Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has congratulated Remo Stars for profitable the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Soccer League (NPFL) title.
Remo Stars secured their first-ever NPFL championship with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Niger Tornadoes in Ikenne on Sunday.
The Sky Blue Stars now sit high of the desk with 68 factors from 35 matches, with three video games nonetheless to play earlier than the tip of the season.
Daniel Ogunmodede’s facet maintain a 10-point lead over their closest rivals, Rivers United, who’re second with 58 factors from the identical variety of matches.
Remo Stars additionally made historical past by turning into the primary privately owned membership to win the NPFL title since Udoji United achieved the feat in 1996.
In an announcement launched by his Particular Adviser on Info and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu hailed Remo Stars’ historic success. He described their triumph, simply 4 years after gaining promotion to the highest flight, as a testomony to the laborious work, self-discipline, and resilience of the gamers, teaching crew, and administration.
The President additionally praised the imaginative and prescient and dedication of the membership’s proprietor and chairman, Mr Kunle Soname, for his dedication to growing soccer in Nigeria.