Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria's national women's basketball team, D'Tigress, following their historic victory at the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Championship, where they clinched their fifth consecutive continental title and seventh overall.

The commendation was contained in an official State House press release issued late Sunday night by Bayo Onanuga, the president's special adviser on Information and Strategy.

In a thrilling final on Sunday night at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria overcame Mali 78-64, to extend their unbeaten streak in the AfroBasket tournament to 28 games-a run that dates back to 2017.

President Tinubu praised the team's remarkable displa...