NPFL to hold draw for 2025/26 Season at AGM, July 28

Activities to kick off the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season will start with an Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Abuja on July 28.

The NPFL Chief Operating Officer, Davidson Owumi stated in a letter to the teams that the AGM will hold on Monday, July 28 at the Abuja Continental Hotel, (the Old Abuja Sheraton Hotels) while the arrival date for all participants is Sunday,  July 27.

Part of the agenda of the AGM will be the draw ceremony for the fixtures of the new season slated to start on August 22nd.

“In addition to the various reports that will be presented at the AGM, we are also going to conduct the framework for the fixtures of the new season,” Owumi told NPFL Media.

Chairman of the Board, Gbenga Elegbeleye will lead the meeting with the board members and the 20 clubs that played in the last season. The four promoted clubs will be formally admitted to the NPFL just as the four relegated clubs will be attending their last meeting as part of the elite league.

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau is expected to declare the meeting open with a number of ex-international players in attendance.