In 2025, Mr Tinubu awarded each player and technical crew member the title of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).
It is not the first time that paucity of funds has threatened the D’Tigers’ participation in a major basketball tournament.
The Nigerian women basketball team has won the African basketball championship for the third time in a row.
D’Tigress of Nigeria will take on Mali in the final of AfroBasket Championship on Sunday.
D’Tigress beat their Angolan counterparts 85-65 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship.
Nigeria’s senior basketball team D’Tigers on Sunday lost 68-77 to group leaders Cote d’Ivoire.
