Nigeria, Aug. 3 -- President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Nigeria's women's basketball team, D'Tigress, following their dramatic 75-68 semifinal victory over arch-rivals Senegal at the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

After booking a place in the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup qualifying tournaments with their dominant quarter-final victory over Cameroon, Saturday's win sent Nigeria into a record-extending fifth consecutive final.

In a press statement released by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu lauded the resilience and dominance of the D'Tigress, who held off a spirited Senegalese comeback to clinch a pulsating win at the Palais ...