He was married to Rabah (now his ex), the sister of Daniel Amokachi's wife.[2] Two of his nine brothers, Ibrahim and Haruna are also footballers.[6] The former spent five years at Volendam, while the latter became the youngest ever player in the history of Spanish football to have a buy-out clause in his contract and the second youngest player to appear for FC Barcelona, when he made his debut in 1998 as a fifteen-year-old.[6][7][8] In 1996 Babangida acted in a commercial ad for ABN-AMRO in which he points out his hesitations about a contract of some sort. In 2004, Babangida signed a $2 million contract to bring new footballs to Nigeria.[9] The same year, he opened a shopping mall in Kaduna.[9] Upon retiring from professional football, Babangida has been working as a football agent.[10]