Pleasure builds because the grand finale of the twenty fifth version of the Milo Basketball Championship, working from June 20 to 27, 2025, on the Nationwide Stadium, Lagos, to cap off a historic quarter-century of empowering youth by means of basketball.
This landmark version will function 12 prime groups throughout boys’ and women’ classes, grouped into 4 swimming pools.
Within the boys’ class: Group A contains Authorities Secondary Faculty, Numau (Adamawa); Amadiya Faculty (Kano); and Authorities Secondary Faculty, Gwaripa (Abuja).
Group B options Bishop Dimeari Grammar Faculty (Bayelsa); Davidhall Worldwide Faculty (Lagos); and Father O’Conels Science Faculty (Niger).
Within the women’ class: Group A has Authorities Women Secondary Faculty (Yola, Adamawa); Saints Jude Women Secondary Faculty (Bayelsa); and Amadiya Faculty (Kano).
Group B options Onireke Excessive Faculty (Ibadan, Oyo State); Authorities Secondary Faculty (Karu, Abuja); and Lanreleke Academy (Ile-Igbo, Osun).
The championship, which has impacted over 1.5 million kids during the last 25 years, stays Africa’s premier grassroots basketball event, with a legacy rooted in youth improvement, management, and sporting excellence.
Talking on the nationwide attracts and trophy presentation ceremony held at Nestlé Nigeria’s head workplace, Managing Director Wassim Elhusseini reaffirmed the corporate’s dedication to basketball improvement.
“This championship is about extra than simply basketball; it’s about altering lives. We’re happy with the affect it has made on girls and boys throughout Nigeria.”
Class Supervisor, Drinks, Ifeanyi Orabuche, added: “The celebs of tomorrow are right here at the moment. For 25 years, we’ve believed that sports activities instil values like teamwork, grit, resilience, and respect, that are important for constructing future leaders.”
President of the Nigerian Faculty Sports activities Federation (NSSF), Mrs Olabisi Joseph, described the event as a nationwide establishment.
“Each basketball group in Nigeria at the moment has at the very least one participant who got here by means of the Milo Basketball Championship.”
