D’Tigress Receives Special Recognition At New Telegraph Awards
By Akeem Busari
Once again, the awards and recognition keeps coming for the best national female basketball team in Africa, D’Tigress.
The latest came in from the prestigious New Telegraph Awards, as the Coach Rena Wakama led team was honoured with a Special Recognition, during the awards ceremony held Friday, February 14, 2026, at the Grand Ballroom, Oriental Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The letter from the organisers of the event specially mentioned the exploits of D’Tigress on the African continent and beyond, in tbe last 10 years, particularly, the team’s domination of the Afrobasket championship, winning five consecutive titles and reaching the quater-finals of the last World Cup and the Olympic games.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Vice-president of Nigeria Basketball Federation, Babs Ogunade ,thanked the organisers of the event for the due recognition given to the team, even as he added that the NBBF led by Engr. Ahmadu Musa Kida, remains committed to the development and betterment of the game in Nigeria.
