Singer and rapper, Azeez Fashola, popularly often known as Naira Marley, has warned youths towards extreme sports activities betting.
The ‘Tesumole’ crooner emphasised that playing isn’t an occupation.
Naira Marley suggested Nigerian youths to cease “losing” their cash on sports activities betting.
On his X deal with, he wrote, “Soccer wager no be work bro. Please cease earlier than they end you.”
Naira Marley’s recommendation comes amid mounting issues about sports activities betting’s impression on Nigerian youths.
A report by Enterprise Insider Africa ranked Nigeria as the highest sports activities betting nation on the continent in early 2025.
There are 168.7 million lively bettors in Nigeria in keeping with the report, which mentioned 70 p.c of Nigeria’s inhabitants aged 30 and underneath are engaged within the act.
