Yahoo boys
12 Oct
Yahoo boys is a popular term used in Nigeria to describe young men between late teenage and as old as 50 fifty years and more, who scam women, usually of the same age range and foreign nationality, of money and gifts with the help of cybernetic devices.
15 Sep 2023
Justice O. A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday, September 14, 2023 convicted ten people on one count separate charges bordering on internet fraud. The defendants who were prosecuted by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, are Ikyegh Senenge Bobo, Anum Cyprian Sesugh, Boniface…
13 Sep 2023
Nigeria Police spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi has said young Nigerians always get extorted by Police officers because their means of income are not genuine. Adejobi said this while responding to a post made by a user on X (formerly Twitter) handle @altruistglotv. The individual reacted to a video of a young man on X, in company…
1 Sep 2023
Justice O. I. Adelaja of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Kubwa, Abuja on Thursday, August 31, 2023 convicted six people on one count of separate charges bordering on internet fraud
29 Aug 2023
Allow me to weigh in a bit on the Tech and "Yahoo" boys' conversation, lest we risk becoming a generation of reactionary young people with zero will to do the hard things required to solve hard problems.
24 Aug 2023
Security agencies comprising Port Harcourt Security Watch, popularly known as PHALGA, Rivers State Neighbourhood Watch and Azikiwe Police Division, yesterday, arrested about 12 Internet fraudsters ...
18 Aug 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Abuja Zonal Command today, August 17, 2023, arraigned Solomon Ngbede, Ancha Onyekachi and Suleiman Mustapha before Justice O.I Adelaja of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Kubwa...
31 Jul 2023
The inordinate lust for wealth, fame and power, which is driving the youth crazy nowadays, has reached an alarming stage that silence has become complicity. That the get-rich-quick syndrome is corrupting the youth and dealing a death blow to the noble values on which society is constructed, is no longer news. It is observable that…