Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League dunks off July 21

The Atlantic and Savannah Conferences of the 2025 national Women’s Basketball League will start on July 21. Logistic challenges necessitated the change of date from July 1 to the new one as announced by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF). Meanwhile, sponsors of the annual competition in the past 20 years, Zenith Bank Plc, has expressed […]

The Atlantic and Savannah Conferences of the 2025 national Women’s Basketball League will start on July 21.

Logistic challenges necessitated the change of date from July 1 to the new one as announced by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).

Meanwhile, sponsors of the annual competition in the past 20 years, Zenith Bank Plc, has expressed excitement about the jump ball date.

The Group Chief Operation Officer and Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Dr. Adaora Umeoji, said the organization was glad that the flagship sports event of Zenith Bank is taking off.

“We look forward to this event every year because it is our number one in terms of the number of years we have put in and many other aspect in which we can count the results on our finger tips.

“Zenith Bank is proud that many of the ladies who took part in this league have gone ahead to represent the national team of Nigeria in continental and global events.

“The list of such players is endless but we can also state categorically that the success story of D’ Tigress in AfroBasket, Olympic Games and FIBA Women World Cup has been made possible by some of our products in the league,” said Umeoji.

The phase 1 games in the preliminaries will be played between July 21st and 29th in Benin, Edo State for Atlantic Conference while Savanah Conference will be held between July 28th and August 5th, 2025 in Abuja.

The second Phase is billed to take place in the Atlantic Conference between August 24th and 1st September, in Ilorin, while the Savannah Conference playoffs holds at the same time in Jos.

According to the NBBF, the sponsors Zenith Bank will decide when the National Final 8 will be staged in Lagos.