Remo Stars ended the 2025/26 NPFL season on 24 May 2026 with a 1-1 draw against Bendel Insurance in Benin City and finished 17th on 47 points, which sent the club that had won its first league title a year earlier down to the Nigeria National League. The NNL 2026/27 season began on 1 November and will be played in four conferences, with a single automatic promotion place for each winner.
| At a glance | Remo Stars, November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Base and chairman | Ikenne, Ogun State, Kunle Soname |
| 2026/27 competition | Nigeria National League, Conference A |
| 2025/26 NPFL finish | 17th, 47 points, relegated |
| Head coach | Olumide Ajibolade, named 29 July 2026 |
| Home ground | Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne; 2026/27 venue not yet confirmed |
| Academy | Beyond Limits, also in the NNL, Conference B |
| Player pay | No Remo figures are public |
How a champion went down
The club's own statement admitted that it had not delivered the performance and consistency needed to stay up. Our count shows where the points went. Remo won 14, drew 5 and lost 19.
| 2025/26 NPFL | Played | W | D | L | Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 30-14 | 42 |
| Away | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12-33 | 5 |
The split explains the season. At home the team collected 42 points, more than 60 per cent of the 68 that champions Enugu Rangers took over 38 games, but away it managed five. Its only win came at Kun Khalifat on 1 September 2025, and it lost 16 times. PM News reported that Kun Khalifat's 3-1 win over Wikki Tourists on the last day pushed Remo into the final relegation place. Enugu Rangers took the title, and our Enugu Rangers club guide covers the champions. Goals tell the same story. Remo scored 30 and conceded 14 at home, a difference of plus 16, then scored 12 and conceded 33 away, minus 21, which left a season total of 42 scored and 47 conceded. Remo's CAF Champions League run was short. They beat Zilimadjou 4-0 and 1-0 in September, then lost 5-1 and 2-0 to Mamelodi Sundowns in October. It ended there.
Ikenne, Abeokuta and the stadium question
Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne was closed for renovation for the first half of last season, and the club announced on 19 August 2025 that it would use the MKO Abiola Sports Complex in Abeokuta in the meantime.
Ikenne reopened in January, and Remo hosted Ikorodu City there on 14 January 2026.
The NPFL fined the club ₦7 million after that game and ordered its remaining home fixtures to the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan, according to Premium Times. On appeal the NFF cut the fine to ₦5 million and the ban to five matches. Nine home league matches followed that game. Remo won six. Will Ikenne host NNL football this season? The club has not said so in anything we found, although the squad has resumed training there and the ground remains its base. Capacity figures conflict, so we give none. Our guide to NPFL clubs and stadiums covers the grounds in the top flight.
Ajibolade takes over a rebuilt squad
On 29 July 2026 Remo confirmed Olumide Ajibolade as head coach. He is 34. He has been in the club's structure since 2019. He led the academy side Beyond Limits to the NNL title in 2024. Ogunmodede has left. Ajibolade replaced him. Five signings followed on 28 October, among them Godwin Emmanuel and Idowu Nasifu.
The draw put Remo in Conference A alongside Edel FC, Godswill Akpabio United, Eko United, Stormers SC, Heartland FC, Crown FC, Sunshine Stars and OYC FC. The NNL has 34 clubs in four conferences, and each conference winner goes up automatically, which leaves Remo one ticket to chase in their group.
Remo were due to open against Rovers FC on 8 November. The season itself began on 1 November, a day later than planned, with Heartland against Crown at the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri.
Beyond Limits and the academy
Beyond Limits is the club's academy side, and it has produced the first-team coach. It won the 2024 NNL title but reportedly did not take up promotion, because Remo already played in the NPFL, and now both clubs are in the NNL, with Beyond Limits in Conference B, so they share a division but not a conference.
What players earn
Remo Stars have not published player pay and we found no figure for this season, but one public number exists, a league rule under which the National Sports Commission and the NFF approved a minimum of ₦2 million a month for registered NPFL players from 2026/27. It applies to the top flight, which Remo have left. Our page on the highest-paid players in the Nigerian league tracks the wider picture.
