Tinubu, First Lady Rejoice With D’Tigress For Qualifying For Fifth Consecutive AfroBasket Final

* President assures team of support in the crucial seventh overall AfroBasket final match 

* Mrs Tinubu describes them as true inspirations and pride to girls and women

* Prays for team’s victory in the final match

Deji Elumoye in Abuja 

President Bola Tinubu and wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, have felicitated Nigeria’s female basketball team, D’Tigress, on their remarkable achievement of reaching the final of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket for the fifth consecutive time, following a hard-fought victory over Senegal.

The president, in a release issued on Sunday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, commended the resilience and dominance of the reigning champions, who have now defeated their Senegalese rivals for the seventh time, with a historic 75-68 win at the Palais De la Sport, Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

President Tinubu celebrated the team’s victory in what was dubbed “the final before the final” and for already securing a place in the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifying tournaments, scheduled for March 2026.

According to the president, “I have observed the discipline, focus and team spirit consistently displayed by D’Tigress throughout this tournament—qualities that have brought honour to our nation and earned respect for our players and coaches worldwide.

“I especially commend Rena Wakama, the team’s first female Head Coach, whose leadership and experience—both on the court and now from the bench—continue to inspire D’Tigress to new heights in this highly competitive sport.”

President Tinubu assured D’Tigress of his support as they pursue their fifth consecutive AfroBasket title and seventh overall.

On her part, the First Lady, in a message,

congratulated the D’Tigress for qualifying for the finals of this year’s Afrobasket tournament.

According to Mrs Tinubu, “Your 10-year unbeaten run is commendable, as it shows your commitment, dedication, hard work and love for the game.

“You are true inspirations and pride to girls and women in general.

“Thank you for keeping the Nigerian flag flying.

“I pray that as you step out for the final match, God will crown your efforts and grant you great success.

“We all await your arrival, with the trophy again. 

“God Bless the D’Tigress National Basketball team. God Bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

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    Bolaji Adebiyi in Algiers

    The curtain fell on this year’s Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) in Algiers, Algeria, on Wednesday, with the biannual trade summit exceeding the organisers’ targets, recording deals worth a staggering $48.3 billion, $4 billion more than estimated.

    “By all measures, including the number of buyers, visitors, exhibitors and countries, as well as the value of deals made, this has been the best we have seen,” an elated President of Afreximbank, Prof. Benedict Oramah, stated during the press conference at the end of the fair.

    Conceived in 1963, the African Common Market idea did not come to fruition until 2018, when the first IATF was held in Cairo, Egypt, with an estimated 1,000 participants, resulting in the closure of $20 billion worth of deals. 

    Its growth has been remarkable, as the second edition, held in Durban, South Africa, in 2021, welcomed over 1,100 exhibitors from 59 countries and recorded deals worth US$42 billion. IATF returned to Cairo in 2023, featuring 1,600 exhibitors and trade and investment commitments exceeding US$43 billion.

    Organised by Afreximbank in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, 35,000 conference delegates, 75 exhibiting countries, and 2,000 exhibitors were expected to secure $44 billion worth of deals at this year’s fair. 

    Examining the latest figures, however, Afreximbank’s Director of Trade Facilitation & Investment Promotion, Dr. Gainmore Zanamwe, noted that the 2025 edition surpassed the key performance indicators set by the Advisory Council. 

    According to him, deals worth $48.3 billion were signed, while 2,148 exhibitors from 132 countries and 112,476 delegates attended the seven-day event. He added that 49 African countries and 21 non-African countries had exhibition pavilions, which attracted 958 buyers, instead of the estimated 750.

    These figures were elating for Oramah, under whose watch the dream of the founding fathers of the African Union (AU) for an African Common Market was actualised. 

    “It sets the stage for what will happen going forward,” he stated, urging the bank and its promoters to raise the bar by ensuring that all the signed deals were followed through.

    He stated: “In the future, the taste of the pudding is in the eating. It is the extent to which we implement the deals signed here that will count. So, as we have done in the past, Afreximbank will follow up on all the deals and make sure that by the time we get to Lagos in 2027, most of them are completed. We will finance where they need financing, and facilitate where they need facilitation.”

    Saying the IATF had become an institution, Oramah urged that Afreximbank must be deliberate about mobilising African financial institutions to participate in the fair, explaining that apart from the challenge of trade information, the lack of capital to finance projects and trade, as well as the ability to manage the risks on the continent, are serious issues.  

    “So, we must find a way to get African financial institutions, including credit insurance companies, to start deliberately supporting the trade that is beginning to develop,” he said, expressing regret that Shelter Afrique was the only development bank that participated in the fair.

    He urged that the IATF Headquarters, which was being established in Zimbabwe, commence operations, and thanked the Afreximbank Board of Directors for approving $28 billion as the initial capital for the project. 

    The next edition of the trade fair, which aims at promoting intra-African trade, will take place in Lagos in 2027.

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    Shettima Hails Uba Sani for Pioneering State Skills Council, Urges Others to Follow Kaduna’s Lead

    Shettima Hails Uba Sani for Pioneering State Skills Council, Urges Others to Follow Kaduna’s Lead

    Vice-President Kashim Shettima has applauded Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, for establishing and chairing Nigeria’s first State Council on Skills, describing the move as groundbreaking and urging other states to emulate Kaduna.

    Speaking at the 7th meeting of the National Council on Skills (NCS) on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the vice-president said the skills revolution is central to the Bola Tinubu administration’s covenant with Nigerians and key to delivering on its human capital development promise.

    Shettima stressed that building a future-ready workforce requires breaking down institutional barriers, strengthening collaboration and aligning government, private sector and academic efforts.

    “The era of operating in silos is over. We must embed collaboration into curriculum development and funding. This is about the artisan in Kaura Namoda, the mid-career worker in Ebute-Metta, and the technical colleges that must become true centres of excellence,” the vice-president declared.

    He commended Kaduna’s example, noting that Governor Sani’s leadership and the recent admission of over 30,000 students into the Kaduna Vocational and Skills Development Institute demonstrated a bold commitment to job creation and skills development.

    Also speaking, the Minister of Education, Dr. Olatunji Alausa, lauded Governor Sani’s role in facilitating President Tinubu’s commissioning of the Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development, noting that technical colleges nationwide are now being redirected to focus exclusively on relevant courses.

    Shettima charged members of the NCS to unite behind a single framework for Nigeria’s skills revolution, warning that: “We can not build a future-ready workforce on a foundation of division.”

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    Vice-President Kashim Shettima has applauded Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, for establishing and chairing Nigeria’s first State Council on Skills, describing the move as groundbreaking and urging other states
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