Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, defeated Mali 78–64 in Abidjan on Sunday to claim the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket championship, their fifth straight continental crown and seventh overall. The win extends Nigeria’s unprecedented run at the tournament and cements its position as Africa’s dominant women’s basketball nation. Forward and captain Amy Okonkwo was voted Most Valuable Player after spearheading the title run under first-year head coach Rena Wakama. The victory capped an unbeaten campaign for Nigeria, which rallied from a first-quarter deficit in the final before pulling away at the Palais des Sports de Treichville. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu congratulated the team, lauding its "skill, resilience and teamwork," and said he will host the players and their trophy in Abuja. Tinubu also pledged federal support as D’Tigress prepare for next March’s FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifying tournaments, where the African champions will seek to translate regional dominance onto the global stage.