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Showers of Naira as Buhari Hosts AfroBasket Queens

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BY BOLAJI OKUNOLA.

President Mohamadu Buhari, on Wednesday, financially rewarded the victorious Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress who at the weekend set a new winning record at AfroBasket championship by winning eight straight matches on their way to being crowned as African queens.
The financial reward came when the president hosted the team, at the Aso Rock Villa, the seat of Nigerian government.
Buhari who joyfully lifted the trophy promised each player the sum of one million naira and each official is to get half the amount. The D’Tigress defeated their Senegal 65-48 in the final.
Meanwhile, D’Tigress have promised to extend their winning streak to the FIBA Championship holding in Spain later this year.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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