Former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has congratulated Nigeria’s Women’s Basketball Team, D’Tigress, on their beautiful triumph in the 2025 FIBA Afrobasket in Cote D’Ivoire.
Osinbajo said, the triumph “is not a streak. This is a standard.”
Nigeria came from behind to discomfit Mali 78-64 in the final of the tournament in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Sunday 3 August, 2025 to clinch their fifth title back-to-back, and seventh overall.
The former VP commended Coach Rena Wakama after she emerged the first female coach to win two back to back AfroBasket titles for Nigeria.
In his congratulatory message on X, Osinbajo wrote: “In Abidjan, our @dtigressofficial did not simply show up to play. They arrived to remind the continent what happens when preparation meets purpose.
“Five straight titles. Seven total. Nearly a decade unbeaten. This is not a streak. This is a standard.
“Amy Okonkwo channeled Kobe. Fearless, composed, and clinical when the court got loud. Promise Amukamara moved with Magic’s elegance. Always reading two plays ahead.Nicole Enabosi brought A’ja Wilson’s strength. Steady in the paint. Sure in her steps. Pallas Kunaiyi Akpannah moved like Hakeem.
“Soft touch. Clean boards. Footwork like memory. Elizabeth Balogun did not just shoot. She cooked.Chef Curry with the shot boy. From deep. From corners. The net had no peace. And Ezinne Kalu stayed cool. Played like Chris Paul. Vision. Grit. Always in charge.
“They executed like a team that studied the assignment, marked scheme of work, and still asked for extra credit.No panic. No flinching. Just that quiet Nigerian confidence we like to call no gree for anybody.
“And then there’s Coach @_coachre .
“First female coach to win two back to back AfroBasket titles for Nigeria. But more than the win was the way she won.Her playbook was a masterclass. Her timeouts? Swift, subtle, and somehow more effective than a halftime sermon. She switched defenses like @tunde_onakoya plays chess. Not loudly, but deliberately. Quiet thinking. Loud results.
“And let us not ignore the message in her wardrobe.All Made in Nigeria. Every blazer and sleeve said the same thing. Walk in who you are. You wear the flag before you lift it.
“Final score: 78 to 64 Final message: Nigeria is not attending history
We are writing it. In green. In white. In gold.
“This is not just a team
“This is a thesis.
“We are D’Tigress.Five straight titles. Nearly ten years unbeaten.
“A tiger does not shout its tigritude. It pounces. D’Tigress no gree for anybody. Dem no just show face. Dem own the court.
“We did not come to play. We came to reign.”
Players and Coaches of D’Tigress received a whopping $100,000 and $50,000 cash reward respectively following their triumph in Cote D’Ivoire from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; flats and national honours were also handed to every member of the team.
