Basketball
Victorious D’Tigress arrive Lagos Monday Night
New African basketball queens, D’Tigress of Nigeria will arrive the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos on Monday at 21:30hours. The team won all eight matches at the 2017 Afro Basket Ball championship in Mali.
According to a press statement by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the team will arrive without Coach Sam Vincent, Mfon Udoka Evelyn Akhator and Nyingifa Atonye who have all left Bamako for their various bases due to club and personal engagements.
Akhator who was selected as one of the competition’s best five left for Chicago to play for her club Dallas Wings in a WNBA game while Nyingifa will join her club in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The rest of the team will arrive Lagos aboard Air Cote d’Ivoire after departing Bamako, Mali at 14.00 hours local time.