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Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

Thursday, June 25, 2026
After Victor Adedeji’s father died from injuries sustained in a car accident in 2011, Adedeji, then 14 years old, spent seven months living at his grandmother’s home in Ilesa, a remote town in Osun state, southwest Nigeria. In the mornings, Adedeji woke up to the smell of the fish his grandmother had purchased from local Read more... The post Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions appeared first on Christianity Today.