Tag: yahoo boys
Court jails four Yahoo Boys in Lagos after EFCC sting at Obasanjo Library Hotel
Olatunji was jailed one month with an option of a ₦500,000 fine. Oshundairo, who pocketed ₦600,000 from his schemes, was…
Yahoo boys no longer just online scammers – Olukoyede
The EFCC chairman revealed that these fraudsters have evolved beyond online scams, engaging in more serious crimes such as banditry,…
Kogi to demolish houses, hotels housing Yahoo boys, other criminals
According to him, security agencies will soon go after hotels used by Yahoo Boys, saying appropriate sanctions will be handed…
Benue governor Alia vows to demolish property housing kidnappers, yahoo boys
Speaking at a press conference in Makurdi, the state capital on Friday, Governor Alia said that he would soon meet…
Gov. Alia to demolish property housing kidnappers, yahoo boys
Alia added that Benue was no home for cultists and that all people residing in the state must learn to…
EFCC arrests 57 Yahoo boys in Benin City
They would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
EFCC smashes 17 suspected “Yahoo Boys” in Akwa Ibom
Uwujaren said the suspected internet fraudsters were arrested during a sting operation following a series of intelligence reports which linked…
10 Internet fraudsters jailed in Enugu for impersonation
The fraudster, Chisom Simon Ikenyiri, Ugwuanyi Innocent, Ifeanyichukwu Nnaji Christian, Matthew Izuchukwu Ofoha, Chimamkpa Godwill Osakwe, Uwandu Bright, Uchechukwu Franklin…
21 Yahoo Boys cracked in Abuja, exotic cars, phones recovered
Uwujaren said the suspects were nabbed in the Lugbe and Kubwa suburbs of Abuja, following actionable intelligence on their alleged…
EFCC makes big statement: 3,785 Yahoo Boys, others jailed in 2022
The conviction secured by the Commission in 2022 is the highest by the EFCC since inception, and sustains an upward…
Massive harvest: EFCC smashes 75 Yahoo Boys in Imo
The Abuja Zonal Command arrested 46 suspects today, March 28, 2022, for alleged involvement in computer-related fraud at different locations…
Court jails 5 Yahoo Boys in Ilorin
The convicts are Laoshe Olajide, Akinbohun Stephen, Hammed Babatunde, Lawal Faruq and David Ezekiel.
Ibiyeomie to Yahoo Boys: Take your offerings and leave my church
Ibiyeomie, in a sermon on Sunday warned people in his church to stop doing Yahoo business, saying the church did…
Four deadly Yahoo Boys smashed for killing Uzoma in Ogun
“On interrogation, they confessed that the victim came to their house to learn about internet fraud, and after eating food,…
Nine ‘Yahoo Yahoo Boys’ jailed in Cross River
According to the commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the convicts, were part of the 21 ‘yahoo yahoo boys’ arrested on Wednesday,…
57 cyber fraud suspects, with two rifles, arrested in Ilaro [Full list]
Fifty-seven cyber fraud suspects have been arrested by officials of EFCC at four hotel hideouts in Ilaro, Ogun state. Found…
EFCC arrests 27 Yahoo boys in Abuja, Lagos
Operatives of the EFCC have nabbed 27 Yahoo Boys in both Abuja and Lagos, as the agency continued its crackdown…
Court orders ‘Yahoo Boys’ to refund $6,100 to victims
Justice Mohammed Abubakar of a Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State has ordered four convicted internet fraudsters to…
Video: Rain of Naira in Benin, as ‘Yahoo Boys’ throw wads of Naira into the air
Some unidentified boys suspected to be internet fraudsters, otherwise known as 'Yahoo Yahoo boys' on Sunday caused commotion, allowing a…
EFCC arrests seven “Yahoo Yahoo” boys in Ibadan
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, have arrested seven young men for alleged involvement…
Riot in Osogbo as JTF chases suspected Yahoo boys to death (Video)
There was uproar in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Tuesday after men of some officers of Special Anti-Robbery Squad…
Video: ‘Yahoo boys’ now role models in Nigerian society – Diezani
A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has lamented that societal values have degenerated to the extent that online…
Yahoo Boys emptied my bank account – Asa
Queen of Soul and international music star, Bukola Elemide, popularly known as Asa has revealed how she was once duped…
Massive crackdown: EFCC raids Ibadan club, arrests 89 ‘Yahoo-Boys’
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at the…
Five ‘Yahoo Boys’ go to jail in Cross Rivers
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday secured the conviction of 5 cyber…
Busted: EFCC storms Yahoo-Boys’ den, arrests kingpin, 26 others
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday raided a Lagos hotel believed to…
Busted: EFCC releases list of five captured ‘Yahoo Boys’
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office have arrested five suspected internet fraudsters.
Some ‘Yahoo Boys’ mothers will be sent to Prison – Police chief
The Deputy Commissioner in-charge of the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, DCP Yetunde Longe has disclosed that more…
EFCC releases list of another 6 Yahoo Boys arrested in Abuja raid
Operatives of the Advanced Fee Fraud Section of the Abuja Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
EFCC releases fresh list of Yahoo Boys arrested in Abuja
In its war against internet fraud, operatives of the Cyber Crime Section at the Abuja Zonal office of the Economic…