Nigeria’s Ladies’s Nationwide Basketball crew, D’Tigress, has launched its last squad for the 2025 FIBA Ladies’s AfroBasket because the crew departs for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to defend their continental crown.
The squad, which contains a mix of skilled gamers and thrilling new skills, is led by captain Adaora Elonu, with different key gamers corresponding to Ezinne Kalu, Amy Okonkwo, and Victoria Macaulay included. A number of newcomers have additionally made the listing after impressing throughout the coaching camp in Abuja.
In the course of the crew’s go to to the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) in Abuja on Tuesday, Chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko and Director Common Hon. Bukola Olopade pledged full help for the squad, saying enhanced welfare packages, together with elevated bonuses and allowances, to encourage the gamers.
Mallam Dikko reaffirmed the NSC’s dedication to athlete welfare, stating, “We all know the sacrifices these gamers make for the nation. The brand new incentives are our method of recognising their efforts and guaranteeing they’re well-motivated to ship one other historic efficiency.”
The 2025 FIBA Ladies’s AfroBasket suggestions off in Abidjan subsequent week, with D’Tigress aiming to win a fifth consecutive title.
