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Oluwatoyin Ibitoye @Toyin_Ibitoye

Here is a remarkable story(in pictures).
See the African champion and @DtigressNG leading rebounder Murjanatu Musa at the Milo Basketball tournament for secondary schools in 2012 representing Kebbi State. Can you identify her from those pics?

https://x.com/Toyin_Ibitoye/status/1952299104132043073?

Milo Nigerian Secondary Schools Basketball Championships.

I am writing this from memory.

Milo sponsored the Nigerian League in the 1990s, but they stopped after an incident. They held a press conference about the league, but no Nigerian Basketball Federation official was present. They stopped sponsoring the league soon afterwards and Pepsi took over as sponsors from the late 1990s to the early 2000s.

Milo stopped sponsoring the league and focused on school sports instead. They ran a basketball competition for secondary schools. It was not only a competition, they picked the best players from the competition and paired them with top coaches and created the Milo Basketball Clinic. The competition and clinic were held every year. The Milo Basketball Championships (for secondary schools) is currently in its 25th year.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUOzCw9DEk?si=KAvZtF707CM5gLc9

MURJANATU MUSA

Murjanatu Musa was born in Kebbi State on May 5th, 2000. She grew up in Kebbi, but also spent some time in Lagos. She played football in Lagos, but there was no women's football team for her to join in Kebbi. However, her secondary school had a basketball programme so she started playing basketball.

Air Warriors

She played for the Air Warriors Basketball Club of Abuja (the Air Force team) and was the MVP of the Zenith Bank Nigerian Women's Basketball League in the 2022 season and she believes that this was a major point in her career.

She won the Nigerian league with Air Warriors in 2019, defeating MFM in the final.

Europe

She moved to Europe and played for Celta Zorka in Spain.

WNBA

She signed a training camp contract with Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA in 2025, but she missed the camp because the season in Spain was still running.

D'Tigress

Murjanatu represented Nigeria in the 3x3 basketball tournament at the 2019 Morocco Africa Games and 2019 African Beach Games, Cape-Verde, the team won Gold and Bronze respectively.

She won the 2021, 2023 and 2025 Afrobasket tournaments with D'Tigress and also represented Nigeria at the 2024 Olympics.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o7m7QQdRJU?si=bBXYH1XCU7OuNG3r

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Does it explain why she looks like Sadio mane's sister.

gal wey be lyk man... must be going through alot inside.

all women want to be cinderella, forget those feminist and those trying to avoid their shame by claiming independence from men.

I admire her resilience getting to where she is in sports now, bearing in mind she comes from a part of the Country, where females participating in sports is not too encouraged.

Such a good basketball player she is

Considering where she came from and how they frown at girl child trying to go into sport, I'd say she's achieved a great feet

Why do most female athletics often look masculine?

Mindlog:
I admire her resilience getting to where she is in sports now, bearing in mind she comes from a part of the Country, where females participating in sports is not too encouraged.

You definitely know little about Kebbi state or the north in general. Yet you seem to be really authoritative in this assertion.

Col Sam. Good to see you again, great guy and #1 basketball lover and promoter in Nigeria (my opinion)

At least she knows her class mates...

Luckysbab:
You definitely know little about Kebbi state or the north in general. Yet you seem to be really authoritative in this assertion.

But he does not appear far from the reality. With females caged in child marriages and largely struggle to get educated by their parents, what should we think? Females definitely have better opportunities in the South parts of the country than they find in the Northern parts.

Hopefully more should be committed to education and encouragement in the North. There are certainly such gifted females like this great lady. There are huge potentials in the North. Hopefully we are able to tap into it.

Sleeping with this type of stature
is equivalent to sleeping with a man!!!


Too much masculinization which turns
some men off..

Hope she is not on anabolic steroids or other
performance enhancing substances.

Kudos to her sporting accomplishments though.

Okay. Nice to know her as a champion...

None of the girls in the picture looks 12 though.

We4all:
Why do most female athletics often look masculine?

The constant exercises release too much testosterone which a male hormone.

So she grew from a girl to a man, abi?

Luckysbab:
You definitely know little about Kebbi state or the north in general. Yet you seem to be really authoritative in this assertion.

Okay, share your advanced knowledge about Kebbi state women in professional sports.

How time flies!
The young shall grow.

Igba ewe!

Old school things!

potbelly:
At least she knows her class mates...

.......and who are you talking to? Una no dey respect old grandpa.

I no mention anybody name o...

Safyqueen:
.......and who are you talking to? Una no dey respect old grandpa.