{"id":72025,"date":"2025-08-04T16:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72025"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:19:56","slug":"dtigress-returns-home-after-historic-fifth-afrobasket-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/04\/dtigress-returns-home-after-historic-fifth-afrobasket-title\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u2019Tigress Returns Home After Historic Fifth AfroBasket Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team, D\u2019Tigress, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday to a warm welcome, following their record-breaking victory at the 2025 FIBA Women\u2019s AfroBasket Championship in Abidjan, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning champions made history by clinching their fifth consecutive AfroBasket title, becoming the first African team to achieve such a milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Their dominant performance throughout the tournament culminated in a thrilling final, where they displayed remarkable skill, teamwork, and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Their return has sparked nationwide celebration, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu expected to receive the team at the Presidential Villa in recognition of their achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The visit will underscore the government\u2019s appreciation of their dedication, hard work, and the pride they have brought to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Tigress\u2019 historic win further cements Nigeria\u2019s status as a powerhouse in African women\u2019s basketball and inspires a new generation of athletes across the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Nigeria\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team, D\u2019Tigress, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday to a warm welcome, following their record-breaking victory at the 2025 FIBA Women\u2019s AfroBasket Championship in Abidjan, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. The reigning champions made history by clinching their fifth consecutive AfroBasket title, becoming the first African team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72027,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72025\/revisions\/72027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}