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Jos, Plateau State Capital Goes Agog With Premium Premier League Action From Big Teams As 2026 Nigeria Premier Basketball League Dunks Off
Sports loving people on the Plateau are in for a life time mouthwatering treat as the elite league of Basketball club competition in Nigeria starts.
The 2026 Nigeria Basketball Premier League, slated to commence across the Nation from the 17th to the 26th of May, 2026, will take place in 4 centers namely: Abuja, Benin, Ibadan and Jos, will see two teams from each group qualify to the National playoff to know the eventual Champions that will represent Nigeria at the continental level.
Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, will host: Gboko City Chiefs, Nigeria Customs, Nile University, Niger Potters and Aso Sky Hawks.
The Benin center will accommodate teams like: Athletes For Peace, Coal City Blazers, Kwara Falcons, Edo Beads and the defending Champions, Maktown Flyers.
Ibadan Center will host: Comets, Raptors, Dam Confluence Giants, Hoops & Read and last season’s Runner’s Up, Rivers Hoopers.
While in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, it will be an interesting, entertaining and end to end Basketball fiesta as former Champions of Nigeria Premier Basketball League, namely: Plateau Peaks, Kano Pillars, and Gombe Bulls, alongside new kid on the block, 313 Warriors of Niger State and old war horse, Bauchi Nets, converge to fight for the two available slots to the National playoff.
The Jos Center, which will have all its games played at the indoor Sports Hall of the National Sports Commission, Rayfield.
Game Day 1 in Jos, dunking off by 12pm, will see the most successful basketball team in Nigeria, Kano Pillars, with a record for the most Nigerian league championships, with 7 titles, will take on a privately own team, 313 Warriors, officially known as Sani 313 Basketball Warriors of Niger State.
313 Warriors secured promotion to the Premier League after a successful run in the Bago Division 1 Tournament in Minna and the National Division One Tournament.
At 2pm, the second game between two time Nigerian Premier League Champions and 2016 Savannah Conference Champions, Gombe Bulls will confront a Bauchi Nets team that have advanced to major league conference playoffs, including the Conference 6 playoffs held in Kaduna.
Both games will be played tomorrow, Sunday, 17th of May, 2026.
