Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League: Phase Two tips off in Ilorin, Jos on Monday

Pius Ayinor

Phase Two of the 2025 Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League has been scheduled to take the tip-off at the University of Ilorin Multi-Purpose Sports Centre, Ilorin, on Monday, August 25.

This Atlantic Conference schedule will end on September 1.

The league owners, the Nigeria Basketball Federation confirmed their readiness to adhere to the announced dates. The Savannah Conference edition is billed for Jos, the Plateau State capital for the same period.

In the First Phase of the Atlantic which took place in Benin, defending Champions, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Basketball team and First Bank, had a good run against Dolphins, Bayelsa Blue Whales, and First Deep Water.

In the Savannah Conference, Air Warriors and Plateau Rocks are the high fliers in a group which also has Customs, Kada Angels, HAM Warriors, Titans, Royal Aces and Nasarawa Amazons.  

The Savannah Conference second Phase also starts on Monday in Jos.

The sponsor of the league, Zenith Bank, has assured stakeholders that the organisation is ready to continue its commitment to the development of the game in Nigeria.

Group Managing Director and CEO of Zenith Bank, Dame Adaora Umeoji, stated that the sponsors are always proud of the league which over the years has produced results for Nigeria.

“We look forward to the second phase because that is where the finalists will emerge. We are working towards making the tournament better every year,” Umeoji said in a statement.

The NBBF President, Musa Kida, confirmed that the Final-8 billed for Lagos in which the best eight teams from the two conferences will vie for the title, will hold between September 14 and 18.