Reasons ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ will not stop anytime soon | What to do next?

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Reasons ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ will not stop anytime soon | What to do next?

The history of internet fraud goes back to the 80s or earlier. It used to be called the ‘Nigerian Prince’ scam and eventually became a stereotype. “You are a Nigerian? You must be a scam.” This affects Nigeria such that a Nigerian company looking to expand out of Nigeria may have to establish a branch... Read More

Deep Dive

April 25, 2019

The YNaija Cover – the 25th of April

Follow the links to read stories on YNaija: Chris Ngige wants you to know he isn’t worried about doctors leaving the country for greener pastures Nigerians are still reacting on Twitter ever since Naira Marley said ‘yahoo-yahoo’ isn’t a crime ASUU says Aisha Buhari’s plan to establish a private university would be a disaster

Cover Stories

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April 24, 2019

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Nigerians are still reacting on Twitter ever since Naira Marley said ‘yahoo-yahoo’ isn’t a crime

The internet has been buzzing since artiste Naira Marley, on his Instagram Live, defended internet fraud aka yahoo yahoo by saying it’s the reason why there’s circulation of money in the country. His take is that the average Nigerian won’t have access to money and that it would be only in the hands of the... Read More

The Media Blog

May 21, 2018

#YNaijaEssays: Robbery and Fraud – Nigeria’s favourite side hustle

Last weekend, the internet went crazy about Yahoo boys, after information surfaced on the internet that some suspected yahoo boys had been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The circumstances around the arrest (like everything else here) was incredulous. The EFCC operatives waited in the parking lot for the suspected Yahoo boys,... Read More

Featured

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Voice of Falz, but words of Femi Falana?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Why has Falz come out to criticise fraudulent behaviour? The actor, singer and comedian made the observation that entertainers should paint good pictures and tell good stories instead of preaching 419 and glorifying fraudulent behaviour. It was not an act by Falz, even if he passed the comment with his signature... Read More

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Falz vs 9ice: This is how to explain “the realm” of the Hard Life Hustle

by Alexander O. Onukwue 9ice talked about “the realm” – the experience you need to have had in life for you to appreciate the message of “Living Things”. Most of you all are born with a silver spoon. You don’t know what the life of a ghetto child is. Your dad is a big man... Read More

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Falz vs 9ice: Hey 9ice, you know that wasn’t nice, right?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Have another look at that video that showed 9ice’s making a response to the comments by Falz about “Living Things” and other songs with such “mo fe chache” lyrics. What do you see? A defiant defender of his words, or a meek penitent admitting that his last act was actually a... Read More

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Falz vs 9ice: It’s a fact that subliminal messaging is the selling point of music

by Alexander O. Onukwue If you don’t talk money, don’t show up. I’m a Hitler, I’m Abacha. We’ve been fed constantly by the flows and rhymes of often not-so-tasty lyrics of music for as long as we can all remember. It did not begin with “Living Things” and it sure won’t end with it. For... Read More

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Falz-a Furious: Why 9ice’s lyrics had to push Falz to speak

by Alexander O. Onukwue The opinion of Folarin Falana, alias Falz the Bahd Guy, on the issue of glorifying fraudulent behaviour through music has sparked views on social media. Falz criticised entertainers who, as role models to young persons, misused their platforms of influence to send wrong messages that encourage illegal activities. It was a thinly-veiled... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Toni Payne’s flawed logic of Yahoo Culture and the music industry

The post-Falz reactions to the Yahoo Yahoo culture and the music industry have been mixed with each perspective ranging between empathy for Yahoo Yahoo boys but one particular narrative we should not let fly, is one that absolves the firebrands of the Yahoo Yahoo culture of the effect of their message on the masses who... Read More

The Music Blog

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[The Music Blog]: Nigeria’s reaction to Falz speaking against Yahoo Boy is the stuff of dreams and nightmares

From time immemorial Nigerians have been known to take hard lefts when the rest of the world goes right. This innate ability to stand a foot aside where the rest of the world stands together is how one Mr Evans, a serial kidnapper managed to earn the sympathy of Nigerians, and how Falz, a man... Read More

The Music Blog

9ice, falz, Music, nigerians, yahoo yahoo

“Internet fraud has taken over Nigerian music” | 10 things we learned from Ayomide Tayo’s eye-opening article

Still on the front burner of social media conversation is the advice Falz gave his fellow music artistes: quit selling crime aka 419 also known as “yahoo yahoo” to the Nigerian youth. That simple statement flung him into the crosshairs of Nigerians who shredded his background and everything else they could lay their fingers on.... Read More

Opinion

419, 9ice, Ayomide Yayo, dammy krane, entertainment industry, falz, gist, internet fraud, Nigerian Music, opinion, Pulse, yahoo yahoo

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, we must ask: do you know what “Yahoo Yahoo” really means? It became a very important question once Falz dissed his colleagues 9ice for selling... Read More

Opinion

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June 23, 2017

The Thread: “Music is not to blame for Nigerian children turning to Yahoo”, Funmi Iyanda chides

Nigerians love a good fight, even if about irrelevant things, like whether Falz was right to say that musicians should stop repping crime. In this particular story, the protagonist is Falz and 9ice, the antagonist and Twitter NG is divided between the two. [In case you missed it]: “The Thread” Falz the bahd guy is... Read More

Opinion

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November 15, 2013

Tafa Osisiye: Lagos is all about ‘chances’ (30 Days of Lagos)

by Tafa Osisiye Our red machine –unrivalled in its ugliness- might have originated from our betting colonialist but it has a uniquely Nigerian name: Baba Ijebu. Lagos is about chances. Or, the superficial spy of same. However one looks at it, Lagos creates chances and chances is Lagos –is this too tedious a tautology? Chance means... Read More

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November 1, 2013

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EFCC arraigns teenage boy for duping American of $40million over the Internet (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu Suspected teenage Internet fraudster, Tobechukwu Igbokwe, and his accomplice, Ifeanyi Obi have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding an American of $40 million. 19-year-old Igbokwe and Obi have been held at the Kirikiri prisons since they were caught after a gig went burst. Nigerian Eye... Read More

March 16, 2013