
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Tinubu rains dollars, national honours, houses on WAFCON Champions
……..each player gets N10m from NGF President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all 24 players and the 11-member technical team of Nigeria’s senior women’s national football team, the…
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WAFCON: Tinubu orders full payment of players’ allowances, eager to receive Cup
….. Wishes contingent safe journey home President Bola Tinubu has expressed his delight at the Super Falcons’ spectacular victory at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), stating that…
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Tinubu hails Super Falcons on 10th WAFCON title
Pesident Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Super Falcons of Nigeria on winning the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), claiming a record-extending 10th title. Nigeria staged a stunning comeback,…
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