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Defending Champions And Runner’s Up Win As Kano Pillars And Gombe Bulls’s Interesting And Explosive Game Yesterday Makes Fans Long For Today’s Games In Abuja, Jos, Ibadan And Benin City
Nigeria Men’s Basketball Premier League defending Champions, Mark Town Flyers and Runner’s Up, Rivers Hoopers, both started this season on a bright note as they won their first game in their different centers.
At the Benin Center of the 2026 Nigeria Men’s Basketball Premier League, Atlantic Conference, Mark Town Flyers defeated Athletes For Peace 65-58, while at the Ibadan Center, last season finalists, Rivers Hoopers overcame Hoops & Read 84-58.
At the Jos Center of the 2026 Nigeria Men’s Basketball Premier League, Savannah Conference, the game between former Champions, Kano Pillars and Gombe Bulls lived up to expectations as the end to end encounter that stretched into the night ended: Gombe Bulls 96 Kano Pillars 94.
Here are all the results of games played in the 4 centers across the Nation yesterday are as follows:
Abuja Center:
Nile University 82 Gboko City Chiefs 83
Niger Potters 64 Aso Sky Hawks 82
Jos Center:
313 Warriors 93 Bauchi Nets 61
Gombe Bulls 96 Kano Pillars 94
Ibadan Center:
Raptors 69 Comets 64
Rivers Hoopers 84 Hoops & Read 58
Benin City Center:
Mark Town Flyers 65 Athletes For Peace 58
Coal City Blazers 74 Edo Beads 58.
Day 2 Games slated for today in both the Atlantic and the Savannah Conferences of the 2026 Nigeria Men’s Basketball Premier League:
Abuja Center:
Gboko City Chiefs vs Nigeria Customs- 4pm
Aso Sky Hawks vs Nile University- 6pm.
Benin City Center:
Mark Town Flyers vs Kwara Falcons- 12pm
Coal City Blazers vs Athletes For Peace- 2pm.
Ibadan Center:
Raptors vs Hoops & Read- 12pm
Rivers Hoopers vs Comets- 2pm
Jos City Center:
Kano Pillars vs 313 Warriors- 2pm
Gombe Bulls vs Plateau Peaks- 4pm.
