About BetNaija247

BetNaija247 is an independent guide to betting in Nigeria, written for adults aged 18 and over. We are not a bookmaker: we do not accept bets, hold deposits or pay out winnings. Our job is to give you clear, checked information before you put a single Naira on a slip.

A betting guide, not a betting company

Every bet you place happens on a bookmaker’s own website or app, under that bookmaker’s terms. We have no access to your account, your balance or your tickets. That is why questions about a deposit, a stuck withdrawal or a disputed settlement must go to the bookmaker, as our contact page explains step by step.

What we control is the information: the picks we post, the scores we give bookmakers and the guides we write. We hold ourselves accountable for all three.

What we publish

Daily predictions with a public results record

Our editors post picks every day across the main football markets. Each pick shows the match, kick-off time in WAT, the market, the odds when we published it and a one-line reason. After full time it is settled as won, lost or void and stays in the 30-day results table on that page, so you can judge our record instead of taking our word for it. Start with today’s football predictions or pick a market from our betting tips by market.

Booking codes

For punters who prefer a ready-made slip, editors post booking codes that load straight into the bookmaker’s betslip, listed with the number of games, total odds and expiry time. You still choose whether to stake and how much. See the latest booking codes.

Bookmaker reviews and rankings

Every bookmaker we list gets a score out of 10 from a fixed, published formula covering licence, Naira payments, withdrawals, markets, app and bonus terms. The full method, including the exact weights, is on how we rate betting sites, and the results feed our ranking of Nigerian bookmakers.

Betting education

Many expensive mistakes come from not understanding a market or the maths behind odds. Our learn section explains terms in plain English, from reading decimal odds and implied probability to why accumulators lose more often than they look, and our free betting calculators let you check a return before you stake.

How BetNaija247 makes money

Some links to bookmakers are affiliate links. If you open an account through one, that bookmaker may pay us a commission. You pay nothing extra and you get the same offer you would get by going to the bookmaker directly. The details are in our affiliate disclosure.

Commission never decides a ranking or a tip. Rankings come from the published scoring formula, so a bookmaker cannot buy a higher position. Picks are chosen on the match itself, and losing picks are never deleted to make a record look better.

The principles behind our work

• Show the record. Every tip is published before kick-off and every result is kept, wins and losses alike.
• No false promises. We never call a pick sure, fixed or guaranteed, because no such bet exists.
• Check facts at the source. Licences, minimum deposits and bonus rules are taken from the bookmaker’s published terms and the regulator’s information, and reviews show when they were last checked.
• Correct mistakes quickly. When a reader reports an error, we check it and fix the page. Our editorial policy sets out how.
• Put the reader’s wellbeing first. Betting is paid entertainment, not income. If it stops being fun, our guide to cutting down or stopping is the most useful page on the site.