History was made on Sunday, April 27, in Ikenne as Remo Stars emerged champions of the 2024-2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season for the first-time after the Sky Blue Stars edged Niger Tornadoes 1-0 in the tension-soaked week 35 match played yesterday at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne.
Victory didn’t come on a platter for the hosts as they had to wait till the 84th minute when Olamilekan Adedayo broke the deadlock to hand them the major silverware.
Going by the hard fought win against Tornadoes, Remo Stars who have amassed 68 points have opened an unassailable 10-point gap as their closest rivals, Rivers United are on 58 points with only three matches to the end of the season.
Mathematically, Remo Stars won the league even before yesterday’s match because Kano Pillars’ 2-0 victory over Rivers United on Friday had paved the way for them to clinch their historic title if they win their next home match which they did.
The triumph of Remo Stars comes on the back of two consecutive second place finishes in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons, making the victory a jinx breaking one.
The club owned by Nigerian business mogul and billionaire, Kunle Soname, who celebrated his 59th birthday on the day of victory made its debut in the Nigerian topflight in 2016 but was relegated in 2018.
