Yahoo boys
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Metro
Jeffrey Omoregie: Police accused of hiding identity of ‘Yahoo boy’ who allegedly killed Canada-bound Nigerian youth
Jeffrey was on his way to a Union Bank branch to wait for his mother, who wanted to make a cash withdrawal from her bank account.
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Metro
Landlords could be jailed for 15 years if they rent property to ‘Yahoo boys’ — EFCC
‘Yahoo boys,’ in Nigerian lingo, means young men who specialise in internet fraud.
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Crime
Court orders ‘Yahoo boy’ to wash toilet for 8 months
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, June 20, 2022, secured five convictions before the Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State respectively.
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Metro
Anger in Imo, house set on fire after suspected Yahoo boy ‘raped young girl to death’
Osuji reported fled before the irate youths arrived at the community.
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Crime
EFCC declares war on Yahoo boys who have ‘gone spiritual’
Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it will intensify efforts to clamp down on internet fraudsters, also known as ‘Yahoo boys’.
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News
Why young Nigerians want to do Yahoo Yahoo, money rituals — Obi Cubana
Nigerian businessman Obi Iyiegbu, who is also known as Obi Cubana, has blamed the “get-rich-quick syndrome” among youth on societal and family pressures.
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Metro
UPDATE: Abuja estate party guests ‘wrongfully’ perceived as ‘Yahoo boys’ — source
“These people were actually going for an after-party inside this estate."
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Metro
Panic in Abuja estate as security stops 40 white-garment-wearing ‘Yahoo boys’ from ‘performing ritual’
No fewer than 40 suspected internet fraudsters dressed in white were stopped from entering Mab Global Estate in the Gwarinpa area of the Federal Capital Territory.
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Metro
Police van crushes officer to death while chasing alleged ‘Yahoo boys’
RRS operatives were chasing suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo boys, when they hit their colleague who was on a motorcycle.
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Crime
‘There are too many Yahoo boys in Lekki,’ EFCC raises alarm
The Lekki area of Lagos is now a hotbed of cybercrime in Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says.