The 2026 edition of the annual national Women’s Basketball League is set to kick off on August 16. The tournament, which is the apex women’s national event, is sponsored by Zenith Bank Plc in conjunction with the Nigeria Basketball Federation. Secretary General of the NBBF, Amina Amanchi, disclosed that all the arrangements had been concluded for this season’s women’s league to take off. The NBBF Women’s basketball league is divided into Atlantic and Savannah centres, which will see four teams each qualify from there to play in the finals in Lagos after the Phase 1 and Phase 2 hostilities. “The women’s national team, D’Tigress, have also made a huge impact at the global stage for the Olympic Games and FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.