President Bola Tinubu, represented by Vice President, Kashim Shettima, received Nigeria’s victorious national female basketball team, D’Tigress, at the State House in Abuja on Monday evening.

Naijaonpoint reports that the reception, held inside the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, also had in attendance the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila.

The coaching crew, led by Head Coach, Rena Wakama, joined the players as they were ushered into the venue shortly before 5 p.m.

D’Tigress defeated Mali 78–64 in Sunday’s final at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, clinching their seventh AfroBasket title overall and an unprecedented fifth consecutive win.

Their latest victory cements Nigeria’s status as the dominant force in African women’s basketball.

Monday’s reception comes barely a week after President Tinubu similarly honoured the Super Falcons for securing their tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title in Rabat, Morocco.

Meanwhile, Amy Okonkwo has been named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket following Nigeria’s dominant performance at the tournament in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Okonkwo, 28, who plays forward for the Nigerian women’s basketball team becomes the second Nigerian to win back-to-back MVP awards at the competition, following Mfon Udoka’s achievements in 2003 and 2005.