September 12, 2025

Basketball

Tinubu Applauds D’Tigress for Reaching Fifth Straight AfroBasket Final

Enoch Odesola03 mins

Abuja, Nigeria — President Bola Tinubu has lauded Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, following their qualification for the final of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament—marking their fifth consecutive appearance in the championship game. The defending champions secured their place in the final after a hard-fought 75–68 victory over Senegal in Saturday’s semi-final held at…

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Dikko Hails MFM Basketball Club’s FIBA Qualification.

Taiwo Olatinwo06 mins

The Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Shehu Dikko, has lauded the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Women’s Basketball Club for their remarkable achievement at the Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA) Africa Women’s Basketball League Zone 3 qualifiers, currently taking place in Monrovia, Liberia. Dikko praised the team’s efforts in…

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