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Toluwanimi Onakoya June 10, 2020

“Yahoo Yahoo” is trending and here’s what Nigerians are saying about it

by Toluwanimi Onakoya Microblogging platform, Twitter has been abuzz with talks on “Yahoo Boys” following the news of the arrest of well known Nigerian socialite, Hushpuppi for fraudulent practices. Nigerians have…

Editor June 23, 2018

Yahoo Plus: Nigeria’s 419 scam network is spreading into Ghana

By Olivia Ndubusi Internet fraud from Nigeria is not new, yet the sophistication of local cyber criminals has intensified and mutated in the last few years. Nigeria is ranked third…

Azeez October 3, 2017

Yahoo confirms accidental leakage of 3 billion users’ details

Yahoo said it has leaked the details of all its users. The company said the number of accounts compromised in a 2013 hack has totalled three billion. That accounts for…

Tolu June 26, 2017

“There’s a serious dent in the mindset of youth” | Insiders speak on the Falz vs 9ice controversy

When FalztheBahdGuy aired his opinion on Nigerian artistes glorifying fraudsters with their music, he certainly made no mention of 9ice. But somehow the internet helped fellow artiste, 9ice find his…

Roqeebah January 8, 2017

From Ghana with love, Trump’s N__ger Navy, and more | See our top 10 photos from the week here

We absolutely love it when we look back at the week in photographs. This week we have had the rare privilege of 7 days filled mostly with good cheer. President…

Adebayo Emuleomo April 19, 2016

American scams two Nigerians of $2.3m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged an American businessman, Marco Ramirez and his companies USA Now LLC and Eagle Ford Instalodge Group LP for fraud. The agency arraigned…

Adebayo Emuleomo January 11, 2016

‘Yahoo boys cost Nigeria N78 billion yearly’ | Minister cries out

The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu has revealed that Nigeria loses about N78 billion yearly to cyber crimes. The minister revealed this while speaking in Abuja on Monday, January 11…

May 19, 2013

Breaking News: Yahoo to acquire Tumblr in $1.1 billion cash deal

by Isi Esene The Yahoo board has approved about $1.1 billion deal to acquire the blogging site, Tumblr. The approval was said to have been given through a unanimous vote…

May 14, 2012

Don’t lie on your résumé: Yahoo CEO quits after 4 months on the job

Remember Yahoo!? It used to be the world's most popular search engine back in the day. Now most people only remember it when they need to check their e-mail and to…

April 9, 2012

Just 13 staff? We’ll take that for $1 billon – Facebook acquires Instagram

by Hauwa Gambo You might have heard of Instagram – it’s the website that Nigerian celebrities such as Naeto C have flocked too in the last year. Just as we were getting…

March 15, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: “We got here first” – Yahoo drags Facebook to court over “entire social network model”

by Lekan Olanrewaju. Who woulda imagined it? The whole plot of The Social Network was a lie all along and Mark Zuckerberg actually stole the idea for Facebook from Yahoo and…

January 19, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Yahoo shares rise as co-founder, Jerry Yang resigns.

by Wilfred Okiche Jerry Yang, co-founder of Internet giant, Yahoo is leaving the company. He announced his surprise departure Tuesday, about two weeks after Yahoo Inc hired Scott Thompson as…

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