Tag: yahoo boys

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Petrol Price Surges to ₦1,150/litre as Dangote Increases Sale Price
YNaija January 18, 2025

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Petrol Price Surges to ₦1,150/litre as Dangote Increases Sale Price

Petrol price surges to ₦1,150/litre as Dangote increases sale price Vandals remove 132kV transmission line, leaving 60% of Abuja in darkness Chinese envoy charges West Africa to shun external intervention…

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YNaija March 28, 2023

Portable puts up resistance as police attempt to take him into custody

Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, a well-known street hip-hop musician, has evaded police attempts to arrest him in Ogun State. In a now-viral video, the musician, who referred to himself as…

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YNaija January 7, 2023

You lack moral grounds to help Yahoo boys – Atiku tells Tinubu; DSS denies court case, plot to arrest INEC chairman | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

You lack moral grounds to help Yahoo boys – Atiku tells TinubuEFCC lacks power to meddle in states affairs – AgbakobaDSS denies court case, plot to arrest INEC chairmanWike charges…

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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…

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Bernard Dayo April 25, 2019

The Late 5: Two Chinese citizens kidnapped in Nigeria; EFCC arrests 32 suspected ‘Yahoo boys’ in Abeokuta | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Two Chinese citizens kidnapped in Nigeria Two Chinese nationals, Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu, have been kidnapped in Ebonyi, South-east Nigeria. The…

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Ezinne June 23, 2017

The Thread: “Yahoo is collecting money for abortion when you’re not pregnant” | Twitter NG’s hilarious definitions of Yahoo Yahoo

Are you ready for an education? Take a seat, Twitter NG has your back. Perhaps you've lived in Nigeria all your life and take our local lingos for granted. Still,…

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Op-ed Editor April 4, 2017

The Thread: When children watch their innocent mother lose her life to the Nigerian police

Nigeria can be such a depressing place to be. And this story cuts through the heart very deeply. One minute a woman is walking with her children and the next…

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Oludolapo Adelana March 11, 2017

Things Yahooboys do | Tonto Dikeh shades ex-husband in new IG post, denies gun allegation

by Dolapo Adelana Nollywood Tonto Dikeh has dismissed allegations by her ex-husband Oladunni Churchill that she pulled a gun on him. In a video shared on Friday, Churchill in a…

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Ada Igboanugo July 21, 2015

Alleged EFCC informant, Alhaji Gay murdered in Lagos (VIEWER DISCRETION)

Razak Adetunji Alaso, popularly known in the streets as 'Alhaji Gay' has been murdered. Alhaji Gay, was over the last decade renowned among the online scam (Yahoo Yahoo) community as…

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June 26, 2014

BUSTED: 4 ‘Federal Mopol’ members arrested for killing a couple in Ogun

by Zara Mustapha Four alleged internet fraudsters, Kazeem Oseni, 28; Saheed Akinyele, 35; Idowu Oguntade, 37 and Dotun Sobukola, 33, were arraigned before an Ogun State High Court sitting in Isabo, for…

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September 13, 2013

BUSTED: How spy service exposed thousands of Nigerian email scammers

A crude but effective online service that lets users deploy keystroke logging malware and then view the stolen data remotely was hacked recently. The information leaked from that service has…

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August 13, 2012

“Urgent Assistance”: Gov. Aliyu says ‘Yahoo Boys’ hacked into his email

by Stanley Azuakola Long before militants and Boko Haram, there was a time in this country when internet fraudsters (popularly referred to as ‘yahoo boys’) ranked among the most prominent…

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